I had so many expectations from this film because I generally like Rakesh Roshan's films and because it had such a positive reception. Ancient story, usual romance, cheesy dialogues are the correct descriptions for this mediocre film. Amongst rest Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Mohinish Behl, Ashish Vidyarthi are as usual, Satish Shah and Farida Jalal are good, Vrajesh Hirjee has some fun moments Tanaaz Currim is good except her pronounciation of Sonia which gets on the nerves, Abhishek Sharma as Amit is goodДЇine, it has a Hrithik Roshan, and he gives a fantastic first performance, but come on, this film contains too many clichГ©s to be called totally great. Amisha Patel with a dubbed voice is decent for her debut. Hrithik Roshan had good looks, In the first half he resembled Rakesh Roshan a bit in some scenes, he was very sincere in his debut and created a different personality for both the roles which is amazing for a newcomer. This film marked debut of Lucky Ali as a playback singing, Ek Pal and Kyun Chalti are fantastic songs, Jaaneman too is a great song by Asha however there are too many songs in the first half. Direction by Rakesh Roshan is good Music by Rajesh Roshan was a big hit, The title song is superbly sung by Udit and Alka, while Pyaar Ki Kashti Mein is also a great song, Chaand Sitare by Kumar Sanu is seeped in melody while Sitaron ki Mehfil gets a boost due to it's picturisation and great singing by Babul Supriyo and superb dancing skills of Hrithik. There are several great scenes like the reunion of Hrithik and his brother, The action packed climax and many more scenes are well shot, especially the scenes involving Rohit and Amisha.

The film starts off as a normal love story which is interwoven with a crime angle and the interval ends at a sad note which is so far good, The second half shifts to New Zealand where Amisha meets the second Hrithik and then we all know how it will go about, Then again there is a shift towards the crime saga and the film ends as an actionner. The film created a huge hype as the songs were famous before release and Hrithik's good looks. The film also marked debut of Amisha Patel.

Rakesh Roshan gave several superhits as a director, Khudgarz,Khoon Bhari Maang Kishen Kanhaiyaa, Karan Arjun.etc however in late 90s his films were not working, Koyla was a flop Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai marked debut of his son Hrithik Roshan who appeared as a child artist in Bhagwan Dada in 1986. The bottom line is that I do not understand the reasons for this film's amazing success. And, although the songs sounded tinnier than more recent Indian films, they were catchy. Roshan in particular is just pretty.not necessarily rugged-just very, very pretty. Plus, if you are looking for eye candy, both stars are quite beautiful. Now it's not all bad-the stars gave nice performances when they weren't behaving stupidly. The bottom line is that I hate it when plots seem contrived and formulaic-and this film clearly is both. More clichГ©s exist in this film.but you get the picture. And, in the interim, she travels to New Zealand and meets a man who is the exact double for Rohit (cliche #5). They return home and plan on getting married-when disaster strikes and they cannot yet get married (cliche #4). Later they get marooned on an island and, surprise, surprise, they argue and fight but later come to fall for each other (cliche #3). Now, considering how much they are interested in each other, how would you expect Sonia to behave? Yep.she's irritable, nasty and pushes him away constantly for no discernible reason (cliche #2). Later, they meet and they instantly hit it off.

He's smitten and it's love at first sight (cliche #1). Rohit (Roshan) is a poor but exceptionally handsome singer who sees a woman, Sonia (Kapoor), in the next car. Hrithik Roshan (the director's son) and Kareena Kapoor both star in this film-and both went from being unknowns to mega-stars because of this movie. I can think of many Indian films I liked much more-such as 'Kahaani' and 'Three Idiots'-films which were more original and lacked the strong formulaic qualities of 'Kaho Naa. Now I know that formula films are popular in India and the film was wildly successful, but this sort of film simply wouldn't do so well in the States because of the writing. Why did I dislike the film so much? Well, it's simply plastered from start to finish with clichГ©s-and was sloppily written. I find this strange, as the film was HUGELY popular and won a ton of awards- including the IIFA awards for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director among others. Pyaar Hai', I doubt if I would have wanted to watch another Bollywood film. I recently wrote an article for Influx Magazine about my love for Indian films.

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