Ishq (1997) Online

1997 Aamir Khan Ajay Devgn Juhi Chawla Indra Kumar

Original Title :: Ishq
Genre :: Movie / Action / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Year :: 1997
Directror :: Indra Kumar
Cast :: Aamir Khan,Ajay Devgn,Juhi Chawla
Writer :: Rajeev Kaul,Rajeev Kaul
Type :: Movie
Time :: 2h 41min
Rating :: 6.9/10

Ishq (1997) Online

Harbans Rai and Ranjit Rai are two wealthy businessmen who absolutely *loathe* poverty and poor people . As fate would have it , Harbans Rai's daughter Madhu falls for a poor mechanic Raja while Ranjit Rai's son Ajay romances a poor girl Kajal . When Harbans and Ranjit come to know of it they try various ways to separate the lovers .

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Aamir Khan	-	Raja
	Ajay Devgn	-	Ajay Rai
	Juhi Chawla	-	Madhu
	Kajol	-	Kajal
	Dalip Tahil	-	Harbans Lal
	Johnny Lever	-	Ranjit's brother-in-law (as Johny Lever)
	Mohan Joshi	-	Kajol's Uncle
	Deven Verma	-	Behram
	Tiku Talsania	-	Gaitonde
	Deepak Shirke	-	Damliya
	Shweta Menon	-	Dancer
	Sadashiv Amrapurkar	-	Ranjit Rai
	Sunil Dhawan
	Kamaldeep	-	Doctor Sarjan (as Kamal Deep)
	Ananth Narayan Mahadevan	-	Brijesh (as Anant Mahadevan)

Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla were a hit screen pair involved in hit films such as Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Hum Hain Rahin Pyar Ke (1993). But because of a prank Aamir played on Juhi during the filming of this movie, Juhi refused to do any more projects with Aamir Khan for almost a decade. However the two have made up.

Kajol and Ajay Devgan, who are now married with one daughter named Nysa, met on the set of this movie.

Aamir Khan and Kajol would later work with each other in Fanaa (2006).

The film was one of the most expensive films of its time but still was a big blockbuster.

Aamir Khan said he did this film mainly because it had very high commercial promise and because he admired his fellow cast members Juhi Chawla, Ajay Devgan and Kajol.

Amitabh Bachchan was to star in the film. His role was to start after the intermission. He was to play a key character who helps bring the couple's together. Meanwhile the director Indra Kumar launched another film titled " Rishta" to be co produced with ABCL. (Amitabh's production house). Amitabh and Indra Kumar had some personal problems regarding the financial matter of Rishta. This caused Amitabh to shelve the film. Inder Kumar then decided it would be best to drop Amitabh's character from the movie Ishq. A song was already recorded by Sudesh Bhosle called "Mr Lova Lova", in his style of Amitabh's voice. Indra Kumar then decided to picturise the song with Johny Lever wearing different get ups from Amitabh's older films.

The last film in which Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla worked together.

Ajay Devgan and Juhi Chawla had already worked with each other in Naajayaz (1994) before working together in Ishq.

This is the only movie to feature Juhi Chawla and Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan's most famous lead heroines from other movies, on screen together.

Madhuri Dixit was offered the part of Juhi Chawla.

The tune of the song "Ishq Hua " was taken from the whistling intro of the "E Mere Humsafar" from Baazigar .

Karisma Kapoor was approached for Kajol's role but she turned it down because she did not want to work with Ajay Devgan.

Indra Kumar's first film which did not have his production.

Indra Kumar had planned the film back in 1991. He had signed Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt. After Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt had problems and both opted out. Boney Kapoor heard of this and decided to take advantage of the situation. He got Sanjay Kapoor signed for the film along with Vivek Mushran. But Indra Kumar had his doubts over the film and started Raja instead with Sanjay Kapoor. He would later revive Ishq with Aamir Khan once again and Ajay Devgan who was now replacing Vivek Mushran.

The only film till date to star Ajay and Aamir.

Indra Kumar's first film which did not have Madhuri Dixit in the lead apart from his earlier films like Dil 1990,Beta 1992 and Raja 1995.

The song "Mr. Lova Lova" was partly sampled from the song "Lover Man" from the album Kamlee 2. The song was sung Jayshree and Neville. The opening guitar segment was sampled from the American jingle "Can't Enough of Those Sugar Crisps" Sugar Crisp cereal commercial.

Aamir Khan worked for the first time with Kajol and Ajay Devgan in this film.

The song "Neend churai Meri" is a remake of the song "Sending all my love" by the American band named Linear.

The song Kaise Kahoon Kaise Ho Tum was sampled from Right beside you' by Sophie B Hawkins.

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NiceOne

'Ishq' is a wacky, off-the-wall, illogical romantic-comedy-cum-drama. It stands out purely because of the awesome cast assembled by Indra Kumar. Substitute any other actors in their parts and the film loses its appeal- substantially. Aamir Khan leads the cast with great gusto and charm typical of his naughtier-than-naughty streetsmart roles. Ajay Devgan provides a somber balance to Khan's antics, and he comes in strong in the second half when things go awry between the bosom foursome. Kajol is competent in her part, never really exciting to watch but gratefully present- her character is one of the plot points of the film. It is Juhi Chawla, however, who steals the show with her high voltage comic delivery that is, appropriately, screamingly funny. Even in the parts when Indra Kumar has seemingly asked her to 'stretch' to be funny, she carries the scenes off with aplomb and skill. Her chemistry with Aamir is undeniable and the most memorable portions of the film revolve around their I-Hate-You-But-I-Love-You relationship. It's kinda sad to say but there really is no other comic beauty in India currently. Juhi Chawla was, for the time being at least, the last.

Marad

I guess that most Bollywood movies will strike western viewers as somewhat quirky in terms of storytelling structure and acting, but compared to other Bollywood movies I've seen so far, this one seems to be an exceptionally quirky one.

The story is fairly simple: rich boy (Ajay Devgan) and poor boy (Aamir Khan) are best friends, rich girl (Juhi Chawla) and poor girl (Kajol) are best friends. Rich boy falls in love with poor girl, poor boy falls in love with rich girl, and the two rich fathers will do anything to destroy the two budding relationships.

That's basically it. There is no real plot; instead there's a sequence of scenes where the two fathers devise a dirty scheme, which is promptly thwarted by the young lovers. On to another scheme, which again is not successful. The next dirty plan follows, which... you get the idea.

Still, the evil schemes become increasingly more devious, and their consequences more severe as the film progresses; along with this progression, the film makes its way through all genres that you can imagine: it starts out as a fairly silly slapstick comedy, turns into romantic comedy, then into romance, then into thriller and finally into a tragic melodrama. At one point, there's even a horror scene thrown in for good measure.

Plot holes and illogical character behaviour aplenty, but that's what you expect of any Bollywood movie, more or less.

As for the acting, well, don't expect stellar performances. Most of the supporting cast are somewhat annoying, especially in the slapstick scenes, although Johny Lever for once plays a fairly non-silly, likeable character.

The lead actors give solid performances, particularly Kajol and Aamir Khan, who manage to be funny (without overdoing it) in the comedy bits and believably serious/emotional (without overdoing it) in the tragic parts. Ajay Devgan has great onscreen chemistry with Kajol (they aren't married for no reason, it seems), but overall his character has a serious depth deficit and is just too gullible. Juhi Chawla is very pretty and good fun to watch, and it is her very energetic performance that drives the movie along much of the time. However, she is mostly really more of a pleasant diversion than a full-fledged character.

The music by Anu Malik has no real highlights and, like the film, probes its way around several genres. My personal favourite is 'Dekho Dekho Jaanam', a compellingly cute, slightly silly Kajol/Devgan love duet (sung by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik). 'Ishq Hua Kaise Hua', the corresponding Chawla/Khan duet (Udit Narayan/Vibha Sharma) is more romantic, much less successful, but comes at least complete with lots of Swiss Alps. The disco-inspired songs are, alas, not very inspired.

Overall, this is a 3-hour tour de force, an all-in-one package of all emotions and film genres that you can imagine; not really the best of Bollywood, but still fairly enjoyable. Not sure whether it's worth the trip to the cinema, but rent the DVD and watch this if you are in a quirky mood or if you have friends over for an Indian dinner.

Defolosk

I have watched this movie to the point where I have memorized it and am still enjoying it, which is surprising given how I feel about comedies. This is a Romance film, comedy film, a film about true friendship and family. In this one case, trust friends over family. Trust love and heart over bonds of birth.

Ishq is the story of 2 sets of friends Ajay (Ajay Devgan) and Raja (Aamir Khan) as well as Kajal (Kajol) and Madhu (Juhi Chawla). Ajay and Madhu are rich, whereas Kajal and Raja are poor. To complicate matters Ajay and Madhu's fathers hate poor people. They play dirty tricks to break the couples up and get Ajay and Madhu married.

The acting is heartwarming, it is rare to see a film with so many big names in it where egos do not come into play. Aamir and Juhi provide most of the comedy, with Ajay showing that he does have comic talent. Kajol, however, keeps the movie from devolving and the plot on track.

Great watch!

Dorintrius

Ishq is an excellent film. No wonder why it was one of the biggest blockbusters of 1997 along with Dil To Pagal Hai.

This film has everything working in its favour. A superb cast, awesome music, good storyline and zany humour.

Ishq is the story of four lovers: Ajay (Ajay Devgan), Raja (Aamir Khan), Madhu (Juhi Chawla) and Kajal (Kajol). Ajay and Madhu are the offsprings of wealthy industrialists, Ranjit Rai (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) and Harbanslal (Dalip Tahil) while Raja and Kajal are poor. Ajay and Kajal fall for each other while Raja and Madhu take a rough route before giving their hearts to each other.

The twist in the story comes in the forms of the wealthy fathers who want their children married off to rich spouses. So together, they create a scheme to separate the love birds and then get their children (Ajay and Madhu) to marry each other.

But love always wins and that is the crux of the film.

I liked the casting in this movie. The four actors share a great chemistry with each other and not once do you feel that they are uncomfortable with each other.

Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla provide some light moments in the film and their antics are worth watching. Ajay Devgan and Kajol are likable as the brooding, intense lovers.

Anu Malik had an excellent timing with the music. 'Neend churayee meri' and 'Mr. lova lova' being my favorites in this film. The other songs are also good.

Overall, Ishq is a must watch! It made me miss me the golden era of the 1990s so badly.

Yahm

Indra Kumar's films are never original, nor they have anything new DIL was okay though too OTT, while BETA was too melodramatic but good RAJA was crap, ISHQ is good too nothing great

The first half is spend with slapstick OTT scenes which are funny mostly like the pipe scene is too much though stupid,

The love angles too have their fun The Exorcist angle is unnecessary and too much

The second half gets too melodramatic and things get boring but they are some good scenes like Aamir- Ajay clash and some more

Indra Kumar handles comedy quite well and drama too Music is very good

Aamir Khan has done comedy in AAA earlier and here he is in comfort zone and makes you laugh the most in the first half stealing the show with his one-liners and expressions Even in serious scenes he does a great job Ajay looks too silly in some comic scenes and overacts in some and is decent in some but excels in dramatic scenes and his chemistry with AK is terrific, i wish they work again together

Juhi acts very well in the mischievous role though she overacts at places but it suits well Kajol is unnoticeable in first half but decent in second half

Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar are too loud and play the clichéd villains

Johny Lever is loud too but makes you laugh at places

Deepak Shirke, Tiku Talsania have some funny scenes

Modred

This movie was so entertaining and entertaining and full of entertainment with the best comedy

Action scenes are excellent romance is brilliant storyline is superb screenplay is superb background music is superb songs are excellent

Ajay devgn is superb aamir khan is decent juhi is excellent kajol is outstanding

Editing and direction both are impressive and interesting

Overall my rating is 7/10

Bliss

Ranjit Rai (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) and Harbans Lal (Dalip Tahil) are two wealthy business magnates who despise the poor. Thus, they decide their children, Ajay Rai (Ajay Devgan) and Madhu Lal (Juhi Chawla), will marry wealthy spouses. They try to break their children's friendship with Raja (Aamir Khan) and Kajol (Kajol), who are both poor. They fix up Ajay's marriage with Madhu and send Ajay to meet Madhu. As fate would have it, Ajay falls in love with Kajol instead and Raja and Madhu fall in love. This angers the two men, and they try to bribe Raja and Kajol into leaving Madhu and Ajay. When this doesn't work, they try to get Raja and Kajol killed. When the children realize what their fathers really did, they refuse to back down, their determination set in stone.

TheFresh

The film is one of the best films of all time.All the characters steal the show.But the most beautiful comes when the ladies have a good bonding and handle each other. As brothers Aamir and Ajay are perfect.The scene when Aamir tries to escape the other is hilarious. The fights b/w Kajol and Aamir is also funny. The plot gets serious and Kajol is supported by Aamir as a best friend. There is plot and it is beautifully executed with super songs. The climax is expected but the change in the fathers minds is surprising. There is a friendship b/w each other and is also good because of the background scores. Each character get equal role in each segment. Overall a wonderful creation that makes us watch every time we see it.

Doukree

The main reason I watched this movie is because of the great cast. Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan, Kajol, and Juhi Chawla. That already gets you excited. The actors all did great, even Johnny Lever. This movie is a perfect one to watch with the whole family, because it has some great scenes and it's a totally clean movie. It has everything in it- action, drama, comedy, romance, and an overall good story that is told in true Bollywood style. I mean even though its a typical story filled with clichés and Bollywood masala, it entertains and is above average. And really, the movie has a great message, which is that all people are equal, rich or poor. Many people think that poor people are not equal to the rich people. The movie also says that there is nothing wrong in falling in love with a lower class person. The songs were also good as most of 1990s Hindi films had good music. This movie overall was pretty good.

Xinetan

This movie has comedy, romance, drama, action, etc. All in all a complete Masala movie. But that doesn't mean its a great movie.

Thesecond half is almost unbearable. A complete flashback to the early 90s movies. Opposing family, drama, violence etc.

The first half was funny and very good. The actors were close to perfect. Aamir and Juhi set the screen on fire with their chemistry. Kajol was her usual self.

Juhi has a flair for comedy as does Aamir. Ajay was good too.

Bottom line, regular Bollywood viewers will enjoy. May be a bit too much for others.

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