''Love'' is a 1991 Indian

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-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Suresh Krissna Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Language films. His first independent film as a director was '' Sathya'' (1988), with Kamal Haasan. He is well known for ha ...

, starring

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(in her

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debut) in the lead roles. It is the remake of the

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film '' Prema'' (1989). It could not repeat the success of the original and ended up as an average grosser. The makers changed the tragic climax from the original film to one with a happy ending. This movie is also remembered for the romantic song "Saathiya Tune Kya Kiya". The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's

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Plot

Jailed as a juvenile for killing his abusive father (Sudhir Kumar), who is responsible for his mother's

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, Prithvi (

) is unable to stand any atrocity. He meets Maggie Pinto (

Revathi Menon Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil & Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu, Hindi & Kannada films. She has won seve ...

) and after a few chance meetings, they both fall in love. Maggie takes Prithvi to meet her parents, but they reject him after learning about his criminal past. When Maggie and Prithvi persist, Maggie's mother, Stella Pinto (

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), calls the police and has Prithvi jailed. Guruji ( Amjad Khan) comes to Prithvi's aid and bails him out. Prithvi and Maggie continue their courtship, but Stella finds out and intervenes, sending goons to attack Prithvi, during which Maggie is injured. How this affects everyone close to her is the crux of the story.

Cast

as Prithvi *

as Maggie Pinto * Amjad Khan aa Guruji * Babloo Mukherjee as Prithvi's Friend *

Shafi Inamdar Shafi Inamdar (23 October 1945 – 13 March 1996) was an Indian actor. He started his film career with the film '' Vijeta'' and continued it in ''Ardh Satya''. He acted in a number of television serials including ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi''. His mo ...

as John Pinto *

as Stella Pinto *

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as Prithvi's mother * Sudhir as Prithvi's Father

Soundtrack

The songs are based on the original music composed for Telugu movie '' Prema''. It was released on Venus Records & Tapes and composed by

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References

External links

* 1991 films 1991 romantic drama films 1990s Hindi-language films Films directed by Suresh Krissna Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Hindi remakes of Telugu films Indian romantic drama films {{1990s-romantic-drama-film-stub