''Love You Hamesha'' () is an Indian Hindi-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 ...
written and directed by
Kailash Surendranath
Kailash Surendranath is an Indian advertising filmmaker. Surendranath is best known for producing ''Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (unity-in-diversity)'' song in 1986 and directing revised version of the same in 2010. He directed the 2001 romantic comedy ...
.
It stars
Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the son of actor Vinod Khanna. He has won numerous awards in his career including two Filmfare Awards, three Screen Awards and two IIFA Awards in varied ac ...
and
Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She did modelling assignments prior to making her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for Ne ...
as its main cast, and other supporting actors. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''
May Maadham
''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released on ...
'' (1994). The soundtrack of the film is composed by
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
with songs from the original.
The film was stuck in the cans and remained unreleased for over 20 years. Sonali Bendre called her role in this film one of her best roles. The film was finally released on 7 July 2022 on YouTube on NMP Movies Channel.
Plot
The story revolves around young people in their early 20s coming of age. Trouble follows a young woman (Sonali Bendre) when she breaks her engagement to a mismatched man (Amitabh Nanda)and falls in love with someone else (Akshaye Khanna), whom she meets after running away from home. A search for her is initiated by the woman's father. Things take a turn when her father conspires to ruin the relationship between the duo.
Cast
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Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the son of actor Vinod Khanna. He has won numerous awards in his career including two Filmfare Awards, three Screen Awards and two IIFA Awards in varied ac ...
as Shaurat
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Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She did modelling assignments prior to making her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for Ne ...
as Shivani
*Amitabh Nanda as Samrat
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Rohit Bal
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Early life
Rohit Bal was born in the city of Srinagar in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India on 8 May 1961 into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Bal received his Bach ...
as himself
*Rishma Malik
*
Dalip Tahil
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*
Vijayendra Ghatge
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*
Riya Sen
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Sen comes from a royal background; her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the royal ...
as Meghna
Production
The film began production in 1999, but had not released as of April 2003.
''
Elle
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'' editor Amitabh Nanda made his foray into acting with this film. Fashion designer
Rohit Bal
Rohit Bal is an Indian fashion designer. He designs for both men and women.
Early life
Rohit Bal was born in the city of Srinagar in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India on 8 May 1961 into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Bal received his Bach ...
played himself in the film. The film was is primarily shot in exotic locales in
Rajasthan
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and a song sequence in
Andaman Islands
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.
The film was originally scheduled to be released in 2001. Due to unknown reasons the film was not released to mainstream public. The soundtrack composed by A.R. Rahman was released in April 2001 and two music videos were released on mainstream TV channels and
YouTube
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.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack has six songs and was dubbed from the Tamil film ''
May Maadham
''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released on ...
'' released in 1994. The composer of the songs is
A.R. Rahman with lyrics by
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was nominated for the Filmfare award for Best lyricist a total of 40 times, resulting in 4 wins.
Early life
Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid) was born ...
. The soundtrack by
A.R. Rahman was released to positive reviews and was received better than most Hindi films in 2001. A. R. Rahman has been said to have given fantastic music for the film.
#"Gup Chup Baatein" -
Hariharan,
Sadhna Sargam
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#"Botal Tod De - " -
Hema Sardesai
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,
Sonu Nigam
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#"Sone Ka Palang" -
Ila Arun
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Personal life
Arun ...
,
Kavita Paudwal
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,
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*Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch
*Udit Patel (born 1984 ...
#"Yaar Teri Bewafaai " -
Mahalaxmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi, Assamese and Tamil songs. She has sung in many other Indian languages as well, including Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati and Kannada.
Career Playback singing
Ma ...
#"Ek Ladki Thi " -
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojp ...
#"Love You Hamesha" -
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...
,
Shweta Shetty
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Life and career
Shett ...
,
G. V. Prakash
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, tt0217632
2001 films
2000s Hindi-language films
Hindi remakes of Tamil films
Indian romantic musical films
1990s Hindi-language films
1990s romantic musical films
1990s musical drama films
Indian musical drama films
Films scored by A. R. Rahman
Indian direct-to-video films
Rediscovered Indian films
2000s rediscovered films