''Maine Pyar Kiya'' () is a 1989 Indian
Hindi
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-language
romantic musical 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
Sooraj Barjatya
Sooraj R. Barjatya (born 22 February 1964) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and distributor, predominantly working in Hindi cinema. Barjatya has directed and produced some of the most commercially successful Indian films ...
. Produced by
Rajshri Productions
Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947, which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films. The most successful films produced by the company include ''Dosti'' ( ...
, the film stars
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
and
Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree Dasani (née Patwardhan; born 23 February 1969) is an Indian actress and social worker. She is known for her roles in Hindi language film and television.
Bhagyashree had her breakthrough starring as Suman in the film ''Maine Pyar ...
. It marked the debuts of Barjatya and Bhagyashree.
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
took place in
Mumbai
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and
Ooty
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. The
film score
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and
soundtrack
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was composed by
Raamlaxman
Vijay Patil (16 September 1942 – 22 May 2021) better known as Raamlaxman, was an Indian composer, pianist, musician and accordionist. Raamlaxman is most famous for his work with Rajshri Productions of Hindi films. He composed music for their ...
while
Asad Bhopali
Asad Bhopali (10 July 1921 – 9 June 1990) was an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. The ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema'', compiled by Gulzar and Saibal Chatterjee, describes him as one of the "few names that stand out for their contribution ...
wrote the lyrics.
''Maine Pyar Kiya'' is considered one of the most iconic romantic films ever made and became a cult favorite from its songs, dialogues and chemistry of Khan and Bhagyashree. It was released on 29 December 1989 to positive reviews and emerged as an all time Blockbuster with a worldwide gross of , becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1989 and the
highest-grossing Indian film of the 1980s. It also won six
Filmfare Awards
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.
Plot
Karan is a poor mechanic who lives in the countryside with his only daughter, Suman. He decides to try his luck in business and travel to
Dubai
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so he can earn enough to get his daughter married. Thus, he decides to leave her with his old friend Kishan. Kishan, a wealthy businessman, allows Suman to stay at his house while her father is away as he cannot turn down his old friend's request. Suman is befriended by Kishan's young son Prem, who assures her that a boy and a girl can be platonic friends.
Prem takes Suman to a party organised by Seema, who is the only daughter of Kishan's business partner, Ranjeet. Jeevan, nephew of Ranjeet, is proud and arrogant and humiliates Suman and Prem, accusing them of falsely claiming to be "just friends". Suman leaves the party in tears and distances herself from Prem. At that point, Prem and Suman both realise that they have fallen in love with each other.
Prem's mother Kaushalya probes deeper into Prem and Suman's relationship and approves of Suman as her daughter-in-law. Kishan, however, is unhappy with the relationship and asks her to leave his house. He feels that she has taken advantage of his hospitality. Karan returns from abroad and is enraged at Kishan's behaviour and Kishan accuses him of plotting to set up Prem and Suman. Karan and Kishan quarrel, and eventually Karan and Suman return to their village, deeply humiliated.
Prem refuses to accept the separation, so he goes to Suman's village and begs to be allowed to marry her. Karan, angered by Kishan's accusations, says he will allow the marriage on one condition: Prem must prove that he can support his wife through his own effort and live separately. Prem begins to work as a truck driver and labourer in the nearby quarry. At the end of the month, Prem has earned the required money. On the way to Karan's house, he is ambushed by Jeevan and a group of ruffians who attempt to kill him. He survives, but his wages are ruined in the fight.
Karan harshly dismisses Prem's effort and cannot believe Prem's story about the ruffians' attack. Prem begs for another chance to prove himself. His sincere determination melts Karan's heart and he agrees to allow his daughter to marry Prem. Meanwhile, Ranjeet goes to Prem's father and tells him that Karan has killed his son. Unable to believe this, Kishan travels to Karan's village, only to find Prem alive. When Prem confronts Jeevan, Ranjeet and his supporters beat up both Kishan and Karan, while Jeevan abducts Suman. In the end, Prem, Karan, and Kishan join hands to defeat a common enemy — Ranjeet, his nephew Jeevan and Ranjeet's supporters, and then save Suman. Rangeet's leg is broken in the fight and he and his supporters are arrested. Jeevan is chased to a cliff by Prem, where Suman falls and hangs off a branch. After a fight with Jeeven, Prem attempts to lower himself down with a rope to save her, and Jeeven is attacked by a bird (the same one that he tried to kill earlier but Suman stopped him from), till he falls off the cliff. Suman and Prem climb up the cliff to safety. Jeeven, who is hanging on the branch, attemps to intervene, but instead is put into greater risk, and, finally, is pecked in the face by the bird and falls to his death just as a mining bomb explodes. Karan and Kishan's estrangement comes to an end and Prem and Suman marry.
Cast
*
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
as Prem Chaudhary
*
Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree Dasani (née Patwardhan; born 23 February 1969) is an Indian actress and social worker. She is known for her roles in Hindi language film and television.
Bhagyashree had her breakthrough starring as Suman in the film ''Maine Pyar ...
as Suman
*
Aloknath as Karan
*
Rajeev Verma
Rajeev Verma (born 28 June 1949) is an Indian actor. He has worked in film and television.
Early life
Rajeev Verma is a veteran Indian actor who works mainly in film and television.
Verma was born in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh, India. He ob ...
as Kishan Kumar Chaudhary
*
Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household nam ...
as Kaushalya Chaudhary
*
Ajit Vachani
Ajit Vachhani (10 August, 1951 – 25 August, 2003) was an India, Indian film and television actor. He had worked in many Hindi films as a character actor, including ''Mr. India (1987 film), Mr. India'' (1987) (as "Teja"), ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' ...
as Ranjeet
*
Mohnish Bahl as Jeevan
*
Laxmikant Berde
Laxmikant Berde (26 October 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Indian Marathi language film actor who appeared in several Marathi and Hindi movies. He was known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. Berde started his career as an emp ...
as Manohar Singh
*
Harish Patel
Harish Patel (born 5 July 1953) is an Indian character actor. He has appeared in a variety of Hindi films, but in recent years has begun to appear in American projects like reimagination of ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' on Hulu. His latest pr ...
as Rahim
*Huma Khan as Gulabiya
*Pervin Dastur as Seema
*
Dilip Joshi
Dilip Joshi (born 26 May 1968) is an Indian film, television actor. He has appeared in several Indian movies and television series. Joshi has performed mostly in comedy roles, he initially worked in side roles in Bollywood films and then rose to ...
as Ramlal "Ramu" Singh
*
Deep Dhillon
Deep Dhillon is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He played the role of Jayadratha in the famous Indian TV serial ''Mahabharat'' and appeared as Sahasrarjun in the TV serial '' Vishnu Puran''. He is known for playing Ins ...
as Lal
*
Raju Shrivastava as Shambhu
*
Shreechand Makhija
Shreechand Makhija (born 20 March 1940) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared in a number of serials as well as films and is prominently known for his role of Chaurasia in the Indian sitcom '' Nukkad'' on Doordarshan. He ha ...
as Prabhu
Production
Casting
The casting of the lead actor was complex.
Several newcomers were auditioned for the role of 'Prem', including
Vindu Dara Singh
Vindu Dara Singh (born Virender Singh Randhawa; 6 May 1964) is an Indian actor who does Hindi and Punjabi television films. He is the winner of the third season of ''Bigg Boss''. Before this, In 1996 he played the role of Lord Hanuman in ''Ja ...
,
Deepak Tijori
Deepak Tijori (born 28 August 1961) is an Indian film director and actor who works in Bollywood and Gujarati films and is well known for his supporting roles in ''Aashiqui'' (1990), '' Khiladi'' (1992), ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), ''Kab ...
, and
Faraaz Khan
Faraaz Khan (27 May 1970 – 4 November 2020) was an Indian actor. He was seen in some of the Bollywood movies and television serials in the late 1990s and early 2000s. His notable films include '' Fareb'' and ''Mehndi''. He has also appeared ...
. While Faraaz Khan, son
of the actor Yusuf Khan who played the villainous Zabisco in ''
Amar Akbar Anthony
''Amar Akbar Anthony'' is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed and produced by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. The film stars an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, ...
'' (1977), was almost finalised for the role, but he was replaced at the last minute due to health issues.
Barjatya tested Shabina Dutt for the lead actress role. Dutt failed the screen test and Barjatya asked if she could suggest an actor for the lead.
She suggested
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
, with whom she had done an ad film. Salman Khan was not particularly interested because of the soft nature of the film and Barjatya was not very happy with the Khan's first audition. Sooraj wasn't convinced with Salman's acting prowess and started looking for another actor to play the role. Khan too, started suggesting names for who could be Prem in the film, after he was told that he didn't fit the bill.
Barjatya eventually convinced him to do it, and Khan has since then expressed his gratitude to Barjatya for making him a star.
Barjatya loved
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Gol ...
's ''
Top Gun
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'' jacket so much that he designed a one on the similar lines for Khan in ''Maine Pyar Kiya''. Like Tom Cruise's jacket, which had patches of logos and emblems of the
American Army,
Navy
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and
Air Force
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insignia, and other badges from the
defence forces The phrase Defence Force(s) (or Defense Force(s) in US English - see spelling differences) is in the title of the armed forces of certain countries and territories.
Defence forces
* Ambazonia Defence Forces
*Artsakh Defence Army
* Australian Defen ...
, Khan's jacket too had similar insignias pasted on it.
Barjatya then cast
Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree Dasani (née Patwardhan; born 23 February 1969) is an Indian actress and social worker. She is known for her roles in Hindi language film and television.
Bhagyashree had her breakthrough starring as Suman in the film ''Maine Pyar ...
to star opposite Salman Khan.
Bhagyashree, who had a lead role in Amol Palekar's TV show ''Kachchi Dhoop'', had refused to do the film as she wanted to pursue higher studies. Barjatya made several changes to the script; Bhagyashree eventually agreed to do the film.
Though Salman recommended Bahl for villain's role, veteran actress and
Mohnish Bahl's mother
Nutan
Nutan Samarth Bahl (4 June 1936 – 21 February 1991), known mononymously as Nutan, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning nearly four decades, she appeared in more than 70 films, mostly as a protagonist, in both bi ...
was not happy with her son playing villain's role in the film. Nutan, who shared a good rapport with the Barjatyas, had reportedly also asked if Mohnish could fit in other roles.
Makers assured her that Bahl's character would be remembered for a long time to come.
Barjatya picked Perveen from the English stage to play the negative role.
The film also marked the debut of
Laxmikant Berde
Laxmikant Berde (26 October 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Indian Marathi language film actor who appeared in several Marathi and Hindi movies. He was known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. Berde started his career as an emp ...
.
Filming
Prior to the film's production,
Rajshri Productions
Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947, which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films. The most successful films produced by the company include ''Dosti'' ( ...
was struggling financially, and was on the verge of closing down.
Director/writer Sooraj Barjatya's father Rajkumar Barjatya suggested the story of ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' and His Father's Friend was Legendary filmmaker
Tarun Majumdar
Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 22 September 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director and Screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received four National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandal ...
suggested the script of ''Maine Pyar Kiya''. Barjatya spent ten months writing the screenplay for ''Maine Pyar Kiya''. The film had a production budget of .
Bhagyashree got paid while Salman Khan was paid for the film.
In addition to the production budget, another was spent on the soundtrack's radio publicity.
The first sequence filmed was the office scene where Rajiv Verma tells Salman that he has to go.
Barjatya had large sets in
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* Prayag Film City
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, Mumbai, where filming took place continuously over 5 to 6 months. The outdoor scenes were filmed in
Ooty
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.
Additional production credits include dance choreographer — Jay Borade, art—Bijon Das Gupta, action—Shamim Azim and editor—Mukhtar Ahmed.
Music
The soundtrack album and musical score were composed by
Raamlaxman
Vijay Patil (16 September 1942 – 22 May 2021) better known as Raamlaxman, was an Indian composer, pianist, musician and accordionist. Raamlaxman is most famous for his work with Rajshri Productions of Hindi films. He composed music for their ...
, while the lyrics were written by
Dev Kohli
Dev Kohli (2 November 1942) is an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. He penned hundreds of songs in Bollywood films and churned out numerous hit songs such as ''Maaye Ni Maaye'', ''Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen'', ''Geet Gaata Hoon'',''O Saki Saki' ...
and
Asad Bhopali
Asad Bhopali (10 July 1921 – 9 June 1990) was an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. The ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema'', compiled by Gulzar and Saibal Chatterjee, describes him as one of the "few names that stand out for their contribution ...
. It was produced under the
Saregama
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label and featured singers such as
Lata Mangeshkar
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,
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...
and
Sharda Sinha
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. The soundtrack consists of 11 songs including the "
Antakshari
Antakshari, also known as Antyakshari (अंताक्षरी ) is a spoken parlor game played in India. Each contestant sings the first verse of a song (often Classical Hindustani or Bollywood songs) that begins with the consonant of Hin ...
" (excerpts from different Bollywood songs), which was used when the characters play a game. The soundtrack was very successful upon release, becoming the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the decade.
The film's soundtrack album sold over 10million units, and became the best-selling soundtrack of the year and the decade (an accolade that it shares with the soundtrack of the 1989 film ''
Chandni'').
It gave a thrust to the career of Raamlaxman, who, although existed since the 1970s and was composing for mainstream movies, was yet to find popularity.
Planet Bollywood ranked the album in the fifth position on their list of "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of Hindi cinema".
Several songs of the film were heavily influenced by western hits. "Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate" was a total note-by-note lift from
Stevie Wonder
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's "
I Just Called to Say I Love You
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". "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" features a guitar riff used as a prelude and interlude that is lifted from the
millennial whoop (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Ho portion) from the song "
Tarzan Boy
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" by
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from the album "Living in the Background".
Another song from the movie that was inspired from a western hit was "Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali".
The keyboard riff that plays at the initiation of the song (peculiarly picturised on a saxophone) is ripped from the keyboard riff of "
The Final Countdown" by the Swedish band
Europe
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. The first few lines of the song, "Mere Rang Mein" to the peak at "Mere Sawalon ka Jawab Do", were also partly inspired from the initial portions of
Francis Lai
Francis Albert Lai (; 26 April 19327 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film ''Love Story''. The so ...
’s "
Theme from Love Story".
Release
''Maine Pyar Kiya'' premiered on 29 December 1989 across India. The film initially saw a very limited release, with only 29 prints, before later going on to add a thousand more as the film picked up. ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' was dubbed in English as ''When Love Calls''.
A 125-minute version was the biggest hit in the Caribbean market in
Guyana
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and also dominated the box-office collections in
Trinidad and Tobago
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.
The
Telugu
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S ...
version ''Prema Paavuraalu'' ran for more than 200 days; 25 weeks at
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and had 100 plus day run at six centres in
Andhra Pradesh
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.
It was dubbed in
Tamil
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language as ''Kaadhal Oru Kavithai'' and in
Malayalam
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as ''Ina Praavukal''. ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' had also been dubbed in
Spanish
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as ''Te Amo''.
Reception
Box office
The film was the biggest grosser of 1989 and one of
India's highest-grossing films.
Made on a budget of around 1
crore
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,
it went on to earn a profit of over by 1990,
saving Rajshri from closing down.
''Maine Pyar Kiya'' grossed 28crore
(),
equivalent to () adjusted for inflation in 2017. It became the
highest-grossing Indian film of the 1980s.
In terms of ticket sales, the film is estimated to have sold at least more than 30million tickets in India.
The film was a huge hit in the
Caribbean
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and dominated the box-office that year in
Guyana
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, and
Trinidad and Tobago
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. The film saw a 10-week run in
Lima
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and
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.
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described it as an "all-time blockbuster".
The film's success drew comparisons to ''
Sholay
''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), ...
'', with
Manmohan Desai
Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937 – 1 March 1994) was an Indian film producer and director. He was one of the most successful filmmaker of the 70s and 80s. Desai is now considered one of most influential film director of Bollywood and a pionee ...
even calling ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' "the biggest hit since ''
Alam Ara
''Alam Ara'' () is a 1931 Indian Hindustani-language historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves on a king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, who are childless; soon, a '' fakir'' (Muhammad Wazir Khan) ...
''" (1931).
Critical response
''Maine Pyar Kiya'' received favorable reviews. ''Trade Guide'' lists it as one of the eight greatest hits ever. ''
India Today
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'' summarized, "Music is one of the key ingredients of its success. The songs have melody; the feelings come through – a throwback to the '60s. Moreover Sooraj uses the songs to take his story further. It is also that touch of innocence".
Sukanya Verma
Sukanya Verma is an Indian journalist and film critic. She has been the principal movie reviewer with web portal ''Rediff.com''. She has written a number of columns as a freelance writer for ''The Hindu''. She is a member of the Film Critics Gui ...
called, "Dil deewana appears first to celebrate Salman Khan and Bhagyashree’s happily-ever-after aspirations in Maine Pyar Kiya and once again when standard rich versus poor conflicts threaten its realisation."
''The Times of News'' wrote, "Sooraj Barjatiya’s Maine Pyar Kiya is one such classic film of the 90s that made Salman Khan an overnight star".
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Stardust'' said, "In the hands of a sincere director, the most hackneyed of commercial film plots can be made to look fresh and new. Unlike other young directors of his generation, Sooraj also knows the value of a good script and spends more time writing his script than in actual production."
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List of highest-grossing Indian films
This is a ranking of the highest grossing Indian films which includes films from various languages based on the conservative global box office estimates as reported by reputable sources. There is no official tracking of domestic box office f ...
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Rajshri Productions
Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947, which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films. The most successful films produced by the company include ''Dosti'' ( ...
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
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1980s Hindi-language films
1980s teen romance films
1989 directorial debut films
1989 films
1989 romantic drama films
Films about birds
Films directed by Sooraj Barjatya
Films about pets
Films scored by Raamlaxman
Indian romantic drama films
Indian teen romance films
Rajshri Productions films
Films shot in Mumbai
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