''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (English: ''Love, Amour and Romance'') is a 2001 Indian

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written and directed by

Rajiv Rai Rajiv Gulshan Rai (born 18 July 1955) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of the producer Gulshan Rai. He has directed many films under his father's production company ''Trimurti Films''. He made his debut ...

and produced by

Gulshan Rai Gulshan Madhosh Rai (2 March 1924 – 11 October 2004) was an Indian film producer and distributor. He produced successful films in the 1970s and 1980s directed by Vijay Anand, Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai and thereafter directed by his son Raji ...

under the

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banner. The film was released on 3 August 2001, introducing

Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, model, film producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film '' Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on t ...

and starring Sunil Shetty,

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. The film is notable for introducing Arjun Rampal and launching him as a popular actor in Bollywood. The film's script is loosely based and modeled along the Hollywood movie ''

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''.

Synopsis

Yash Sabharwal ( Sunil Shetty) is an enterprising billionaire who excels in business strategy. He is smitten by the brilliant and lovely Isha Nair (

). She is a smart medical student and her idealism leads her to

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for advance research. Yash sends her away by giving her a scholarship. Before she leaves, Yash hires Gaurav Saxena (

) to go to Scotland with her and, using his magic, make Isha fall in love with Yash. In Scotland, Taj Bharadwaj (

), an endearing and loveable guy, falls madly for Isha. Born and brought up in a royal luxury, Taj is a perfect NRI gentleman. He has only one problem — whether his father Lord Bharadwaj (

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) would agree with him or not. When Gaurav comes into the life of Isha, Isha also falls in love with him and Gaurav falls in love with her. When Yash finds out about this, he tells Gaurav to go and break Isha's heart, so she would come back to him. Gaurav uses Maya Dhillon (

Monica Bedi Monica Bedi (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian actress and television presenter. She debuted in Hindi films in the mid-1990s and her notable work includes ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' and ''Jodi No.1''. She is known for participating in ''Bigg ...

) by starting a fake affair with her and sleeps with her. Taj discovers it and informs Isha. When Isha sees Gaurav and Maya together, she starts hating him. Gaurav is awarded with £1 billion by Yash for getting out of Isha's life and opening the ways for him. Gaurav opens a bank account but is unaware that the bank is owned by the Bharadwaj family and Taj runs it. Taj is shocked when he learns that a humble guy like Gaurav is opening an account of £1 billion. Taj asks Gaurav about it. Gaurav informs him that he has sold his soul to the devil. Gaurav starts to realise that he cannot live without Isha as he was really in love with her. He returns the money to Yash, informs Maya that he never loved her, and it was just a part of his plan. He informs Maya that he is going back to India and that he is in love with Isha. Maya meets Isha and tells her that Gaurav seriously loved her but sacrificed his love for Yash. Isha forgives Gaurav and still loves him. However, Isha's parents have fixed her engagement with Taj and Isha has to agree to make her parents happy. Isha's friend Rubaina Alam (

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) invites Yash to the engagement. Yash refuses to attend. Rubaina insults him, tells him that he is responsible for the trouble, and he must attend. Yash decides to break Taj and Isha's engagement. On the other hand, Gaurav appears at Isha's engagement in the room where Isha is preparing. Gaurav informs her that he has always loved her but it is the end and she has to forget about him and think about Taj. Gaurav tells her that she must not tell anyone about their love and continue her life. Lord Bharadwaj sees Gaurav and asks him about why has he come. Gaurav tries to escape with his and Isha's pictures but Taj stops him. The situation becomes worse and the pictures fall on the floor. Lord Bharadwaj sees the pictures and tries to shoot Gaurav but Yash appears and saves Gaurav. He tells everyone that he deserves to be killed and not Gaurav because he has used Gaurav and Isha and has broken their love. Isha's parents ask her who she really loves. Gaurav tells her to focus on what he has said. Isha starts crying and tells everyone that she is engaging with Taj with her own will and is not being forced by anyone. However, her mood tells that she is not saying this intentionally. Lord Bharadwaj tells Isha's parents not to force her and ask her about her real choice. Isha tells her parents that she loves Gaurav. Isha and Gaurav's engagement is fixed. As a result, Gaurav is the one who succeeds in his true love. Yash and Taj fail, but Gaurav fixes Taj's engagement with Maya and Yash's mother fixes his engagement with Rubaina. Therefore, all three pairs start living happily. Gaurav's love for Isha wins in the end.

Cast

* Suniel Shetty as Yash Sabharwal *

as Gaurav Saxena *

as Tajinder "Taj" Bhardwaj *

as Isha Nair *

as Maya Dhillon *

as Rubaina Alam *

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as Dr. Alam *

as Lord Inder Bhardwaj *

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as Ms. Sabbarwal *

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as Hassu Bhai *

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as Pramod Mehra *

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as Anjali Mehra *

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as Mahesh Nair

Casting

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and

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were the original choices for the roles of Taj Bhardwaj and Gaurav Saxena respectively. Once

left the film the role of Taj was originally offered to

grabbed the role of Gaurav Saxena when

exited the fim. Kajol was

's first choice to play the role of Isha Nair but

Kirti Reddy Keerthi Reddy is an Indian former actress who appeared primarily in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi language films. Her notable work includes '' Tholi Prema'' (1998), ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and '' Arjun'' (2004). She has received a Filmfar ...

was roped in to essay the lead role.

Release

Critical reception

''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' received mostly mixed reviews upon release but Arjun Rampal received critical acclaim for his performance.

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gave 1 out of 5 stars, quoting "''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' is too weak a film to leave any impression whatsoever." Sukanya Verma of

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wrote "

, a personal favourite, who carried off fancy action-thrillers like ''

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'' and ''

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'' in style and displayed his skills as a crisp editor in the edge of the seat thriller ''

Gupt ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and featuring Bobby Deol in the lead role along with Manisha Koirala, Kajol, and Om Puri, with Raj Babbar and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in an extended c ...

'', disappoints." SmasHits.com gave negative reviews on Rajiv Rai's direction, editing and screenplay but praised the performance of Arjun Rampal. Ajay Bhashyam of Full Hyderabad.com gave positive reviews and gave a rating of 6 stars, quoting "Rajiv Rai comes up with another one of those tales with the basic ingredient that all good tales must have – the 'what-happens-next?' factor. Not that what happens next always turns out great (and it's nothing like ''Gupt''), but at least you want to know. And when the basic theme is love and there isn't any dishum-dishum or any real villain, it's an achievement of sorts to generate the kind of interest that this film does."

Box Office

Despite mixed-to-positive reviews, the film was a box office failure.

Music

The soundtrack album of ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' was composed by regular

loyalist Viju Shah contains eight tracks. The lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. It was released by the

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label on 17 May 2001. The singers include

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, Hariharan,

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, Shaan (credited as Shantanu Mukherjee), Alka Yagnik,

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and Janki Iyer. The album opens with the funky musical track "Apni Yaadon Ko" sung by Shaan. It is pictured on

and marks his Bollywood debut. The song became very famous due to its excellent music and established Shaan as a household name. The next song "Chand Ho" is sung by Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam and it is pictured on Arjun Rampal,

and

. This song samples "solitude" by German composer Karunesh .Arjun and Monica lip-synch the lyrics and Aftab is featured observing the two. The third song "Dono Taraf" is sung by

and

. It is pictured on Arjun Rampal, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani,

, Monica Bedi and

at the closing credits of the movie. The fourth track "Jab Tujhe Maine" is a romantic song by

and

. It is pictured on Aftab Shivdasani and Kirti Reddy in Aftab's dream sequence. It is followed by "Main Bewafa". The song features rock music performed by guitar. It is sung by Kumar Sanu and is pictured on Arjun Rampal. The sixth track "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat" is the title track sung by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. It is a beautiful romantic ballad shot in the mountains of

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and is pictured on Arjun Rampal and Kirti Reddy. The seventh song is a classical romantic song "Tum Lakh Chupe Ho" by Hariharan and Janki Iyer. It is pictured on Sunil Shetty and Kirti Reddy in Sunil's dream sequence. The last track is the instrumental "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (Theme)" featuring vocals from Shaan and Sadhana Sargam.Love on a Real Train by Tamperine Dreams was lifted and reworked by Viju Shah as part of the background score throughout the movie.The Sunil Shetty specific background score has been lifted from Dreams in Bloom:The Letter by Symphonex Orchestra.The Bagpiper music to welcome Kirti Reddy in Scotland is copied from Celtic Dance-The Landlord's Walk Blair Douglas.Viju has lifted considerably for the background music in this movie like in his previous movies like Tridev, Vishwatma,Mohra,Gupt:The Hidden Truth during his association with Rajiv Rai.

Reviews

The album received mainly positive reviews. Narbir Gosal from ''Planet Bollywood'' wrote: "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat is one of the more versatile album of the year. Carrying melodious, but very modernized songs, this album leaves everyone pleased. Viju Shah scores with each and every song except for ''Dono Taraf'' and the ''title theme'' track. This is his most experimental album and although he has used his synthesizer to the hilt (that is one aspect he really needs to change about his music), Viju has tried hard to incorporate some natural instruments (his favourite, the flute, being one of them) into his songs." ''SmasHits'' staff wrote "Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat' is the album of the year so far. The Rai-Shah-Bakshi trio has scored again." Sukanya Verma of

also gave favourable reviews.

Awards

References

External links

* {{Rajiv Rai Trimurti Films 2000s Hindi-language films 2001 films Films scored by Viju Shah Films directed by Rajiv Rai