''Pyar Ki Dhun'' is a 2002 Indian (Hindi) romantic drama film directed and produced by Samarjit Dasgupta. It was produced under the banner of Magic Mantra Visons. The film was shot extensively in

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, England and partly in India, at

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(Uttaranchal) and

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in 2001. The film stars

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, Swati and Hena in the main leads.

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besides others, form a stellar supporting cast. Lyrics by

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and music by debutant

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. The film was released on 26 April 2002 in India.

Plot

''Pyar Ki Dhun'' is about love and what it means to different people. Priya is a brilliant student from Ranikhet village, who bags a Scholarship to a University in the U.K., for further studies. She is a happy, ambitious girl from a traditional, loving family of modest means. She is engaged to Rohit, a handsome school-teacher from the same village, who is very possessive about her. Much against Rohit’s wishes, she decides to pursue her dream of completing her further education abroad before the marriage. Nisha, on the other hand, is the bright daughter of a very rich Mumbai businessman, Mulkraj but very unhappy in life as she misses a mother’s love and has to put up with her rude step-mother. On her step-mother’s insistence, she leaves India to complete her studies at the same U.K. college as Priya while she resides at the family’s London mansion along with the trusted family servant, Kuber. Priya and Nisha meet at the University and instantly become friends. Anita, daughter of Mr and Mrs Shah, a wealthy London-based Indian couple, also befriends them. Nisha, quite lonely in a foreign country, gets unwittingly involved with NRI, Mark, who is actually a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Rohit in India grows insecure and suspicious of Priya’s silences and flies off to London to check on her. He discovers that Priya now, has second thoughts about their relationship and marriage. And Nisha, after some bad experiences with Mark, is drawn towards Rohit, who still yearns for Priya.

Cast

as Rohit *Swati as Priya *Hena as Nisha *

as Mr. Mulkraj Anand *Smita Jaykar as Mrs. Sakshi Mulkraj *Saeed Jaffrey as Mr. Shah *Satish Shah as Kuber *Rajeev Verma as Priya's Father *Bina Banerji as Priya's Mother *Nirmal Pandey as Mark *Naveen Beri as Naveen *Nicolas as Nikhil *Anita as Anita

Music

The Music of the film was composed by Shantanu Moitra. It is his debut film and he composed songs with lyrics by

. The album consists of 7 songs.

References

{{Reflist 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Shantanu Moitra 2002 films Indian romantic drama films 2002 romantic drama films