Mohabbat (translation: ''Love/Romance'') is an Indian

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romantic film directed by Reema Nath and starring

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, Sanjay Kapoor, and Akshay Khanna. The film was released on 19 September 1997.

Plot

The wealthy Kapoor family consists of Madanlal, his wife Geeta, daughter Roshni, and son Gaurav. One day while Gaurav is returning home from a bank, he is attacked by a group of men led by Shiva, but a young man named Rohit Malhotra comes to his rescue. Gaurav hires Rohit in his firm, and both become fast and inseparable friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman, Shweta Sharma, but Gaurav finds out and decides to step away. Shweta and Rohit are in love and want to get married. Then Shiva attacks Rohit and throws him off a cliff. Believing him to be dead, a shocked and devastated Shweta loses her voice. The Kapoors find out that Gaurav loves Shweta and they approach her brother, Shekhar, and arrange their marriage. They get engaged but Gaurav finds that he’s a brain tumour and he wants to bring back the long-lost happiness of Shweta. He finds a lookalike of Rohit who is Tony Braganza. What Gaurav doesn't know is whether or not Tony is Rohit. Thus begins a merry-go-round of love, emotions, and sacrifice, all of which is 'Mohabbat'. In last scene, it is being revealed that Rohit has planned his murder after knowing the fact that the secret admirer of Shweta is none other than Gaurav and he’s in love with her. So, he decided to sacrifice his love for friendship. However, Gaurav finally gets to know that Tony is actually Rohit and Gaurav asks him to go back to Shweta. Lastly Gaurav dies due to his tumour and Shweta gets her voice back due to shock

Cast

* Sanjay Kapoor as Gaurav M. Kapoor *

as Shweta Sharma *

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 Rohit Malhotra / Tony Braganza * Farooq Sheikh as Shekhar Sharma, elder brother of Shweta *

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as Dr. R.C. Goyal *

Shiva Rindani Shiva Rindani (born Mukesh Rindani) is an Indian actor who appeared in Hindi films - mostly - in either villainous roles or in comic roles. He has appeared in more than 100 films. His latest film was ''Deshdrohi ''Deshdrohi'' ( Traitor) i ...

as Shiva * M.F. Husain as himself (special appearance) * Arjun *

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as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor *

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as Geetarani M.Kapoor *

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as Mechanic *

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as Khalajaan, Lady in black burqah *

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as Mrs.Malhotra * Ashwin Kaushal as Virendra "Viren" Gupta * Bob Brahmbhatt as Aslam * Babbanlal Yadav as Mr.Ramaswamy, Madrasi clerk *

Raj Kamal Raj Kamal (15 January 1928 – 1 September 2005) was a well-known Indian composer. He composed classics such as the unforgettable '' Chashm-e-Buddoor'', ''kahan se aaye badra'', ''kaali ghodi dwaar khadi'', '' Sawan Ko Aane Do'', ''Chand J ...

as Doctor *

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as Malhotra's landlord * Gurmeet as Office Clerk * Parnav Chowdhary as Staffer *

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as Mr.Sabharwal *

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as Kidnapper *

Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations inclu ...

as Shweta's Fan *

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Music

"Mohabbat (1997)" music was composed by music duo "Nadeem-Shravan", and penned by

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and Reema Rakesh Nath.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 217660 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan 1997 films Indian romantic drama films Films scored by Surinder Sodhi 1997 directorial debut films 1997 romantic drama films