# Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai

Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (English: Is This what Love is?) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao, starring Jackie Shroff, Aftab Shivdasani and Ameesha Patel in lead roles, with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. It is a remake of the 1997 Tamil film, Love Today.

## Plot

Rahul Tiwari (Aftab Shivdasani) is in love with Sandhya Patil (Amisha Patel) — and has been for the last four years without having the courage to tell her. He follows her everywhere, even waiting to board the public bus until she has. Sandhya is not even aware of Rahul, let alone his affection for her. One day, Rahul finds out where Sandhya lives, along with the fact that her father is Police Inspector Raj Patil "Raja" (Ashish Vidyarthi), a cruel, sadistic, drunk, and abusive man whose wife Rachna (Neena Kulkarni) and daughter live in fear, even in his absence. Raj Patil has no respect for any human being, regardless of them being his superiors, his subordinates, or even members of the public whom he has sworn to protect. When Raj finds out that Rahul is trying to enter the life of his daughter, he arrests him publicly, beats him up, and locks him in a cell in his police station.
Rahul's older brother, Dr. Kamlakar Tiwari (Jackie Shroff), arranges to get him out of jail with the help of Rahul's friends. Kamlakar hopes that this situation will have taught Rahul a lesson. However, it is of no avail as Rahul continues obsessing over Sandhya regardless of her indifference. Indeed, Sandhya has made it clear to Rahul and his college friend, Neha, that she is only interested in pursuing her education and not interested in him at all. Fearing Rahul's next move, Raj tells his wife and daughter that they are to leave the city immediately and move to Hyderabad, where his older sister resides, only to change his mind on the bus. Not being aware of this change of plan, Rahul heads to Hyderabad to seek Sandhya. Kamlakar, who is in the hospital, tries to save a young man who has consumed poison but fails, the man's friend tells Kamlakar he committed suicide because the girl he loved rejected him.
Fearing that Rahul would do the same thing as that young man, a distracted Kamlakar rushes to stop Rahul from boarding a bus to Hyderabad, only to end up losing his own life in a car accident. Rahul eventually rushes home upon finding out about his older brother's death, only to see that he has just missed Kamlakar's cremation which was performed by his friend Peter. Distraught, Rahul realizes that he has sacrificed four years of his life as well as his brother on one-sided feelings. Sandhya is confronted by Neha who makes her realise Rahul's love for her and Sandhya later meets Rahul and tells him she now loves him.
However, a now mature Rahul rejects her so that both of them can focus on their future and tells her that he lost everything because of falling in love and could not even do his brother's last rites; therefore, it is not worth it. Nevertheless, the following day, Sandhya is seen standing at the same bus stop Rahul used to wait for her at, waiting for Rahul to come. Meanwhile, Rahul takes the recommendation that Kamlakar had written for him before his death and goes for his first job interview, with the support of his friends.

## Cast

* Aftab Shivdasani as Rahul Tiwari
* Amisha Patel as Sandhya Patil
* Jackie Shroff as Kamlakar Tiwari
* Ashish Vidyarthi as Raj Patil 'Raja'
* Neena Kulkarni as Rachna
* Anupama Verma as Neha
* Vrajesh Hirjee as Sundar
* Sarfaraz Khan as Peter

## Soundtrack

All music composer by Sajid–Wajid and lyrics by Jalees Rashid and Ajay Jhingran. The voice of Alka Yagnik was highly praised for its sweetness and innocence.

## Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1 star out of 5, writing, "On the whole, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hain is a weak film in all respects and despite the excellent promotion by its producers, the film will not find many takers. Below average." Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com wrote, "Aftab is likeable as the infatuated college kid; a tad out of place in the heavy duty emotional scenes. Amisha Patel looks like a dream, but her tendency to mouth dialogues as if she were reciting Shakespeare's sonnets are not amusing. Jackie Shroff takes over every scene he appears in with charm and grace. At times irritatingly loud and comical at others, Ashish Vidhyarti evokes mixed feelings. However, decent performances do not a film make."

### Box office

Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai collected ₹11.36 crore at the worldwide box office. In India, it collected ₹7.58 crore nett (₹10.53 crore Gross) and in overseas, it grossed ₹0.83 cr.