Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Plot synopsis:
Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and his younger brother Amit are orphans living with an elderly couple, Lily (Farida Jalal) and Anthony (Satish Shah). Rohit is an aspiring singer who works as a salesman in a car showroom, run by Malik (Dalip Tahil). One day he meets Sonia Saxena (Ameesha Patel), daughter of Mr. Saxena (Anupam Kher), when he goes to deliver a car to her home as her birthday present. Unknown to everybody, Saxena and Malik are running a drug cartel with help of two corrupt police officers (Mohnish Bahl and Ashish Vidyarthi).
Rohit and Sonia see each other later that night when Sonia and her friends are having a party on the beach. After Rohit sings for her, Atul (Rajesh Tandon), Malik's son and Sonia's friend, invites him on a cruise to perform. During the celebrations, Rohit and Sonia become drunk and fall into a lifeboat which separates from the ship and floats to an island. During their time in the island, they fall in love. They are eventually rescued by Saxena, who realizes their love for each other and does not approve. He demands that Malik immediately fire Rohit. Sonia's tries, and fails, to make her father see what a good man Rohit is. Saxena tells Rohit that he needs to become successful before he can marry Sonia, since she is from a rich, upper class family. Determined to prove himself, Rohit and his friends attempt to procure a record deal for him. Rohit eventually becomes a well known artist and prepares to put on a concert.
On the day of the show, Rohit goes to pick up Amit from school. Rohit witnesses the corrupt policemen and Malik shooting down a Commissioner (Ram Mohan) who has found out about their drug dealings. They discover Rohit's presence and shoot at him, wounding him. They pursue him over a bridge on the highway and knock his bike off track from the bridge causing him to fall into the river below. Rohit, who doesn't know how to swim, drowns. He is presumed dead. Amit is traumatised by the incident.
Sonia goes into depression due to Rohits death. After some time, her father sends her to New Zealand to live with his brother. Her cousin Neeta (Tanaaz Currim) tries to help Sonia break out of her depression by taking her out to explore the New Zealand night life. There she meets Neeta's friend Raj Chopra (also Hrithik Roshan). He strikingly resembles Rohit, and he is also a singer and entertainer. Raj falls for Sonia, but his face reminds her so much of Rohit, making her more depressed. On learning her story, Raj decides to go with her back to India. After arriving in India, one of the corrupt officers spots the pair and opens fire on Raj. After Raj and Sonia escape the shooting, Raj realizes that somebody is mistaking him for Rohit. With this incident, Raj and Sonia realize that Rohit was murdered.
Raj is welcomed by Rohit's family and friends. His presence brings Amit out of his shell and he learns that Amit witnessed Rohit's murder. Raj decides to set the trap to expose the killers, posing as Rohit. Only Sonia and Rohit's acquaintances know the truth. Raj proposes his love to Sonia, and even though she likes him, she is still heartbroken about Rohit's death. Malik panics upon learning that "Rohit" is alive. Raj performs a concert in tribute to Rohit, and Mailk and the corrupt officers arrive there undercover. Saxena learns the truth about the scheme from Sonia, and he warns Malik. After the concert, Raj reveals unknown details of the shooting that he learned from Amit. Due to these details, Malik assumes that Raj really is Rohit, and that Saxena is playing a double game. Before Raj can reveal the names of the people who killed Rohit, he is shot at again by one of the corrupt officers, but is saved due to wearing a bullet-proof jacket.
In order to catch Raj (who they believe is Rohit), the corrupt officers kidnap Sonia. Raj succeeds in killing them as well as their henchmen and rescues Sonia. Malik soon arrives on the scene, revealing his motive for mercilessly pursuing Sonia and Raj. Just as Malik is about to reveal the truth about his connection to Saxena, he is shot by Saxena himself, who feigns anger at his daughter's kidnapping. Amit arrives and immediately recognizes Malik as the man who killed Rohit. He tells Raj that on the day of the shooting, Malik was talking to someone named 'Sir ji' over the phone. Raj finds Sir ji's number in Malik's cell phone and makes a call. When Saxena's phone rings, Raj understands everything. On being confronted, Saxena confesses everything in front of Sonia and Raj before being arrested.
Sonia and Raj return to New Zealand, taking Amit with them. They get engaged with the blessings of their family and friends.

Tags: romantic, murder

Review:
Don't expect a deep art film or edge of the seat thriller this is a feel good movie with romance comedy and a little action.
and even if you don't like the movie you will have to love the guy.
Watch this great movie free of vulgarity and violence often filling the screen.and u will love kaho naa...
But amusingly enough, this is probably the closest I have been to that "ardent fan" title, having seen the movie more than an acceptable number of times, and being a Pakistani- I think we should forget the arms race- India has already conquered us with Hrithik!!!:)Hrithik is an absolute pleasure to watch.
Besides his great looks and The Bod, he is completely comfortable and un-selfconscious on screen, moves like a gazelle, could probably dance rings around Ricky Martin and HEY- he is a good actor too!
Ameesha, although occasionally stiff while dancing, and hams a couple of times- but few enough for her first film;  has done a great job overall.
Rakesh Roshan has taken a typical Bollywood movie and made it with a kind of sincerety that seems like respect for the audience, not just a successful launch for his son..
Catchy songs, great dancing, beautiful locations, decent story with a touch of "Vertigo (1958)" and the debut of Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood's (Hollywood's?) next superstar.
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai is without doubt a very entertaining movieand a great launchpad for Hrithik Roshan, the son of actor/director Rakesh Roshan.
At the start of the movie he is lovable as any Bollywood actor can be as a struggling singer.
Amisha is just the cute looker needed to make Hrithik look like a great lover.
:) The second entry of Hrithik makes him look real dashing and we get to see 2 avataars of Hrithik in one movie.
Hrithik Roshan: Bollywood's new Elvis.
After reading about Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood's hottest movie star in GQ magazine, I was truly amazed at his popularity in his native India.
I later watched the dvd release of KNPH, Hrithik Roshan's first hit movie.
Suffice to say that this film would have been very average, save for Hrithik Roshan who carries the entire production on his able shoulders.
His charm and intense style are certainly enough to catch the interest of most any movie-goer.Much of the movie is devoted to loving shots of Hrithik in various poses, and I'm certain that the female audiences in Mumbai were swooning in the crowded aisles each time he sang and danced.
Much of what occurs on screen looks like a Hindi pop music video made for even pre-teenage audiences.
This may have had a bit more realism and action than those, but the entire proceedings focus on Hrithik's singing, dancing, and posing in a way that glamorizes him to that extent.
The new year 2000 is almost over and looking back at the year on the Hindi film industry - it hasn't been hot at all.
The year will be remembered of course for the debut of an actor named Hrithik Roshan who was a nationwide phenomenon in India.
And in a nation of 1 billion people - that is a HUGE phenomenon.It was a case of a great looking guy who entertained people - good promotional advertising on the producers part and partly due to the dismal performance of the Khans' films that Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai did that well.
It's not that good.The plot is simple and nothing we haven't seen before folks.On vacation in New Zealand, an emotionally upset Sonia laments over the loss of her boyfriend Rohit; rich girl, poor boy scenario.
Love stories don't always need a moral - we just want to have a good time.
( No, I won't call 'Believe in Love' a moral)Director Rakesh Roshan manages to showcase all of his son's talents in this film: body build, dancing moves, a range of emotions and a knack for acting - something most actors in the industry today, lack.Amisha Patel isn't given a lot to do here and thankfully does it well.
This is of course Hrithik's movie - the one that shot him into the the pre-adolescent hearts of every girl in the country, and their mothers too!
He's under the spotlight 24/7 and a role model to many adolescent boys.Hrithik's made a great first impression, but in an industry as whimsical as ours where you're only as good as your next movie he needs to diversify his roles (if that's possible in our industry) and keep the hits coming.
Apparently most Indian movies have the same plot, singing, and dancing, so if you have seen a lot of these movies, it may not excite you like it did me, but I thought it was a well made (slick comes to mind), well acted, and a well produced piece of "Bollywood".
I'm not good at analyzing movies so I'll finish by just saying, I came out of the theater with a smile on my face, and a tune in my head.
Hrithik is great, but this film is not....
Fine, it has a Hrithik Roshan, and he gives a fantastic first performance, but come on, this film contains too many clichés to be called totally great.
A guy meets a girl, they fall in love, he is killed by some criminals, time goes by and she meets another guy who looks exactly like her dead boyfriend.
The music is nice, and Hrithik Roshan gives a very impressive debut performance.
He is good looking, his expressions are correct, and he is convincing in the two roles, though he is far better as Rohit, the simple guy, because he was a bit unnatural in his first few scenes as Raj, the cool guy.
Anyway, it is just a debut role - I think he deserved all the acclaim, although he certainly deserved to win all the awards he won for his performance in that year's gem Fiza (where he was much better) rather than this average flick.
Amisha Patel is pretty average in her debut performance and it's quite obvious that her voice was dubbed in this film.
All in all, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai is a nice one-time watch thanks to Hrithik, but otherwise I rank it along with Raja Hindustani and to a lesser extent Hum Aapke Hain Koun as one of the most ridiculous films to have become huge blockbusters and won so many awards..
all in all a good movie to watch out for...
but did he deserve BEST ACTOR AWARD .shahrukh khan the same yr did superb in MohabateinKaho Na Pyaar hai is a launch pad for his son Hritik Roshan and he attempts a different feel in this film.
One expected the usual love story but the film has many surprises.Rohit is a poor orphan, living with his younger borther and making a living selling cars in a showroom.
In an effort to move away from the usual love story, Roshan has chosen a subject, which is too far-fetched.
Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel Rock!!!!!.
Hrithik did not over act like in Mujhse Dosti Karonge and he was quite entertaining in this movie.
Rakesh Roshan and (I think) Rajesh (with the songs) did amazing jobs, making the audience thirsty for the songs and newcomers Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel..
A great introduction to Bollywood and Hrithik Roshan for American audiences..
I have to admit I watched it simply because of the looks of the lead actor Hrithik Roshan.
After this I watched several other Bollywood films, some with much more traditional Indian themes and music, and I love them all.
It seems like almost every review section for a Hindi film has comments like "The best film Ive ever seen" and "The worst movie of all time."  How does someone unfamiliar with all these movies know what to believe?
It started off as a really bad, MTV-like movie and then it redeemed itself with a little bit of depth and one of the most beautiful sequences in sight and sound I've ever seen or heard- Wah Ladki (something or other)  You know it if you've seen it- it's where the whole movie theater flaps their arms up and down.
Now comes my 3rd Hindi film experience with Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.
You feel like you are watching a really cheesy commercial for about 3 hours (When the gigantic coke signs appeared at the end of the film, while the main actor is singing and dancing on stage like an overgrown Backstreet Boy, I swore the film finally made sense- it was a 3 hour Coke commercial!)  The movie is extremely cheery though.
But how does one explain a movie where a guy poops in his pants and it falls out (unseen) on the floor, where Santa Claus appears like a madman on a cruise ship, where the main character dies and you think its the end of the movie but then it says "INTERMISSION,"  where the last third of the movie is full of action sequences that completely destroy everything that came before- where the plot makes absolutely no sense and you know that the writer and director had to tack on an extra hour of nonsense to meet the 3 Hour Quota for Indian films.
It wants to copy American films, but doesnt know which one to copy, so it copies every single one- but is so bizarre that it is nothing like anything in American cinema.
I totally understand how this movie launched Hrithik Roshan into the stratosphere because he's a hunk and he can truly dance.But the film should be judged separately from the sensation that it caused.
Half way through the movie, my friends and I all shouted "Get a new song!" We just needed to hear the first few notes, and we would hit the mute.Amisha Patel is OK in her role, but not brilliant, and the plot is too sugary to be believed.
I wonder, why this movie won as the best film of 2000 ?
:-(Hindi movies have a lot improvement lately, but when KHPH appear, it look to me that Bollywood is return to it's cliche cinema again.
He definitely not just have a good look, but he prove that he can act too........Anyway, I hope there's nothing more movie like this in Bollywood cinema history.6/10.
Pyaar Hai", I doubt if I would have wanted to watch another Bollywood film.
I can think of many Indian films I liked much more--such as "Kahaani" and "Three Idiots"--films which were more original and lacked the strong formulaic qualities of "Kaho Naa...
Pyaar Hai".Hrithik Roshan (the director's son) and Kareena Kapoor both star in this film--and both went from being unknowns to mega-stars because of this movie.
A movie that will make you fall in love.
A movie that will make you fall in love with the lead actor!
This is Hrithik Roshan's first film.
And apart from being able to act, the guy has incredible screen presence.There are some inconsistencies in his "looks" and the director at times has forgotten that the actor is not his son Hrithik but a character Raj/Rohit yet the movie is a must see!This is the lead stars' first film and both of them have performed superbly.
She is awesome as Sonia!In KN..PH, Hrithik demonstrates his dancing, acting, fighting, emotive abilities and more.
The soundtrack and the movie are a must for bollywood fans "home collection of movies and CDs"-Hrithik's Angel.
Among recent hindi movies, KNPH (Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai) is just the perfect date movie for Valentine's day.
But, this film certainly knows what it wants to give to the audience - 3 hours of entertainment, in its purest form.
The film just doesn't let you too.On the whole, a nice movie for the whole family, and especially for couples..
Great Movie....Hrithik is amazing!!.
This movie is great.
The highlight of the movie is Hrithik Roshan.
Amisha Patel is great too.A must see movie and see it in the theatre!.
this is the typical bollywood movies, that makes you cringe everytime the actors say a word!
Hrithik, the one and only good thing abou the movie, looks good, and acts even better!
PATHETIC!!!So, is there anything else that was good about this movie?
The guy's character was handsome and a good singer and the girl's character was...kinda annoying really but she improved a bit as the movie went on.
Hrithik Roshan delivers a strong performance which goes a long way to give him credibility, considering the blatant case of nepotism that landed him the role in the first place (although he maintains that he has struggled much in his life to get to this point - which I am willing to give him; an assassination attempt on one's father certainly counts, but if I am not mistaken, that happened after the fact).Amisha Patel's performance, while a good-enough debut performance, leaves much to be desired.
Nice love story, simple story, great music.
Nice love story, simple story, great music, great acting from Hrithik Roshan, amisha Patel n others, music, direction is good too.
Hrithik will make you fall in love with him as a fan!!!.
Loved Hrithik!
I was taken away after watching this movie.
In this romantic thriller, working class Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and wealthy Sonia (Ameesha Patel) fall in love.
Sonia goes to New Zealand where she meets Raj (also played by Roshan) who bears an uncanny resemblance to Rohit.
Returning to India, they discover that Rohit was murdered, and they try to uncover the killers.The first half of the film is a cute romance with typical resistance from Sonia's father (Anupam Kher) and the couple's determination to find a way.
Roshan and Patel both made their film debuts in this movie, and both showed a surprising maturity and poise in their acting.
best movie for amisha's lovers and fans.
Its really a great thing to observe an event Roshan had created in 2000 with the release of this film.The media went haywire , girls went crazy and films too.One could have easily seen the number of predecessors Hrithik Roshan had created after this boom.Body building became a fashion , dancing a hobby and film debuts a trash.More and more people started making their space in the land of all trades Bollywood.Capitalising on this bashing were media who wanted to score big on this Entertainment , Communication and Transportation boom in the land where once Gandhi moved.Indeed they are doing this today as well.Forget all this and the movie goes like this !
Kaho Naa Pyar Hai a movie about a man his death before the completion of his affair and then emerging again in a double role to complete his affair as well as to kill the person who created problem in the finishing of the affair of his previous double.The man is Hrithik Roshan his affair Amisha Patel and the villain Anupam Kher.The audience Bollywood crazy girls.
Hrithik Roshan debuts greatly with Amisha Patel , Anupam Kher gives a fine performance which reminds one of his performance in Tezaab.Rakesh Roshan the director behind this greatest film ever produced in India as depicted in the awards ceremony gives a knock out , superb directorial touch.Am I Bollywood certainly yes !.
This is such a good film, you don't want to know.
Excellent acting of two newcomers and a very nice film to watch if you're in love.
Hrtihik Roshan knows how to show his way of acting.
The other films are not so good as this one.
He is heart-meltingly sweet as both Rohit and Raj, and he does manage to convey the differences between them quite effectively (quite a difficult task as they are both "nice" young men).The songs are quite catchy, and whilst the dancing isn't as good as Hrithik's later films, I fully understand why this film made him a superstar.
Theatrically, not especially challenging, but he manages to play the two roles as two different people.This is a sweet, lovely popcorn movie, buy it on DVD to enjoy....
Super debut of Hrithik and Amisha.
Rakesh Roshan gave several superhits as a director, Khudgarz,Khoon Bhari Maang Kishen Kanhaiyaa, Karan Arjun.etc however in late 90s his films were not working, Koyla was a flop Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai marked debut of his son Hrithik Roshan who appeared as a child artist in Bhagwan Dada in 1986.
The film also marked debut of Amisha Patel.
The film created a huge hype as the songs were famous before release and Hrithik's good looks.
The film starts off as a normal love story which is interwoven with a crime angle and the interval ends at a sad note which is so far good, The second half shifts to New Zealand where Amisha meets the second Hrithik and then we all know how it will go about, Then again there is a shift towards the crime saga and the film ends as an actionner.
There are several great scenes like the reunion of Hrithik and his brother, The action packed climax and many more scenes are well shot, especially the scenes involving Rohit and Amisha.Direction by Rakesh Roshan is good Music by Rajesh Roshan was a big hit, The title song is superbly sung by Udit and Alka, while Pyaar Ki Kashti Mein is also a great song, Chaand Sitare by Kumar Sanu is seeped in melody while Sitaron ki Mehfil gets a boost due to it's picturisation and great singing by Babul Supriyo and superb dancing skills of Hrithik.
This film marked debut of Lucky Ali as a playback singing, Ek Pal and Kyun Chalti are fantastic songs, Jaaneman too is a great song by Asha however there are too many songs in the first half.Hrithik Roshan had good looks, In the first half he resembled Rakesh Roshan a bit in some scenes, he was very sincere in his debut and created a different personality for both the roles which is amazing for a newcomer.