Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Rohit and his younger brother Amit are orphans living with their aunt and uncle, Lily and Anthony. Rohit is an aspiring singer who works as a salesman in a car showroom, run by Malik. One day, he meets Sonia Saxena, the beautiful daughter of Mr. Saxena, Malik’s friend, when he visits her to deliver her the car her father brought. Unknown to everyone, Malik is running a drug cartel with the help of two corrupt police officers.

Rohit and Sonia see each other again during her birthday party on the beach. After Rohit sings there, he is invited to perform on a cruise. During the celebrations, Rohit and Sonia become drunk and fall into a lifeboat that separates from the ship. Rohit rows to an island, where they are stranded for a couple of days. During this time, they fall in love.

The couple are rescued by Saxena, who does not approve of their love due to their class differences. Rohit convinces Saxena that his intentions are honourable and Saxena proposes that if Rohit can become successful, he will allow him to marry Sonia. Determined to prove himself, Rohit and his friends attempt to procure a record deal for him. Rohit eventually becomes a locally well-known artist and prepares to put on a concert.

On the day of the show, Rohit witnesses the corrupt policemen and Malik shooting and killing the commissioner, who had found out about their drug dealing. They discover Rohit’s presence and shoot at him, wounding him before pursuing him over a bridge. Saxena is also revealed to be part of the drug cartel. They knock Rohit’s bike off-track, causing him to fall into the river and drown. The police are unsuccessful in finding his body. Amit is traumatised by the news and becomes mute while a devastated Sonia goes into depression.

Saxena sends Sonia to stay with his brother in New Zealand to help overcome her depression. There, Sonia meets her cousin Neeta's friend, Raj Chopra, who, to her immense shock, strikingly resembles Rohit, though their personalities are slightly different. Raj falls for Sonia but she avoids him due to his likeness to Rohit. After learning her story, Raj accompanies Sonia back to India and gives her hope to keep living, before deciding to let her go, as she does not love him. However, at the airport, one of the corrupt officers spots them and opens fire on Raj. After Raj and Sonia escape, he realizes that somebody mistook him for Rohit, and the two deduce that Rohit was murdered.

Raj is welcomed by Rohit's family and friends. His presence brings Amit out of his shell, and Raj learns that Amit witnessed Rohit's murder and saw the culprits. The gang decides to set a trap to expose the killers, with Raj posing as Rohit to lure them. During this time, Raj confesses his love for Sonia. Malik, Saxena, and the officers panic upon learning that "Rohit" is alive. Raj performs a concert in tribute to Rohit, knowing his killers will come. He reveals to the crowd details of the shooting that he learned from Amit. Before Raj can reveal the names of the killers, one of the officers shoots him. However, Raj is saved due to wearing a bullet-proof jacket.

To catch who they believe is Rohit, the officers kidnap Sonia. Raj arrives where Sonia is being held and kills the corrupt officers. Malik arrives and is about to reveal Saxena's involvement in the murder, but is fatally shot by him. Amit recognizes Malik as one of Rohit's killers.

Later, Raj learns through Malik's phone that Saxena was the man Malik called before killing Rohit. On being confronted, Saxena confesses his crime to his daughter before being arrested. Sonia finally tells Raj that she loves him too. The couple returns to New Zealand, taking everybody with them, and they get married.

• Hrithik Roshan as Rohit, an aspiring singer and Sonia's boyfriend from a lower-middle-class background in India / Raj Chopra, an NRI billionaire businessman and singer residing in New Zealand who becomes Sonia's husband
• Ameesha Patel as Sonia Saxena/Sonia Raj Chopra
• Anupam Kher as Mr. Saxena / Sirjee, Sonia's father and the main antagonist
• Dalip Tahil as Shakti Malik, Atul's father, Mr. Saxena's cousin, and the second main antagonist
• Mohnish Behl as Inspector Dilip Kadam, a corrupt officer on Saxena's payroll
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Inspector Satish Shinde, a corrupt officer on Saxena's payroll
• Satish Shah as Anthony Rodriques (Uncle), Rohit's landlord
• Farida Jalal as Lily Anthony Rodriques (Aunty), Rohit's landlady
• Rajesh Tandon as Atul Malik, Shakti's son and Sonia's friend
• Asha Patel as Mrs. Chopra, Raj's mother.
• Tannaz Irani as Neeta Saxena, Sonia's cousin and Raj's friend (guest appearance)
• Vrajesh Hirjee as Tony, Rohit's friend
• Abhishek Sharma (actor) as Amit, Rohit's younger brother
• Johnny Lever as Inspector Parab (cameo appearance)
• Ram Mohan as Police Commissioner
• Payal Malhotra as Shobhna, a girl on the cruise ship
• Dimple Inamdar as Dancer
• Jasveer Kaur as Dancer

The film was launched in 1998 with Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor as the lead actors. However, She latter walked out a few days after the launch, following a "misunderstanding" between the director Rakesh Roshan and Kareena's mother Babita.[13] Rakesh, who had known Ameesha Patel's family for a long time, cast her in the role.[14]

The ship scenes were filmed aboard the Star Flyer.[15] The island scenes were filmed in Krabi, Thailand, in the area near Khao Phing Kan (popularly known as James Bond Island).[16]

The film's music was composed by Rajesh Roshan with lyrics by Ibrahim Ashq, Saawan Kumar Tak and Vijay Akela. Most of the songs were sung by Lucky Ali, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik The dancing sequences were choreographed by Farah Khan. The main tune of the movie's song Dil ne dil ko pukara was inspired by the Academy Award Winner Vangelis's 1995 Composition Voices (Vangelis album) The songs "Ek Pal Ka Jeena", "Na Tum Jano Na Hum", "Chand Sitaare", and the title song "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" were chartbusters. The film's soundtrack album became the second best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year,[30] selling about 10 million units.[31]

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