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Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya

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{{short description|1997 film by Rahul Rawail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
| image = Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rahul Rawail]]
| producer = Sohail Maklai
| writer =
| screenplay =[[Honey Irani]]
| story =Rumi Jaffery
| narrator =
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]] [[Aishwarya Rai]] [[Shammi Kapoor]] [[Anupam Kher]] [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]
| music = [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]
| cinematography = Manmohan Singh
| editing = Mukund Chowdhary
| released = {{Film date|1997|8|15|df=y}}
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = Rs. 6,25,00,000<ref name="boxofficeindia" />
| gross = Rs. 13,85,75,000<ref name="boxofficeindia">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2658 |title=...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya |author= |website=boxofficeindia |publisher=BOI |access-date=1 April 2020 |quote=Worldwide Gross: 13,85,75,000}}</ref>
}}

'''''Aur Pyar Ho Gaya''''' (English: And Love Happened) is a [[Bollywood films of 1997|1997]] Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[romance film]] directed by [[Rahul Rawail]] and starring [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Aishwarya Rai]]. This film marked the [[Hindi]] film debut for Aishwarya Rai. The film's music was composed by the celebrated [[Qawwali]] singer, [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] who also makes a cameo appearance in the film. He died only a day after the film's release.

==Cast==
* [[Bobby Deol]] as Bobby Oberoi
* [[Aishwarya Rai]] as Ashi Kapoor
* [[Beena Banerjee]] as Bobby Oberoi's Mother (Banker)
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Dadaji Kailashnath
* Shammi Aunty as Dadiji Kailashnath
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Kailashnath (Ashi's father)
* [[Aasif Sheikh]] as Rohit Malhotra
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Mr. Malhotra (Rohit's father)
* [[Priya Tendulkar]] as Mrs. Malhotra (Rohit's mum)
* [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] as Special Appearance
* [[Sunny Deol]] as Special Appearance
* Deepak Sharma as Special Appearance cameo
* Dimple Inamdar

==Plot==
''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya'' revolves around two twists of fate with Ms. Ashi - one with mistaken identity and the other is a Bank robbery/fraud/embezzlement case and subsequent arrest warrants.

Ashi is a free-spirited young woman who was born and raised in a very traditional and conservative Indian family who prefer arranged marriages to love-marriages. Now, as she is twenty-five years old - her family has arranged her marriage to Rohit Malhotra, son of family friends, now established in business and thus, will be residing permanently in Switzerland as - Mr. & Mrs. Malhotra.

Respecting her father's guidance and wishes/customs, Ashi agrees to the marriage proposal, on the condition that she be allowed to meet her fiancé Rohit anonymously and get a chance to closely observe his character and personality. Ashi's father obliges to this condition and Ashi soon sets off to Switzerland to meet the potential suitor - Rohit Malhotra.

While she is there, she learns that Rohit is away on an emergency business meeting and nobody can say exactly when he is expected to return, so Ashi stays in Switzerland for a few months - waiting for him, and in the meanwhile she meets a man called Bobby, who is smitten by her beauty and makes friends with her. He soon finds out from her that she is frustrated in her failed attempt to meet Rohit. Later after a week, Bobby cannot help himself as his heart pines for her as his wife, so he disguises himself as Rohit and tells her that he is the Rohit she has been searching/waiting for all these months!

Ashi is happy that at last, she gets a chance to meet Rohit before marriage, even though it was not as she planned (as anonymous), and after a few more weeks, Ashi begins to love this new character, but then she finds out from Rohit's accomplices that Rohit is still on his emergency trip and therefore, Bobby's real identity- that he is BOBBY, not ROHIT. Anyway, she does not care and laughs it all off as she is already in love with Bobby and is ready to move on in life.

Upon their return to India, Ashi explains to her family that she met BOBBY instead of ROHIT (who was and still is away on an emergency business meeting) and wants to marry BOBBY, not ROHIT. Ashi's family are at first, reluctant but then immediately after a few weeks, Bobby's family comes with a marriage proposal for Ashi.

As the two families meet, greet and agree for the preparations of the soon-to-be marriage, Bobby's mother (Beena Banerjee) introduces herself as the BANK manager of the Bank in which ASHI's father (Kailashnath) is involved in a fraud/embezzlement, Bank robbery case for which a trial is on-going.

In the coming months before the wedding takes place, Kailashnath is summoned to appear before the Court in relation to a major fraud case and scandal involving the Bank robbery - in which Bobby's mother testifies that Kailashnath is one of the ringleaders.

When the story gets this far, Kailashnath immediately and furiously cancels his daughter Ashi's marriage to Bobby. Furthermore, he arranges Ashi's marriage to Rohit.

After a whole other twist to the film, the story ends up happily with Ashi marrying her soulmate BOBBY, not ROHIT.

==Soundtrack==

The music for all the songs<ref>http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/aur_pyar_ho_gaya.htm</ref> were composed by [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] with lyrics were penned by [[Javed Akhtar]]. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died of a sudden cardiac arrest a day after the film's official release.

{| class=wikitable
! #
! Title
! Singer(s)
! Duration
|-
|1
|"Meri Saanson Mein" (Male)
|[[Udit Narayan]]
|07:39
|-
|2
|"Meri Saanson Mein" (Female)
|[[Alka Yagnik]]
|07:32
|-
|3
|"Ek Din Kahin Do Tum Milein"
|[[Sonu Nigam]]
|07:04
|-
|4
|"Humse Rahoge Kya Hamesha Khafa"
|Sonu Nigam
|05:25
|-
|5
|"Jaagi Hui Fizayein"
|Udit Narayan, [[Asha Bhosle]]
|06:30
|-
|6
|"Sitaara Aankhein"
|Udit Narayan
|05:08
|-
|7
|"Koi Jaane Koi Na Jaane"
|Udit Narayan, [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|05:38
|-
|8
|"Thoda Sa Pagla Thoda Siyaana"
|Asha Bhosle
|05:37
|-
|9
|"Uttar Dakshin Poorab Pashchim"
|Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
|06:12
|-
|10
|"Zindagi Jhoom Kar"
|Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
|04:52
|}

==Awards==
[[Star Screen Awards]]
* '''Won''' [[Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female]] - [[Aishwarya Rai]]<ref>[[List of Aishwarya Rai's awards and nominations]]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0118525}}

{{Rahul Rawail}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rahul Rawail]]
[[Category:1997 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]

Char Dil Char Rahen

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{{short description|1959 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Char Dil Char Rahen
| image = Chaar Dil Chaar Raahein.jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| director = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]
| producer = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
| writer = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas<ref>{{IMDb title|0139110|Char Dil Char Rahen}}</ref> [[Inder Raj Anand]] V. P. Sathe
| screenplay = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
| story =
| based_on = ''Char Dil Char Rahen'' 
| narrator =
| starring = [[Raj Kapoor]] [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] [[Shammi Kapoor]] [[Meena Kumari]] [[Nimmi]]
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] [[Sahir Ludhianvi]]
| cinematography = [[S. Ramachandra]]
| editing =
| studio = Naya Sansar
| distributor =
| released = 1959
| runtime = 160 min.
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 5.27 [[crore]] ({{Estimation}} {{INR}} 337.28 [[crore]] as of 2019)
}}

'''Char Dil Char Rahen''' (English title: Four Hearts, Four Roads) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1959|1959]] [[Hindi film]] directed by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], and starring two big stars of the era, real-life brothers [[Shammi Kapoor]] and [[Raj Kapoor]]. The movie is based on a novel of the same name.

==Plot==
Three young man Govinda ([[Raj Kapoor]]), Dilwar ([[Ajit Khan]]) and Jhonny ([[Shammi Kapoor]]) waiting at the crossroads for their lovers. Govinda was prevented from marrying Chavi ([[Meena Kumari]]) as she is untouchable and driven out from village. Govinda then waits for her at the crossroads. Dilwar rescues Pyari ([[Nimmi]]) from Nawab ([[Anwar Hussain (actor)]]) but she refuses to escape without her mother. She then sets up a shop and waits near crossroad for Dilawar. Jhonny in love with Stella ([[Kumkum (actress)]]) is framed by his boss Fereira ([[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]]) and jailed he later joins group of crossroads and starts a garage. Nirmal Kumar ([[Paidi Jairaj]]) the union leader then asks the trio to blast a hill at crossroad to build a road.

==Cast==
* [[Raj Kapoor]] as Govinda
* [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Dilawar
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Johny Braganza
* [[Meena Kumari]] as Chavli
* [[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]] as Stella D'Souza
* [[Nimmi]] as Pyari
* [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]] as Nawab Saab
* [[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]] as Ferreira
* [[Nana Palsikar]] as Pujariji
* [[Achala Sachdev]]
* [[P. Jairaj]] as Nirmal Kumar
* Rashid Khan
* [[Kumari Naaz]] (as Baby Naaz)

== Soundtrack ==
{{empty section|date=March 2019}}

==Box office==
It was released simultaneously with other big films, Devendra Goel's ''[[Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan]]'' and [[V Shantaram]]'s ''[[Navrang]]'', while ''Navrang'' was a hit, ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' broke even and ''Char Dil Char Rahen'' failed at the Indian box office in 1959.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Char-Dil-Char-Rahen-1959/article15937402.ece|title=Char Dil Char Rahen (1959)|date=6 March 2009|publisher=|accessdate=21 February 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>[http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19980529/14950594.html 1959: Year that was] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311043955/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19980529/14950594.html |date=11 March 2014 }}</ref>

However, it later went on to become an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] at the [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office]], where it drew 39.8 million viewers in 1962.<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=[[Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|Sergey Kudryavtsev]]}}</ref> In the [[Soviet Union]], the film grossed 9.95 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{#tag:ref|39.8 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet"/> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]])<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}} ([[US$]]11.06 million,{{#tag:ref|0.9 [[Soviet ruble]]s per [[US dollar]] from 1961 to 1971<ref>Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD6171}} [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]5.27 [[crore]]),{{#tag:ref|4.7619 [[Indian rupee]]s per US dollar from 1950 to 1965<ref name="sauder">http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3</ref>|group=n|name=RupeeUSD}} equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|11.06|1962}} million ({{INR}}591 crore)<ref name="exchange16">{{cite web|url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|title=Yearly Average Rates - OFX|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2016. Its overseas Soviet gross exceeded the domestic Indian gross of all films released in 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=165&catName=MTk1OQ==|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030043401/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=165&catName=MTk1OQ==|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2013|title=Boxofficeindia.com|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=21 February 2018}}</ref> and 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080632/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2013|title=Boxofficeindia.com|date=14 October 2013|accessdate=21 February 2018}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Shammi Kapoor received a legal notice from director Abbas when he refused to act for one of the songs in the film, and many other controversies with the stars of that era caused director Abbas to vow to stop making movies with mainstream movie stars.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=n}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0139110|Char Dil Char Rahen}}

{{K. A. Abbas}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. A. Abbas]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anil Biswas]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]