Aarzoo

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{{Infobox film
| name = Aarzoo

| image = Aarzoo.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Lawrence D'Souza]]
| producer = Vikas Mohan
| story = [[Reema Rakesh Nath]]
| starring =[[Madhuri Dixit]] [[Akshay Kumar]] [[Saif Ali Khan]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Amrish Puri]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]] '''Background Score:''' [[Surinder Sodhi]]
| cinematography = Lawrence D'Souza
| editing = R Rajendran
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999|03|19|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}5 crore
| gross = {{INR}}9 crore
}}

'''''Aarzoo''''' (transl. '''''Desire''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1999|1999]] Indian [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[romance film]] directed by [[Lawrence D'Souza]] stars [[Madhuri Dixit]], [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Amrish Puri]], [[Paresh Rawal]] and [[Reema Lagoo]]. The film was primarily filmed in [[Mumbai]], but some scenes were filmed in London and [[Edinburgh]].

==Plot==
Dayashankar ([[Amrish Puri]]) is a wealthy [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] living in [[London]] with his wife Parvati( [[Reema Lagoo]]) and daughter Pooja ([[Madhuri Dixit]]), who is the apple of his eye. Dayashankar also takes care of his deceased best friend's son Amar ([[Saif Ali Khan]]), who he regards as a surrogate son, and has always wished that he eventually marry Pooja. Studying in [[Edinburgh]], Amar is overjoyed when he is invited to stay with Dayashankar's family in London. He eagerly prepares for his meeting with Pooja, with whom he has shared his childhood, and plans to ask her father for her hand in marriage as soon as possible.

However, Pooja has other plans – she has fallen in love with Vijay ([[Akshay Kumar]]), a [[aviator|pilot]] and plans to marry him. This bitterly disappoints Dayashankar, as he has already tacitly promised Amar that he would marry Pooja. After some convincing from Parvati and Amar, who has decided to give up on marrying Pooja, Dayashankar agrees to his daughter's wishes. Though heartbroken, Amar puts on a brave face during Vijay and Pooja's engagement and subsequent marriage.
However, tragedy strikes soon afterward as Vijay is declared dead in an aviation accident. Consequently, Pooja becomes a widow and becomes severely depressed; to make matters worse, she finds out she is pregnant with Vijay's child. Her father tells her to abort the child with the fear of society looking down upon their family and claims they will call her son a “bastard”. Amar then tells Pooja he will take the responsibility to marry her and give the child his name. Amar willingly accepts this marriage and takes on the role of father to Pooja's baby boy. When Pooja realises that Amar has always loved her, she begins to reciprocate his feelings.

In a twist of fate, after a few years the police reveal that Vijay is very much alive, and after his recovery he goes back to the UK to reclaim Pooja. Pooja is overjoyed to see him, but when Vijay sees that Pooja is happily married to Amar, he misunderstands the situation and believes societal rumours about Amar – that he had planned Vijay's aviation accident so that he could marry Pooja. Vijay becomes so hostile towards Amar that he gangs up with Kailashnath ([[Paresh Rawal]]), an old enemy of Amar's father who had killed him, and sets out for revenge by setting fire to Amar's factories and kidnapping Pooja's son, not knowing that the boy is his own son. Even though Pooja attempts to explain that she married Amar in order to give her child a father figure, Vijay continues to believe in the rumours about Amar. Vijay and Pooja decide they need to spend some time apart to deal with the turn of events, and in the meantime the police reveal that Vijay's accident was in fact not planned by Amar, but by Pooja's own father, Dayashankar.

When Kailashnath holds Vijay and Pooja's son captive, asking for a high [[ransom]], Dayashankar begins to regret his actions and is willing to pay anything to get his grandson back. Vijay also begins to realize that his hostility against Pooja and her family is futile, and he starts to become more forgiving to his father-in-law Dayashankar and thankful to Amar for taking good care of Pooja and his son during his long absence.

Finally, Vijay, Dayashankar, and Amar begin to cook up a plan to retrieve Vijay's son from Kailashnath. When they all finally get near Kailashnath and his gang with help from the police, Kailashnath shoots Amar multiple times, but Amar uses his body as a shield to protect the child, whereupon Dayashankar intervenes to shoot Kailashnath – his best friend's murderer – to death. Amar slowly passes away, surrounded by a sobbing Pooja, a regretful Vijay, their rescued son, and a saddened Dayashankar. Pooja and Vijay reconcile and honour Amar after his death.

==Cast==
* [[Madhuri Dixit]] as Pooja
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Vijay Khanna AKA Deva
* [[Saif Ali Khan]] as Amar
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Dayashankar
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Kailashnath
* [[Laxmikant Berde]]
* [[Tej Sapru]]
* [[Mukesh Rishi]]
* [[Mohan Joshi]] as Rajpal
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Vijay's mother
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as Parvati (Pooja's mother)
* [[Yunus Parvez]]

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Anu Malik]] and lyrics were penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ab Tere Dil Mein To
| extra1 = [[Kumar Sanu]] & [[Alka Yagnik]]
| lyrics1 = [[Anand Bakshi]]
| length1 = 8:20
| title2 = Sajan Sajan Teri Dulhan
| extra2 = [[Alka Yagnik]]
| lyrics2 = Anand Bakshi
| length2 = 7:20
| title3 = Mil Jaate Hain
| extra3 = Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik
| lyrics3 = Anand Bakshi
| length3 = 7:13
| title4 = Main Aa Rahan Hoon Wapas
| extra4 = [[Udit Narayan]]
| lyrics4 = Anand Bakshi
| length4 = 6:27
| title5 = Rabba Rabba I Love You
| extra5 = [[Sonu Nigam]]
| lyrics5 = Anand Bakshi
| length5 = 6:26
| title6 = Jai Mata Di
| extra6 = Sonu Nigam
| lyrics6 = Anand Bakshi
| length6 = 8:46
| title7 = Dosti Karte Nahin
| extra7 = Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
| lyrics7 = Anand Bakshi
| length7 = 6:43
| title8 = Tu Soni Kudi
| extra8 = Udit Narayan & [[Anu Malik]]
| lyrics8 = Anand Bakshi
| length8 = 6:21
}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0284811|title=Aarzoo}}
* {{Amg movie|344012|Aarzoo}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic musical films]]
[[Category:Indian aviation films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films scored by Surinder Sodhi]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lawrence D'Souza]]
[[Category:Hindi-language romance films]]

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