Aashiq Banaya Aapne

About the film

Aashiq Banaya Aapne (English: You Made me a Lover) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Aditya Datt. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Sonu Sood, and Tanushree Dutta (in her debut), and follows a love triangle between their characters.

The film was released on 2 September 2005 and was successful at the box office, with publications like Rediff.com considering it a surprise hit. It received praise for its soundtrack but criticism for the writing.

Plot

Karan loves Sneha but is too shy to ever express his feelings to her. Although Karan's feelings are evident to many, he is content in just seeing Sneha smile and never gathers the courage to tell her how he feels. On one occasion, Karan invites Sneha to a party, where she meets the charming and mischievous Vikram ("Vicky").

Vikram, aka Vicky is Karan's childhood friend. The exact opposite of Karan, Vicky is an extrovert and a notorious flirt. All three lives change when Vicky joins Karan and Sneha in college, and Sneha begins feeling drawn towards Vicky. However, Vicky is not convinced of Sneha's feelings. To prove her love towards Vicky, Sneha decides to seduce him, and they have sex. The next morning, Sneha confesses to Vicky that she loves him, and the previous night should end Vicky's doubts once and for all.

Fearing Vicky's intentions, Karan tries to talk him out of his relationship with Sneha, but Vicky assures him that this time he really is in love and not flirting. Karan feels he has lost the only woman he has ever loved but knows he cannot do anything about it. However, life goes on and the three of them share a special bond of friendship. Vicky also tries to help Karan with his love life by setting him up with another college friend, Chandni.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album marked the debut for Himesh Reshammiya as a singer in Bollywood. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, the album sold approximately 2,000,000 units. The song "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" was later re-composed for the film Hate Story 4, sung by Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar.

Reception

Ziya Us Salam, reviewing for The Hindu, wrote that Emraan Hashmi performs "with such mechanical ease that one would be forgiven for believing that a robot was at work". Rediff.com termed the story as being 'as old as the hills'. Giving it one star out of five, Taran Adarsh for Bollywood Hungama wrote that the film "looks like a collage of scenes, assembled in a film that abounds in mediocrity".

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