Dhai Akshar Prem Ke

About the film

Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (transl. Two and half letters of Love) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Raj Kanwar. It was the first of seven films which starred real-life couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. The film is a remake of the 1995 American film A Walk in the Clouds, which itself is a remake of the 1942 Italian film Quattro passi fra le nuvole (Four Steps in the Clouds).

Plot

Sahiba is an intelligent, shy, and sensitive girl attending a college far from home. She belongs to a Rajput family in which tradition requires that a girl give her consent readily to marry the man chosen by her family. But being a girl of contemporary times, Sahiba refuses to submit to age-old traditions. To avoid an arranged marriage, she tells a lie that she is already married. This angers her father, Yogi Grewal.

The fake husband is a handsome army captain, Karan Khanna. The two meet at a train station after Karan saves Sahiba from a group of men who are trying to kill her; Sahiba explains that she had witnessed a murder, and the murderer had sent his men after her. Karan, learning Sahiba's plight, decides to escort her home and help her explain matters to her family. Once home, the family mistakes Karan for Sahiba's husband. Karan and Sahiba try but fail to tell the truth.

Sahiba's family takes a great liking to Karan. Sahiba's father, however, does not.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Jatin–Lalit. The lyrics were penned by Sameer. All the songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal along with Babul Supriyo, KK & Sudesh Bhosle

Production

Some parts of the film were shot in Switzerland.

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that On the whole, DHAAI AKSHAR PREM KE lacks a cohesive script and hit music to compliment this love story". A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke might have been interesting if Raj Kanwar hadn't quite crammed so much into it -- dream sequences, large family drama et al". K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that "The movie stars well enough in the great outdoors. We get a sense of adventure, although it is shortlived".

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