Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

About the film

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (transl. Why be afraid if you love someone?) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sohail Khan. It stars Dharmendra, Salman Khan, Kajol and Arbaaz Khan.

At the 44th Filmfare Awards, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya received seven nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Sohail), Best Actor (Salman) and Best Supporting Actor (Arbaaz), and won R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent (Kamaal Khan for "O O Jaane Jaana").

Plot

Muskaan is an orphan girl living on a farm run by her overly-protective elder brother, Vishal and their uncle, Ajay. Muskaan's childhood friend, Ujala, has been carrying a torch for the brooding Vishal since childhood, but he continues to ignore her. Muskaan wants to go to university in Mumbai and has to persuade her brother to attend. Once in the Mumbai Muskaan meets Suraj, an underachieving student estranged from his father and his stepmother. They soon fall in love but when Vishal comes to visit Muskaan, he is mistaken as her boyfriend by Suraj and his group of friends. A fight ensues but once he learns the truth he apologised. However Vishal disapproves of Suraj, believing he is physically unfit to meet his strict standards for a future brother-in-law and lacks maturity and competence. He decides to bring Muskaan back to the farm sensing Suraj's bad influence on her studies. Suraj pursues her and begins to work on the farm as a stable boy after a chance meeting with Ajay in which he saves his life. Vishal gives Suraj another chance and puts him to the test; however, he is rejected. Vishal wants Muskaan to marry the brother of Thakur Vijay Singh, not knowing that this is to exact revenge for a previous humiliation of his own family. Suraj sets out to stop him and win Vishal's heart. Ajay is half-shocked to learn the reason why Suraj came to the village. Suraj's friends tell …

Music

The music for Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya was composed by Jatin–Lalit, Himesh Reshammiya, and Sajid–Wajid. It was released by T-Series. The lyrics for all tracks by Jatin–Lalit were written by Sameer, the lyrics for Himesh Reshammiya's tracks were written by Sudhakar Sharma, and the lyrics for Sajid–Wajid's track was written by Iqbal Sabri. The soundtrack, especially the song "O O Jaane Jaana", became highly popular, and was one of the highest-selling albums of 1998. In Pagalpanti, the song "Tum Par Hum Hai" renames "Tum Par Hum Hai Atke" which is sung by Mika Singh, Neha Kakkar.

Reception

Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote, "Of the 58 films released so far, only one, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (PKTDK), has hit the box office bull's-eye. Director Sohail Khan's mediocre Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ) rip-off, starring his brothers Salman and Arbaaz, rode to the top on the hit number 'O o jaane jaana'." Rediff.com called the film a "Hit."

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