| Maine Pyar Kiya | |
|---|---|
 Promotional Poster | |
| Directed by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Produced by | Tarachand Barjatya |
| Written by |
S. M. Ahale Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Starring |
Salman Khan Bhagyashree Patwardhan Laxmikant Berde Alok Nath Reema Lagoo Mohnish Bahl |
| Music by |
Raamlaxman (composer) Asad Bhopali (lyrics) Dev Kohli (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Aravind Laad |
| Edited by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
Production company |
Rajshri Productions |
| Distributed by | Rajshri Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 192 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?2 crore |
| Box office | ?28 crore |
Maine Pyar Kiya (English: I fell in Love) is a 1989 Indian musical romance film, directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and written by Barjatya with S. M. Ahale. Starring Salman Khan and Bhagyashree in the lead roles, it was produced by Rajshri Productions. It was Barjatya's directorial debut, Khan's first leading role (after a supporting role in the previous year's Biwi Ho To Aisi), and Bhagyashree's film debut. Maine Pyar Kiya tells the story of Prem and Suman, who become friends and then gradually fall in love.
It was the top-grossing Bollywood film of the year, and the highest-grossing Indian film of the 1980s. The film is counted among the top 10 successful films of Indian cinema. The film's soundtrack album sold over 10 million units, making it the best-selling Bollywood music album of the 1980s. At the 35th Filmfare Awards, the film won six awards, including Best Film.
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Plot
Karan (Alok Nath) is a poor mechanic who lives in the countryside with his one and only daughter, Suman (Bhagyashree). He decides to venture out and try his luck in business - travel overseas in Dubai so that he can accumulate enough wealth to get his daughter married. Thus, he decides to leave his daughter with his family friend Kishan (Rajeev Verma). Kishan, a wealthy businessman, lets Karan's daughter Suman stay at his house temporarily while the father is away as he cannot turn down his old friend's request, and Suman comes to live with his family. Suman is befriended by Kishan's son Prem (Salman Khan), who assures that a boy and a girl can be platonic friends.
Prem takes Suman to a party organised by Seema (Pervin Dastur), who is the only daughter of Kishan's business-partner, Ranjeet (Ajit Vachani).
Jeevan (Mohnish Behl), son of Ranjeet, is proud and arrogant and humiliates Suman and Prem (accusing them of falsely claiming to be "just friends"). This is the turning point in the story. Suman leaves the party sadly in tears and distances herself from Prem. At that point, Prem and Suman both realise that they have fallen in love with each other, which is by now quite apparent.
Kaushalya (Reema Lagoo) probes deeper into Prem and Suman's relationship and approves of Suman as her daughter-in-law, but Kishan is quite unhappy with the relationship and asks her to get out of his house and his life. He feels that she has taken advantage of his hospitality and kindness. Karan returns from abroad and is enraged at Kishan's behaviour and Kishan accuses him of plotting to set up Prem and Suman. Karan and Kishan quarrel, and eventually Karan and Suman return to their village, deeply humiliated and confused at the turn of events.
Prem refuses to accept the separation, goes to Suman's village and begs to be allowed to marry her. Karan, angered by Kishan's accusations, says that he will allow the marriage on one condition: Prem must prove that he can support his wife by his own effort and live separately. Prem then works as a truck driver and laborer in the nearby quarry. At the end of the month, Prem has earned the required money. On the way to Karan's house, he is ambushed by Jeevan at the head of a group of ruffians who attempt to kill him. He survives, but his wages are ruined in the fight while the ruffians get lost somewhere in the jungle, unable to find their way back.
Karan harshly dismisses Prem's effort and can not believe Prem's story about the ruffians attack, but Prem begs for another chance to prove himself. This stoic determination melts Karan's heart and he agrees to allow his daughter Suman marry Prem. Both are overjoyed, start making merry and prepare for the wedding.
Meanwhile, Ranjeet goes to Kishan (Prem's father) and tells him that Karan has killed his son. Unable to believe this, Kishan goes himself to the village to verify and arrives at Karan's village, surprised to find Prem alive, well, happy and rejoicing.
When Prem confronts Jeevan, Ranjeet and his supporters bash up both Kishan and Karan, while Jeevan (now free) abducts Suman. At the end, Prem, Karan and Kishan join hands to defeat a common enemy – Ranjeet, his son Jeevan and Ranjeet's supporters, and then they save Suman. The estrangement and misunderstanding between Karan and Kishan comes to an end - Prem and Suman marry and live happily ever after.
Cast
- Salman Khan as Prem Choudhary
- Bhagyashree Patwardhan as Suman Prem Choudhary
- Alok Nath as Karan
- Rajeev Verma as Kishan Kumar Choudhary
- Reema Lagoo as Kaushalya Choudhary
- Laxmikant Berde as Manohar
- Ajit Vachani as Ranjeet
- Pervin Dastur as Seema
- Mohnish Behl as Jeevan
- Dilip Joshi as Ramu
- Raju Shrivastava as Driver
- "Handsome" the Pigeon as Kabootar
- Harish Patel as Rahim Chacha
- Huma Khan as Gulabiya
Production
Director/writer Sooraj Barjatya's father Rajkumar Barjatya suggested the story of Maine Pyar Kiya. Barjatya devoted ten months to write Maine Pyar Kiya screenplay. He took six months to write the first half and four months to write the second half.
The casting of the lead actor became complex. Barjatya tested Shabina Dutt for the lead actress role. Dutt failed the screen test and Barjatya asked her if she could suggest any actor for the lead. She suggested Salman Khan, with whom she had done an ad film. Salman Khan was not really interested because of the soft nature of the film. Barjatya eventually convinced him to do it, and Khan has since then expressed his gratitude to Barjatya for making him a star. Barjatya then cast Bhagyashree to star opposite Salman Khan. Barjatya picked Perveen from English stage to play the negative role.
The first sequence filmed was of the office scene where Rajiv Verma tells Salman that he has to go. Barjatya had huge sets in film city, Mumbai where filming took place continuously over 5–6 months. Outdoor session of the film was done in Ooty. Additional production credits include: Jay Borade – dance choreographer, Art – Bijon Das Gupta, Action – Shamim Azim and Editor – Mukhtar Ahmed.
The film had a production budget of ?2 crore (equivalent to ?15 crore or US$2.3 million in 2017). Salman Khan was paid ?31,000 (equivalent to ?240,000 or US$3,500 in 2017) for the film. In addition to the production budget, another ?10 lakh (equivalent to ?76 lakh or US$110,000 in 2017) was spent on the soundtrack's radio publicity.[8]
Release
Maine Pyar Kiya premiered on 29 December 1989 across India. The film saw a very limited release, with only 29 prints total.[15] The film was the biggest grosser of 1989 and one of India's highest-grossing films.[16] Made on a budget of around ?2 crore,[3] it went on to gross ?28 crore,[4] equivalent to ?481 crore (US$72 million) in 2016.[b] It became the highest-grossing Indian films of the 1980s.[6] The film was immensely popular, becoming one of the highest-earning films made up to that point. It conceived to be a film of global significance and a trendsetter in Indian cinema. Box Office India described it as an "all time blockbuster".
Maine Pyar Kiya was dubbed in English as When Love Calls.[18] A 125-minute version was the biggest hit in the Caribbean market at Guyana and also dominated the box-office collections at Trinidad and Tobago.[19] The Telugu version Prema Paavuraalu ran for 25 weeks at Visakhapatnam and had 100 plus day run at six centres in Andhra Pradesh.[20] It was dubbed in Tamil language as Kaadhal Oru Kavithai and in Malayalam as Ina Praavukal. Maine Pyar Kiya had also been dubbed in Spanish as Te Amo. The film also proved its universal appeal with a glorious 10-week premiere run at Lima.[19]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album and musical score were composed by Raamlaxman, while the lyrics were written by Dev Kohli and Asad Bhopali. It was produced under the Sa Re Ga Ma label and featured eminent singers such as Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Sharda Sinha. The soundtrack consists of 11 songs including the "Antakshri" (excerpts from different Bollywood songs), that was used when the characters play a game. The soundtrack was very successful upon release, becoming the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the decade.[21] It was listed by Planet Bollywood as number 5 on their list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks.[22] The song "Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" is based on "The Final Countdown" by the Swedish band Europe.[23] Priyankee Saikia of MensXP.com described some songs as "heavily influenced by western hits". Saikia noted that "Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate" was derivative of Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" and "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" was similar to "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.[24]
The film's soundtrack album sold over 10 million units,[8] making it the best-selling Bollywood music album of the 1980s.[9]
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