Cast and Crew
Directed by Subhash Ghai
Produced by Subhash Ghai
Screenplay by Subhash Ghai
Anuradha Tiwari
Aatish Kapadia
Story by Subhash Ghai
Starring Jackie Shroff
Hrithik Roshan
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Amrish Puri
Music by Anu Malik
Cinematography Kabir Lal
Editing by Subhash Ghai
Distributed by Mukta Arts
Release dates July 27, 2001
Running time 180 minutes
Country mIndia
Language Hindi
Cast
Jackie Shroff as Raj Singh Puri
Rati Agnihotri as Shalini Singh Puri
Hrithik Roshan as Ronit Malhotra
Kareena Kapoor Khan as Isha Singh Puri
Supriya Karnik as Nalini Malhotra
Amrish Puri as J.K. Malhotra (Ronit's uncle)
Kiran Rathod as Monishka Rai
Avni Vasa as Avantika Singh Puri
Himani Rawat as Sania Singh Puri
Anang Desai as L.K. Malhotra
Madan Joshi
Suhas Khandke
Dolly Bindra
Subhash Ghai in a Cameo (in watch present scene)
Rajen Kapoor
Rahul Singh
Gargi Patel
Suman Dutta
Jennifer Kotwal
Kamal Adip
Akhil Ghai
Movie Synopsis
Raj Singh Puri is best friends with L.K. Malhotra, who is the younger brother of J.K. Malhotra. The brothers are business tycoons and Raj works in their company.
Raj has three daughters. Their mother, Shalini Singh Puri, died from being hit by a car while shopping. The first one, Avantika, gets married through arrangement. The second one, Sania, marries her lover, even though Raj said the family will not fit with their lifestyle and how they're brought up. The last, Isha, doesn't believe in love. After a few weeks at her in-laws, the second daughter (Sania) returns home asking for divorce. After this, Raj becomes strictly against love and relationships.
All this changes when Isha falls in love with the heir to the Malhotra empire, Ronit, L.K. Malhotra's son. They ask for Raj's blessings; he bluntly refuses them. Isha understandingly shuns her relationship with Ronit. Raj arranges for Ronit to be married to the daughter of another tycoon. Isha agrees and makes him promise that he will not do anything, and would listen to his parents, but deep down she still has really strong feelings for him. Ronit is unhappy, but still goes along with the promise, and makes Raj realize that his fiancée's family is not right for them. Raj approaches the Malhotras to break off the engagement. J.K. Malhotra shuns him by calling him poor and small. The other Malhotras join forces to make J.K. realize his mistake and Ronit is finally married to Isha. At the end of the movie, Raj is still living in his farmhouse with his daughters,their husbands, and a granddaughter.
Critics Reception
The film was the first box office flop for Subhash Ghai and critical reviews were mixed. Ghai has since gone on record defending the film, stating that he originally developed it as solely a story of a father and his three daughters (their love interests were secondary). However, distributors apparently put pressure on him to showcase more of Hrithik Roshan in the film (his popularity skyrocketed during the making of this film). Kareena Kapoor has also since gone on record supporting the film in spite of its debacle, thanking Ghai for giving her a role that allowed to her showcase a lot of range. Jackie Shroff was nominated for a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 2002.
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