Maine Pyar Kiya
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Maine Pyar Kiya English
: I Fell in Love) is an Indian
Bollywood
film directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya
, starring Salman Khan
and Bhagyashree. It was released on 29 December 1989.
Maine Pyar Kiya was the biggest hit of 1989 in India, one of the most successful Bollywood movies of the 1980s, and it established Salman Khan's status in the industry.
At first country girl Suman is ill at ease in the huge mansion. She is befriended by Kishan's son Prem (Salman Khan
), who assures her that he has no romantic interest in her and that a boy and a girl can be platonic friends. The pair share outings and confidences and all seems to be going well.
Then Prem takes Suman to a party put on by some of his rich friends. They humiliate Suman and accuse her of scheming to marry Prem. Suman leaves in tears and distances herself from Prem. At that point, Prem suddenly realizes that he has fallen in love with her. With aid of his mother (who likes the unassuming Suman) and his comic friend Manohar, Prem sets out to win Suman's heart.
He succeeds, but their romance is balked by Prem's father Kishan, who does not want his son to marry a poor nobody. He prepares to send Suman home in disgrace. At this unpropitious moment, Karan returns from overseas. Kishan accuses him of plotting to match Prem and Suman. Karan and Kishan quarrel; Karan and Suman then return to their village humiliated.
Prem refuses to accept the separation. He defies his father and is disinherited. He 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 a wife by his own efforts.
Karan, meanwhile, takes back Suman home and the daughter sulks till Prem acts as a rescuer. But since Prem is now disinherited, Karan puts forward the condition that Prem should earn two thousand rupees within a month to prove that he can take care of Suman. Prem then works as a truck driver and laborer. At the end of the month, while Prem is ready with the required money and comes to win the heart of his lady's father, This melts Karan's heart, and he agrees to letting Suman marry Prem. By the end of the movie, the estrangement between Karan and Kishan ends too.
Prem and Suman live happily ever after.
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
Lata Mangeshkar
; S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
sang for Prem. Folk singer
Sharda Sinha
has also sung in the film on "Kahe Toh Se Sajna".
The opening track, "Aate Jaate", is said to have been inspired by Stevie Wonder
's 1984 single, "I Just Called to Say I Love You
", while the whistling and humming interludes in "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" used the hook from Baltimora
's hit, "Tarzan Boy
". "Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" was directly taken from Swedish rock band Europe's
1986 single, "The Final Countdown
" and theme from Love Story
, "Where Do I Begin
". The track "Antakshri" was a medley
of various Bollywood songs
based on the Antakshari
game, which was popularized with this film's release. The remaining tracks, including the popular "Dil Deewana", were original compositions.
English language
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: I Fell in Love) is an Indian
Cinema of India
The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya
Sooraj R. Barjatya
Sooraj R. Barjatya is an Indian Hindi film director. His films are produced under the Rajshri Productions banner which was first founded in 1947 by his late grandfather Tarachand Barjatya. As a director he is most known for his early hits, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun .-Early...
, starring Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
and Bhagyashree. It was released on 29 December 1989.
Maine Pyar Kiya was the biggest hit of 1989 in India, one of the most successful Bollywood movies of the 1980s, and it established Salman Khan's status in the industry.
Synopsis
Although Karan and Kishan have been friends for years, they have grown apart and have little in common. The widower Karan is a poor mechanic who lives in a humble house in the country. Kishan is a rich man with a vast business empire with little time for old friends. However, when Karan prepares to work abroad and earn more money, he turns to Kishan to solve a problem. Will Kishan let Karan's daughter Suman (Bhagyashree) stay at his house? Kishan cannot turn down his old friend's request and Suman comes to live with Kishan's family.At first country girl Suman is ill at ease in the huge mansion. She is befriended by Kishan's son Prem (Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
), who assures her that he has no romantic interest in her and that a boy and a girl can be platonic friends. The pair share outings and confidences and all seems to be going well.
Then Prem takes Suman to a party put on by some of his rich friends. They humiliate Suman and accuse her of scheming to marry Prem. Suman leaves in tears and distances herself from Prem. At that point, Prem suddenly realizes that he has fallen in love with her. With aid of his mother (who likes the unassuming Suman) and his comic friend Manohar, Prem sets out to win Suman's heart.
He succeeds, but their romance is balked by Prem's father Kishan, who does not want his son to marry a poor nobody. He prepares to send Suman home in disgrace. At this unpropitious moment, Karan returns from overseas. Kishan accuses him of plotting to match Prem and Suman. Karan and Kishan quarrel; Karan and Suman then return to their village humiliated.
Prem refuses to accept the separation. He defies his father and is disinherited. He 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 a wife by his own efforts.
Karan, meanwhile, takes back Suman home and the daughter sulks till Prem acts as a rescuer. But since Prem is now disinherited, Karan puts forward the condition that Prem should earn two thousand rupees within a month to prove that he can take care of Suman. Prem then works as a truck driver and laborer. At the end of the month, while Prem is ready with the required money and comes to win the heart of his lady's father, This melts Karan's heart, and he agrees to letting Suman marry Prem. By the end of the movie, the estrangement between Karan and Kishan ends too.
Prem and Suman live happily ever after.
Cast
- Salman KhanSalman KhanSalman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
... Prem Kumar Chaudhary - Bhagyashree ... Suman
- Laxmikant BerdeLaxmikant BerdeLakshmikant Berde was an Indian actor who appeared in Marathi and Hindi movies.- Early life :From his early years, Lakshmikant was interested in acting...
... Manohar - Alok NathAlok NathAlok Nath is an Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He is most notable for playing the role of Haveli Ram in Ramesh Sippy's television series, Buniyaad.-Early life:...
... Karan - Rajeev VermaRajeev VermaRajeev Verma is an Indian actor born June 28 in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has done work both in film and television. Rajeev Verma has been acting for over two decades and he mostly depicts a father in most films. He is currently working in one of the best show of television.. "geet -...
... Kishan Kumar Chaudhary - Reema LagooReema LagooReema Lagoo is an Indian actress who has appeared in numerous Marathi as well as Hindi films and television shows. She also has had a presence on Marathi stage for nearly four decades.- Career :...
... Kaushlya - Ajit VachaniAjit VachaniAjit Vachani was an Indian film and television actor. He had worked in many notable Hindi films as a character actor, including Mr. India , Maine Pyar Kiya and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa . In all he acted in over 50 Hindi films, besides three Sindhi movies...
... Ranjeet - Pervin Dastur ... Seema
- Mohnish BehlMohnish BehlMohnish Bahl Mohnish Bahl Mohnish Bahl (Hindi: मोह्निश बहल,(born 14 February 1963) is an Indian actor working in the Bollywood film industry. He is currently playing the role of Dr. Ashutosh in the show Kuch Toh Log Kahenge-Personal life:...
... Jeevan
Filmfare AwardsFilmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
- Filmfare Award for Best Film - Sooraj Barjatya (Maine Pyar Kiya)
- Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actor Male - Salman KhanSalman KhanSalman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
- Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress Female - Bhagyashree
- Filmfare Award for Best Music - RaamLaxman
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. BalasubrahmanyamS. P. BalasubrahmanyamSripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
(Dil Deewana) - Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics - Asad Bhopali (Dil Deewana)
Nominated
- Filmfare Award for Best Director - Sooraj R. BarjatyaSooraj R. BarjatyaSooraj R. Barjatya is an Indian Hindi film director. His films are produced under the Rajshri Productions banner which was first founded in 1947 by his late grandfather Tarachand Barjatya. As a director he is most known for his early hits, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun .-Early...
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Salman KhanSalman KhanSalman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Bhagyashree
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Reema LagooReema LagooReema Lagoo is an Indian actress who has appeared in numerous Marathi as well as Hindi films and television shows. She also has had a presence on Marathi stage for nearly four decades.- Career :...
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role - Laxmikant BerdeLaxmikant BerdeLakshmikant Berde was an Indian actor who appeared in Marathi and Hindi movies.- Early life :From his early years, Lakshmikant was interested in acting...
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Lata MangeshkarLata MangeshkarLata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
(Dil Deewana) - Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics - Dev Kholi (Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate)
Songs
The Maine Pyar Kiya soundtrack was very successful in India. Suman's role was sung by the famous playback singerPlayback singer
A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
; S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
sang for Prem. Folk singer
Folk Singer
Folk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
Sharda Sinha
Sharda Sinha
-Background:Sharda Sinha sings Angika and Bhojpuri songs, has received Padma Shri for her contribution to music. Prayag Sangeet Samiti organised Basant Mahotsava at Prayag where Padma Shri Sharda Sinha presented numerous songs based on the theme of spring season, where the advent of spring was...
has also sung in the film on "Kahe Toh Se Sajna".
The opening track, "Aate Jaate", is said to have been inspired by Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
's 1984 single, "I Just Called to Say I Love You
I Just Called to Say I Love You
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a song, produced, written and performed by Stevie Wonder. It was one of Wonder's most commercially successful singles....
", while the whistling and humming interludes in "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" used the hook from Baltimora
Baltimora
Baltimora were an Italian New Wave dance outfit active in the mid to late 1980s. The group comprised Jimmy McShane , Maurizio Bassi , Giorgio Cocilovo , Claudio Bazzari , Pier Michelatti and Gabriele Melotti...
's hit, "Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
"Tarzan Boy" is the title of a song recorded by Italy-based act Baltimora. It was the group's debut single, released in April 1985, from its first album Living in the Background, on which it features as first track...
". "Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" was directly taken from Swedish rock band Europe's
Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...
1986 single, "The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (song)
"The Final Countdown" is a rock song by the Swedish band Europe released in 1986. Written by Joey Tempest, it was the first single from the band's third studio album which was also named The Final Countdown. It is considered by some to be the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song...
" and theme from Love Story
Love Story (1970 film)
Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal and based on his novel Love Story. It was directed by Arthur Hiller. The film, well known as a tragedy, is considered one of the most romantic of all time by the American Film Institute , and was followed by a sequel, Oliver's Story...
, "Where Do I Begin
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
" Love Story" is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1970 film Love Story. The lyrics were added after the theme music became popular.-Covers:The song has been covered many times...
". The track "Antakshri" was a medley
Medley (music)
In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks...
of various Bollywood songs
Bollywood songs
Bollywood songs, more formally known as Hindi movie songs, are songs featured in Bollywood films, often performed in item numbers.The language of Hindi movie songs, generally termed Hindi, can be complex. Some songs are saturated with Urdu and Persian terms and it is not uncommon to hear use of...
based on the Antakshari
Antakshari
Antakshri is a spoken parlor game played in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Each contestant sings the first verse of a movie song that begins with the Hindi or Urdu consonant on which the previous contestant's song selection ended.-Etymology:The word is derived from two Hindi words:#Ant meaning...
game, which was popularized with this film's release. The remaining tracks, including the popular "Dil Deewana", were original compositions.
Soundtracks
- Music was composed by Ram Lakshman (Raamlaxman)
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aate Jaate" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional... |
03:29 |
| 2 | "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 06:47 |
| 3 | "Dil Deewana" | S.P.Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 05:22 |
| 4 | "Dil Deewana" (Male) | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:22 |
| 5 | "Dil Deewana" (Female) | Lata Mangeshkar | 05:55 |
| 6 | "Aaja Shaam Hone Aayi" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 05:14 |
| 7 | "Kabootar Ja Ja Ja" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 08:24 |
| 8 | "Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam | 06:46 |
| 9 | "Maine Pyar Kiya" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 06:55 |
| 10 | "Kahe Toh Se Sajna" | Sharda Sinha Sharda Sinha -Background:Sharda Sinha sings Angika and Bhojpuri songs, has received Padma Shri for her contribution to music. Prayag Sangeet Samiti organised Basant Mahotsava at Prayag where Padma Shri Sharda Sinha presented numerous songs based on the theme of spring season, where the advent of spring was... |
05:28 |
| 11 | "Antakshri" | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar | 09:08 |
| 12 | "Dil Deewana" (Instrumental) | 05:31 |