Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Sohail Khan

Writers:

Sanjeev Duggal (dialogue)
Sohail Khan (story)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (India)

Plot:

Muskaan (Kajol) is an orphan girl living on a farm run by her overly-protective older brother, Vishal (Arbaaz Khan) and their 'Chachu' (Dharmendra)...

Plot Keywords:

Female To Male Footsie Playing | Footsie Under The Table

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Suraj Khanna
Kajol	...	Muskaan Thakur
Arbaaz Khan	...	Vishal Thakur
Anjala Zaveri	...	Ujala
Dharmendra	...	Thakur Ajay Singh (Chacha)
Kiran Kumar	...	Akash Khanna
Kunika	...	Mrs. Khanna
Aashif Sheikh	...	Brother of Thakur Vijay Singh (as Asif Shaikh)
Nirmal Pandey	...	Thakur Vijay Singh
Tiku Talsania	...	Principal (as Tikku Talsania)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anand Balraj
Dinesh Hingoo		(as Dinesh Hingo)
Razak Khan
Ashish Balram Nagpal
Ashok Saraf	...	Tadkomal
Apurva Shah
Harpal Singh		(as Harpal)

Also Known As:

Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (India: Hindi title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

India:162 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

India:U

Filming Locations:

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Company:

G.S. Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

Soundtrack:

Odh Li Chunariya Tere Naam Ki

Just about OK.

An enjoyable 1st half but close to unwatchable in the 2nd barring a few scenes involving the lead stars. The presence of Salman and Kajol in the end is the only thing that somewhat lifts this movie up. Salman is his usual funny/wacky self and it was fun to see the old Salman for a change. Since I was in India when PKTDK released I can safely say Salman's popularity hit its peak w/ this movie. 'O O Jaane Jaana' was a rage and physique/looks wise he has probably never looked better. But he isn't the TOP performer of the movie, Kajol is. She looks gorgeous(yet simple) and takes full advantage of being the only well developed character in the entire movie. I wish she had more to do because everything else about PKTDK is one BIG annoying cliché. For a romantic comedy there's hardly any romance. Hardly any face-to-face interaction between Salman and Kajol(when did they fall in love?) and this hurts BIG TIME because there isn't much chemistry between the two.

So anyway, I've no clue what made me watch this mediocre flick in 2006 but I did enjoy seeing Salman and Kajol. 1998 was a time where both were at the top of their game. A pity PKTDK had such a mediocre script because both stars happen to be excellent romantic actors.

Watch it if you're a really, really BIG fan of Salman or Kajol.