Ishq is an Indian 1997 Bollywood romantic comedy film directer is Indra Kumar. It stars Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgn, with Juhi Chawla and Kajol portraying their love interests respectively. Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Johnny Lever and Mohan Joshi appear in supporting roles. The film was the third highest-grossing Hindi film of 1997, behind Dil To Pagal Hai and Border, with a worldwide gross of ₹505 million. The last film featuring Khan-Chawla together, it was also the only film to feature Khan-Devgn together and Kajol-Chawla together. The Kannada remake of the film, Snehana Preethina, was released in 2007.
- Directer : Indra Kumar
- Producer : Gordhan Tanwani
- Writter : Tanveer Khan
- Screenplay : Praful Parikh,Rajiv Kaul
- Story : Praful Parikh,Rajiv Kaul
- Starring : Aamir Khan,Ajay Devgn,Juhi Chawla,Kajol
- Music : Anu Malik
- Background Score : Surinder Sodhi
- Cinematography : Baba Azmi
- Edited : Hussain A. Burmawala
- Distributed : Baba Films
- Release date : 28 November 1997
- Running time : 170 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Production:
Development:
- Director Indra Kumar had initially planned to make Ishq in 1991 with Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt as two of the four leads, but due to their personal problems at the time, they opted out of the film. Later, Boney Kapoor asked Kumar to make the film with Sanjay Kapoor and Vivek Mushran playing the roles of Ajay and Raja, respectively. However, Kumar had no happiness to cast the two, and he then made the film Raja with Sanjay Kapoor, which released in 1995. He again came with the idea of making Ishq in 1996 and selected Ajay Devgn, Aamir Khan, Kajol and Juhi Chawla to play the leads.
Film Casting:
- Karisma Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were offered the roles of Kajol and Juhi Chawla, respectively, but the former declined to not work opposite Devgn and the latter had date issues. Along with this, Amitabh Bachchan was signed to play the role of a man who after completing an intermission tries to unite the four lovers, but due to some problems with Kumar, he left the film, and Kumar later removed that character from the film. Ishq was Kumar’s first movie to not star Madhuri Dixit as a female lead and second movie with Aamir Khan after 1990’s Dil. The film also marked the first collaboration between Kumar and Devgn.
Film Shooting:
- During the shooting of the film, Aamir Khan throwed a prank on Juhi Chawla, after which she got irritated.
Ishq Movie Songs:
- Song Name – Ishq Hai Ishq Hai
- Movie – Ishq Singer – Jaishree Shivram
- Music – Anu Malik
- Lyrics – Javed Akhtar
- Song Name – Dekho Dekho Jaanam
- Movie – Ishq Singer – Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
- Music – Anu Malik
- Lyrics – Rahat Indori
Ishq Movie Box Office Collection:
INDIA
| Schedule | Amount (in Crores) |
|---|---|
| Opening Day | 0.94 Crores |
| End of Opening Weekend | 2.80 Crores |
| End of Week 1 | 5.47 Crores |
| Lifetime Collection | 24.93 Crores |
