Development[edit]

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 (1995) with Sanjay Kapoor,
which released in 1995. He again came with the idea of making Ishq in 1996 and selected Aamir Khan, Ajay
Devgn, Juhi Chawla and Kajol to play the leads.

Casting[edit]
Karisma Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were offered the roles of Kajol and Juhi Chawla, respectively, but the former
declined to work opposite Devgan 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 film to not star Madhuri Dixit as a female lead and the second movie with Aamir Khan after 1990's Dil. The
film also marked the first collaboration between Kumar and Devgn.

Filming[edit]
During the shooting of the film, Aamir Khan threw a prank on Juhi Chawla, after which she got irritated.

Reception[edit]
Anupama Chopra wrote, "Despite fine performances it is a 70 mm melodrama".[2] The film was a blockbuster at
the box office. It earned ₹53.2 crore, against a budget of ₹10 crore. Its gross is equivalent to ₹368
crore adjusted for inflation in 2019.[3] It became the third-highest grossing film of 1997, behind Dil To Pagal
Hai and Border.[4]

Music[edit]
The music was composed by Anu Malik. The Ishq soundtrack album sold 3 million units, making it the year's
sixth best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album.[5] The tune of the hit track "Neend Churai Meri" was copied from
the Linear song "Sending All My Love". It was subsequently remade as Maine Tujhko Dekha by Malik's
nephew Amaal Malik for the 2017 film Golmaal Again.[6][7]

Title Singer(s) Lyrics Length

Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Kavita Rahat

"Neend Churai Meri" 05:47
Krishnamurthy Indori

"Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai" Abhijeet, Anu Malik Anu Malik 05:08

Rahat
"Dekho Dekho Jaanam" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 05:14
Indori

Javed
"Ishq Hua... Kaise Hua" Udit Narayan, Vibha Sharma 07:34
Akhtar

"Mr. Lova Lova" (Ankhiyaan Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Sudesh Bhosle, Kavita

Dev Kohli 05:25
Tu Mila Le) Krishnamurthy, Poornima

"Kaise Kahoon Kaise Ho Kumar Sanu, Vibha Sharma Javed 06:25

 Title Singer(s) Lyrics Length

Tum" Akhtar

"Ishq Hai Ishq Hai" (Jab Nind

Jayshree Shivram Dev Kohli 05:29
Na Aaye)

Javed
"Tu Jhootha" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet, Sadhna Sargam 07:45
Akhtar

Awards[edit]
Recipient(s)/
Ceremony Category Result
Nominees(s)

43rd Filmfare
Best Villain Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Awards

Nominated
Best Actor Aamir Khan

1st Zee Cine Awards

Best Actress Juhi Chawla