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silvan-desouza In 1990s Bhatts took a break from his heavy duty films and made romantic films Aashiqui was one of the first of that kind The film is still remembered for it's hit songs The film is a normal Hindi film love story with some twists and turns In typical Bhatt world, Rahul Roy(his name is Rahul Roy in the film too)'s father re marries leaving Reema Lagoo alone, Rahul Roy is irritated and creates a rucksus finally he is arrested and there he meets the heroine Anu. Both fall in love slowly and then she becomes a model Bhatt claims that the story is inspired from his own life where he trained his wife to be a typist, anywayz most Bhatt films are supposedly based on his life. The film does have lot of madness which were seen in 80s and 90s like the end where the cop Avtar Gill rides a Fire engine van.Direction by Mahesh Bhatt is good in parts Music by Nadeem Shravan is a big hit, Saanson KI Zaroorat, Jaanejigar Jaaneman, Ab Tere Bin are all chartbusters and remembered even today Kumar Sanu who sang most songs was a rage that timeRahul Roy is awkward in his debut, his dubbing by Aditya Panscholi too doesn't suit him, However his hairstyle became famous Anu Agarwal is okay Tom Alter is okay in a brief role, Musthaque Khan, Avtar Gill are Bhatt regulars ditto for Deepak Tijori there are okay. Reema Lagoo is as usual, Homi Wadia is good, Anang Desai is okay

sredsha One thing that I love about this movie is the music. It is beautiful. I can guarantee you, that generations to come will be listening to this music long after we have all left this world. There is something eternal and evergreen about the soundtrack.That being said I feel that the movie in no way reflects the sheer genius of the music. One can see tiny glimpses of coping from the movie Rebel Without A Cause throughout the entire narrative, the obvious being the scene in the police station at the being of the movie. In fact the entire narrative seems contrived and stiff.Rahul and Anu did the best that the could do with their cardboard characters.While the music will remain eternal, I predict that Aashqui the movie will fade into obscurity in the years to come.

chetan_r411 For a six year old child it is very difficult to remember about movies and songs. However there are movies, their music and there was Aashiqui. It was not just another movie with hit music. It was a phenomenon. The sale of music players was increased dramatically in those days. Practically every home in India had a audio cassette(today's CD/DVD wielding kids would probably never know of them!!) of Aashiqui in their home. It is not very common to come across albums with almost all the songs being awesome. However in this case, the word "almost" can be easily dropped. Each and every song of this movie is timeless. Nadeem-Shravan may not be creative and experimental like A. R. Rehman, but it is true that if "melody" had a second name it would be Nadeem-Shravan. "Aashiqui", "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin","Sadak", "Saajan", "Deewana", "Dil Ka Kya Qusoor", "Salami", "Damini", "Dil Wale", "Raja Hindustani", "Jeet", "Pardes" are examples of this genius combination. Mahesh Bhatt is one of the finest filmmakers we had, but it is sad that his biggest commercial success is probably his weakest work as a director, or probably got overshadowed by the lovable music. The acting in this movie is anything but good. Rahul Roy caught the fancy of many young girls in those days and his hair style was an instant rage, however the guy just couldn't act and sadly it was clearly visible in the movie too. Recently in a TV show, Kareena Kapoor admitted, she has a poster of Salman in her room, which she replaced with Rahul's when Aqshiqui released. However anybody who had seen this movie can easily predict that Rahul lacked the charisma to be a major star. Anu Agarwal showed the signs of things to come. Apart from acting in B-Grade Hollywood soft porn, the girl couldn't achieve anything. It is common for an actor to pull off a movie single handedly despite of shoddy script and bad music. In some cases even some directors have pulled off a movie by tight narration despite unconvincing performance. Aqshiqui is one of the rare cases, where Music alone pulled off a movie.

dwpollar 1st watched 2/27/2010 -- 3 out of 10 (Dir-Mahesh Bhatt): Silly Bollywood romance where the best part is the danceable tunes(and there are plenty of them). The problem is that the story is very formulaic and predictable with no real depth to the characters. The story is about a lounge singer, played by Rahul Roy(which is also the character's name in the movie), who gets in trouble with the police after disturbing his father's 2nd marriage, and glances at an orphan named Annu -- who he immediately falls in love with. The main characters are the typical troubled-youngster characters with checkered family histories(which of course makes them rebel). He pursues her, frees her from the orphanage, and then she tries to make it on her own as a model. Due to this freedom and also because of Rahul's mom's insistence, she decides not to marry him for 2 years -- until Rahul makes something of himself. This, of course, makes him unhappy and he bursts into song(in typical Bollywood fashion). He is then discovered and becomes a big singer, but the two main characters' reunion is, of course, not that simple. This movie is very long, but very simplistic with no real backbone in any of the characters(except maybe Rahul's mother). It's a simplistic Romeo+Juliet story with a lot of singing and dancing(which as I said before is the best part). Avoid this one -- there are many better Bollywood movies around.