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Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (कहीं प्यार ना हो जाये)

Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (कहीं प्यार ना हो जाये) is a 2000 Hindi-language romantic comedy musical directed by K. Muralimohana Rao and starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, Raveena Tandon, and Jackie Shroff, released in India on 17 November 2000¹^•². The same title had earlier been used for a 1963 Hindi film directed by K K Parvez³.

Key fact	Detail
Release	17 November 2000 (India)¹
Director / producer	K. Muralimohana Rao; Narendra Bajaj, for Siddhi Vinayak Creations²
Lead cast	Salman Khan as Prem Kapoor, Rani Mukerji as Priya Sharma, Raveena Tandon as Nisha, Jackie Shroff as Tiger²
Music	Himesh Reshammiya; lyrics by Rajesh Malik and Sudhakar Sharma²
Runtime	165 minutes per Box Office India and JustWatch; 2h 39m (159 min) per IMDb²^•¹
Box office	India net ₹65.5 million (₹6.55 crore) against a budget of ₹77.5 million (₹7.75 crore; Box Office India) or ₹80 million (₹8.00 crore; Sacnilk); verdict Flop⁴^•⁵
IMDb rating	4.5/10 from about 2.9K votes⁶

Spoilers

Plot

Prem Kapoor is an aspiring pop star who lives with his elder sister Neelu, his brother-in-law Vinod, and their children. He plans to marry his fiancée Nisha, but on the wedding day she does not appear. When Prem confronts her, Nisha explains that she is marrying a rich young man from the United States who will be able to look after her and her ailing brother⁵.

Devastated, Prem takes to alcohol until he meets Priya Sharma and falls in love again. Before he can propose, Priya announces that she is marrying a wealthy American named Rahul Puglia. Ditched a second time, Prem blames himself for not being rich enough and drinks again⁵. Rotten Tomatoes' synopsis adds that a jilted musician slowly recovers when he sees love for him in someone else's eyes, but his ex returns to his life and his new flame decides to marry someone else⁷.

Cast and crew

The credited cast pairs Salman Khan's Prem Kapoor with Rani Mukerji's Priya Sharma and Raveena Tandon's Nisha. Jackie Shroff plays a character named Tiger, which IMDb trivia notes is also the real-life name of his son¹. Supporting roles include Inder Kumar as Rahul Puglia, Pooja Batra as Mona, Mohnish Bahl as Vinod, Shakti Kapoor as Panditji, Kashmira Shah as Neelu, and Reema Lagoo as Priya's mother².

The screenplay and dialogue are credited to Sanjay Chhel, Abbaas Hierapurwala, Manoj Lalwani, and Rajesh Malik, with Sudhakar Sharma also writing lyrics. M. Ramakoti edited the film and Chokkas Bhaardwaj was production designer²^•⁸. IMDb also lists Salman Khan as an uncredited film producer⁸.

Music

Himesh Reshammiya composed the songs, with Surendra Singh Sodhi credited for background music²^•⁸. The soundtrack was released on 19 September 2000 through Ishtar Music, and the title song was recorded by Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu, with other numbers sung by Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan, Sunita Rao, and Nitin Mukesh⁹^•¹⁰. The track list includes "Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaaye", "Dhin Tara Dhin Tara", "Aa Meri Life Bana De", "O Priya O Priya", "Pardesi", "Sawariya Re O Sawariya", and a "Parody" number¹⁰.

In his review, critic Taran Adarsh called "Priya" the pick of the lot, said the title track, picturised at Salman Khan's farmhouse in Panvel, had a decent tune, and judged Reshammiya's music otherwise not especially inspiring¹¹.

Reception and box office

The film opened on 250 screens in India with a first day of ₹5,800,000 and a first weekend of ₹1,71,00,000, reaching a first week of ₹30,800,000⁵. Box Office India lists total net gross of ₹66,950,000 against a budget of ₹7,75,00,000, with India gross of ₹11,30,00,000, overseas gross of $450,000, and a worldwide gross of ₹13,40,37,500, and labels the film a Flop⁵. Sacnilk's compilation gives slightly different figures, an India net of ₹65.5 million (₹6.55 crore), a budget of ₹80 million (₹8.00 crore), and a worldwide total of ₹134.7 million (₹13.47 crore), with the same Flop verdict⁴. In the United States and Canada the film grossed $87,000, all of it in its opening weekend of 19 November 2000¹.

Critical response was negative. Taran Adarsh rated the film 1 out of 5, wrote that it "stands on a weak foundation, the script", and noted that it was inspired by Frank Coraci's The Wedding Singer, the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore comedy¹¹. He criticized the flat characterization of the supporting players, including Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Pooja Batra, Mohnish Bahl, and Inder Kumar, and judged the presentation slapdash¹¹. A second critic, Naresh Deoshi of Apunkachoice, called it "another meatless flick" and gave it 2 out of 5¹⁰. Audience ratings on IMDb settled at 4.5/10 from about 2.9K votes⁶, and Rotten Tomatoes records a 47% Popcornmeter score from 500+ ratings with no critic reviews counted⁷.

The 1963 film of the same title

A Hindi social film titled Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (कहीं प्यार न हो जाए) was made in 1963 by the Young Technicians Unit Baria Films banner of Bombay, directed by K K Parvez and produced by N Naariman H Bariya and A Khaliq, with music by Kalyanji-Anandji and lyrics by Asad Bhopali, Qamar Jalalabadi, Gulshan Bawra, and Indeevar³^•¹². Its cast included Shakila, Mehmood, Om Prakash, Johnny Walker, Sheila Kashmiri, Purnima, and Shammi³. The database records a Bombay censor certificate dated 9 August 1963 for a 14-reel film of 141 minutes 37 seconds, and remarks that a film with the same title was passed by the Censor Board again in 2000³.

Availability

In India the film currently streams on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and free with ads on JioHotstar; it can be rented or bought on the Apple TV Store¹³. In the United States it can be rented on Amazon Video for $3.99 or bought for $12.99, with a PG age rating¹⁴. Venus Worldwide Entertainment holds the distribution copyright under a statutory declaration under section 52A of the Copyright Act, 1957¹⁵.

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026