Movie: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Director: Mansoor Khan
Year: 1988
Stars: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla and Goga Kapoor

Snapshot of the story
A big block buster of the 90’s. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” was a super duper hit of the decade, it brought a new concept for the Indian moviegoers who were fed up with action movies and brought back the trend of romantic movies. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is a story of two rival families and how two young hearts find love with each other in the midst the rivalry.

Movie Reviews and Ratings of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

The story starts with Raj’s (played by Aamir Khan) father - Dhanraj who spent years in jail for a charge of murder of a man of which his sister had committed suicide. As a result of this family of Raj and Rashmi (Played by Juhi Chawala) becomes bitter family rivals with each other.

There is moment in the movie when Raj saves Rashmi from roadside thugs and they become good friends. This friendship turns to love and they fall head over in ove with each other. Both of them are not aware of their family’s rivalry. As Rashmi’s family come to know of this, they force Rashmi to get married quickly but Raj and Rashmi attempt to elope and decides to get married.

But this act was unbearable to Rashmi’s family and they send a group of gangsters to kill Raj. When the goons find the whereabouts of Raj and Rashmi, instead of killing Raj they end up killing Rashmi. This killing was too great to bear by the shattered and heartbroken Raj and he ultimately commits suicide. Climax was quite unpredictable as Indian love stories usually end on happy note.

Final Thoughts

“Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” was a debut movie of Aami Khan and he looked a college pass out youngster, which was the demand of the story. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” also did world of good for struggling actress Juhi Chawala as it went on to become her first hit. Duo Anand – Milind gave soul touching romantic music that contributed to the film’s success. This movie was the biggest hit of 1988 winning the best movie of the year in Filmfare awards. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is a timeless romantic movie and a must watch.

Rating

Rating “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” is not a difficult task and it scores a commendable 9.5 out 10. “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” misses the perfect 10 not because it lacks anything in particular but there is always scope for improvement even in a good movie such as this.