Movie: Pyar To Hona Hi Tha (Love Had to Happen)
Director: Anees Bazmee
Year: 1998
Stars: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Kashmira Shah & Bijay Anand

Snapshot of the story

Pyar To Hona Hi Tha is a love story of a thief and is inspired by the famous Hollywood movie “French Kiss” starring Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton and Kelvin Kline. Pyar to Hone Hi Tha is based on a similar plot where Sanjana (kajol) staying alone in Paris comes to India to get married. She meets a Shekhar (Ajay Devgan) who use her bag to smuggle a necklace into India. This sets the tone for the movie as the plot goes through twists and turns.

Storyline

Pyar to Hona Hi Tha can not be called an original story as it is inspired from the movie “French Kiss” but it has a strong storyline. Sanjana lands in India and soon comes to know that Rahul (one who she will marry) is in love with Nisha (Kashmira Shah) and the only reason he is entertaining Sanjana is for her money. Sanjana comes to know all this and also wants him to teach a lesson and sends a strong message that she too has a boyfriend and seeks help from Shekhar (Ajay Devgan). Shekhar agrees to this as he wants the smuggled necklace back which he hides in Sanjana’s bag.

Both Sanjana and Shekhar pretend to love each other to show off in front of Rahul and Nisha has some success but not completely change Rahul’s mind. Disheartened by this Sanjana decides to go back to Paris but in this game they starts to love each other but do not express each others feelings. The climax of the movie is very exiting as Shekhar wants the smuggled necklace which Sanjana gives to the police, Shekhar is in need of this as he need movie for his brother operation suffering for cardiac problem. Sanjana secretly help Shekhar but he comes to know from the police. Shekhar manages to stop the aircraft and propose Sanjana in front of all the passengers. Sanjana who has come to marry and find her true love.

Final Thoughts

This is amongst the finest performances by Kajol. She has been truly remarkable in all aspects and portrayal of emotions in this movie. Ajay Devgan also good but the Anees Bazmee. Jatin-Lalit’s music was the highlight of the movie and Jaspinder Naroola bagged the filmfare award for best playback singer for the song “Pyar to Hona Hi Tha”

Rating

Excellent direction, best cinematography, hit music by Jatil-Lalit, well rendered song by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Pop sensation Remo Fernandes, Jaspinder Narula, Udit Narayan and great Asha Bhosle. Pyara to Hona hi tha was a hit and did $20 million in the box office worldwide.