Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein
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Hindi	मोहब्बतें
Directed by	Aditya Chopra
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Written by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Shah Rukh Khan Aishwarya Rai Uday Chopra Jugal Hansraj Jimmy Shergill Shamita Shetty Kim Sharma Preeti Jhangiani Anupam Kher Archana Puran Singh Amrish Puri Shefali Shah Helen
Music by	Jatin-Lalit
Cinematography	Manmohan Singh
Edited by	V.V. Karnik Singh Taranjeet
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	27 October 2000
Running time	216 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est.₹190 million
Box office	est.₹540 million

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Mohabbatein English: Love Stories) is a 2000 Indian musical romantic drama film directed by Aditya Chopra. It was Chopra's second directorial venture after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and was filmed at India and the United Kingdom. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan in pivotal roles, along with six young debutantes. Aishwarya Rai appeared in flashbacks as Khan's lover. The film's soundtrack was composed by Jatin-Lalit, while the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. The film is notable for being the first time that Bachchan and Khan appeared on-screen together.

The film went on to do well both critically and commercially. It was the second highest Bollywood grosser of 2000, after Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. It also won several awards including the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Khan and Bachchan respectively.

Narayan Shankar (Amitabh Bachchan) is the strict headmaster of Gurukul, a prestigious all-boys university. Narayan wants the best out of his students, and places emphasis on tradition, honor and discipline. He has run the university for 25 years and over that time, he has forbid the students from any kind of romance — anyone he catches falling in love will be expelled. The film focuses on three of the school's students: Sameer (Jugal Hansraj), Vicky (Uday Chopra) and Karan (Jimmy Shergill) who all fall in love. Sameer is in love with Sanjana (Kim Sharma), his childhood friend. Vicky falls for Ishika (Shamita Shetty), a student at the all-girls university next door to Gurukul. Karan becomes smitten with Kiran (Preeti Jhangiani), a girl he sees one night at a train station. All three know that if they're caught they'd be expelled, so they at first do not pursue their love interests.