Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai

Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and his younger brother Amit are orphans living with a Christian couple Lily (Farida Jalal) and Anthony (Satish Shah). Rohit is an aspiring singer who works in a car showroom run by Malik (Dalip Tahil). One day he meets Sonia Saxena (Ameesha Patel), daughter of Mr. Saxena (Anupam Kher), when he goes to deliver a car to her home as her birthday present. Unknown to everybody, Saxena and Malik are running a drug cartel with help of two police officers (Mohnish Behl and Ashish Vidyarthi).

Saxena is called Sir Ji (Sir) by the trio.Rohit & Sonia see each other later that night when Sonia and her friends are having a party on the beach. After Rohit sings for her, Atul (Rajesh Tandon), Maliks son & Sonias friend, invites him on a cruise to perform. Eventually, Rohit and Sonia fall for each other. This is objected to by Saxena, who demands Malik sack him.

Later he softens up a bit and challenges Rohit to do something big so that he can win back his love. Determined to prove himself, Rohit and his friends attempt to procure a record deal for him. Rohit eventually becomes famous and prepares to put on a huge concert.On the evening of the show, Rohit goes to pick up Amit from school to take him up to a show. He witnesses the corrupt policemen and Malik shooting down the commissioner (Ram Mohan) who has found out about their drug dealings.

The policemen discover Rohits presence and shoot at him. Rohit is chased by the police and falls into a river when his bike crashes into a bridge. Rohit, who doesnt know how to swim, drowns. Sonia and everyone think that he died in an accident.Sonia goes into depression so her father sends her to New Zealand to live with his brother.

Her cousin Neeta (Tanaaz Currim) tries to help Sonia get over Rohit. There she sees Raj Chopra (also Hrithik Roshan). His face resembles Rohit and he is also a good singer. Raj falls for Sonia, but his face reminds her of Rohit making her more depressed. On learning her story, Raj decides to follow her back to India.

After arriving in India, one of the corrupt officers spots them and opens fire on Raj. When Raj and Sonia escape the firing, Raj realizes that somebody is mistaking him for Rohit. With this incident Raj and Sonia realize that Rohit was murdered.Raj is sheltered by Rohits well wishers. There, he unexpectedly learns that Amit witnessed Rohits murder.

Raj decides to set the trap for nabbing the killers, posing as Rohit. Only Sonia and Rohits acquaintances know the truth. Raj proposes his love to Sonia. Even though Sonia likes Raj, she is still heartbroken about Rohits death. The villains panic on learning that Rohit is alive.

Malik and the officers turn up incognito at the concert where Raj is performing the post-concert of Rohit,which was supposed to happen on the day he died. Here, Saxena learns the truth from Sonia. He warns Malik. But when Raj tells details about the day that only Rohit would have known, Malik assumes that Saxena is playing a double game.Malik kidnaps Sonia.

Raj succeeds in killing the officers and rescuing Sonia. She is taken aback by the fact that Malik is a villain. Just when Malik is about to reveal the truth about Saxena, Saxena shoots him, feigning anger. Amit tells Raj that the villains were talking to someone named Sirji over the phone. Raj finds Sirjis number in Maliks cell phone and makes a call.

When Saxenas phone rings, Raj understands everything. On being confronted, Saxena confesses everything in front of Sonia and Raj before being arrested.Sonia and Raj return to New Zealand, taking Amit with them. Raj and Sonia get engaged.Kaho Naa.

Pyaar Hai received positive reviews from critics. The performance of Hrithik was well praised, and the music received positive reviews. Many critics noted the storyline was clichéd. Planet Bollywoods Alok Kumar said Im telling you all to go see KNPH, a movie with which I had low expectations. The film ended up being very entertaining.

Ajay Chaturvedi of Apunkachoice.com said The film suffers from a bad script. But he praised the performance and dancing of Hrithik saying, The highlight . is Hrithik Roshan who has good screen presence, He has acted quite well considering that this is his debut film and he is a brilliant dancer. He praised the music saying it is a big plus with Na Tum Jano Na Hum and Ek Pal Ka Jeena being the pick of the lot.

The reviewer for Filmfare rated the film three-and-a-half out of five, and wrote, Rakesh Roshan has come up with a winner. A racy script, excellent product values and taut editing result in a storyline that keeps the audience hooked throughout. The music is also good, especially the title song and numbers such as Ek pal ka jeena and Chand sitare. Hrithik is very good in the action and dance sequences, and proves his acting calibre in his very first film. Amisha too performs well.

The storyline of the movie is similar to Ratha Sapthami.