When director Raj Kanwar approached Suneel Darshan with the idea for Andaaz, Darshan liked the concept and agreed to produce the film under his production company Shree Krishna International despite the poor performance of Kanwar's previous three films. The film ends with Jiya participating in Raj and Kajal's wedding ceremony.Īkshay Kumar, Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra were cast in the leading roles An emotional Jiya reveals that she wanted Raj and Kajal to accept their feelings for each other in front of the world. An irate Raj places the wedding sindoor on Kajal's head, indicating he has now married Kajal and no-one has the right to question their relationship. An angry Jiya says that Raj and Kajal will never be able to forget their past love for each other, even though Raj is supposed to be marrying her. Raj asks Kajal not to allow her to be married off against her will. At Raj and Jiya's engagement, Kajal learns that her family has arranged an engagement for her as well. Jiya notices their increasing closeness and suggests to her father that Kajal is married off. Raj helps Kajal recover from her depression, which enables her to face life again. Kajal blames herself for Karan's death and even attempts suicide. It is revealed that Kajal has been widowed by a helicopter crash which killed Karan, but which she survived. While visiting Jiya's family, Raj learns that Kajal is Jiya's sister-in-law. After Raj's family reveals that they had hoped Raj would marry Jiya, he finally gives in and decides to marry her and move on with his life. During Karva Chauth, Jiya performs the rituals that a wife typically does for a husband, but Raj becomes angry and asks Jiya to leave. Jiya makes several attempts to impress Raj, but he still does not fall for her. After completing his training, Raj returns to India where he finds that Jiya has already arrived and is living as a paying guest with his family.
She falls in love with Raj because of his clean personality, but he is unable to forget Kajal. The Malhotras move to Nainital, and Raj relocates to Cape Town, South Africa for further training.ĭuring a visit to a club, Raj meets the vivacious and fun-loving Jiya. Hurt by the fact that she did not recognise Raj's feelings for her despite being his best friend, Kajal asks him to move on with his life. Kajal and Karan marry during the reception party, Kajal learns of Raj's feelings for her. Raj still does not reveal his true feelings to Kajal, telling her that Karan is the best life partner for her. After this is over, he rushes to Kajal to propose to her, only to discover that she is in love with multimillionaire businessman, Karan Singhania. Raj is recruited by the Indian Air Force and spends a year and a half in training. Raj secretly loves Kajal and is waiting for the right time to propose to her, but she sees him only as her best friend. Years later, the two continue to be close friends, and everyone expects them to marry soon. With Kajal's encouragement, Raj regains the ability to walk. When the Malhotras move to Dehradun, Raj befriends his family's new neighbour, the tomboy Kajal, as both share a common passion for aeroplanes. After an accident fractures his leg, he is unable to walk for some time, and for psychological reasons, he cannot walk even after the fracture heals. Raj Malhotra lives with his elder brother Rohit, his sister-in-law Kiran, and his niece. Both actresses were also nominated for the Screen Award for Best Female Debut, which Dutta won. At the 49th Filmfare Awards, it received five nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Chopra, and won the Best Female Debut for Dutta and Chopra. It was the ninth-highest-grossing Indian film of the year. The film was a box-office success, grossing ₹ 288 million at the box-office against a budget of ₹ 80 million. The soundtrack was a huge success, selling 2.5 million units and was the second best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year.Īndaaz was released in cinemas on. Its music was composed by Nadeem–Shravan, with lyrics written by Sameer. Shot extensively in Cape Town, South Africa, Andaaz 's promotion centered around it being the acting debut of two beauty queens together for the first time, which Darshan considered was the film's main selling point. It features Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra in their debut Bollywood film roles. It is written by Robin Bhatt, Shyam Goel and Jainendra Jain. It stars Akshay Kumar, Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta and Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra. Style) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Raj Kanwar and produced by Suneel Darshan.