Aarzoo

Infobox Film
name = Aarzoo


caption = DVD cover
director = Lawrence D'Souza
producer = Kumar Mohan Vikas Mohan| writer = Reema Rakeshnath
starring = Akshay Kumar Madhuri Dixit Saif Ali Khan Amrish Puri Reema Lagoo Paresh Rawal
music = Anu Malik Surendra Singh Sodhi
cinematography = Lawrence D'Souza
editing = A.R. Rajendran
distributor = Video Sound
released = Flagicon|India 19 March 1999
runtime = 155 min.
country = India
language = Hindi
budget =
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amg_id = 1:344012
imdb_id = 0284811

"Aarzoo" is a Bollywood film released in 1999. The movie directed by Lawrence D'Souza stars Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and Reema Lagoo. The film was primarily filmed in Mumbai but some scenes were filmed in London and Edinburgh.

Synopsis

Dayashankar (Amrish Puri) is a wealthy NRI living in London. His daughter Pooja (Madhuri Dixit) is the apple of his eye and his life revolves around her and his wife Parvati (Reema Lagoo). Dayashankar also takes care of his deceased friends son Aman (Saif Ali Khan). Aman and Pooja have grown with each other and he has developed a love for her. Studying in Edinburgh, he is overjoyed when he is called to come stay with the family in London. He eagerly prepares for his meeting with Pooja and plans to ask her father for her hand in marriage.

However Pooja has fallen in love with Vijay Khanna (Akshay Kumar) who is a pilot. Her father is bitterly opposed with their intention of marriage as he has already promised Aman that he will marry Pooja. After some convincing from Aman and Parvati, Dayashankar succumbs to his daughter's wishes. Aman is heartbroken but puts on a brave face at the engagement. However tragedy strikes when Vijay is killed while piloting a plane.

Pooja goes into depression and finds out she is pregnant with Vijay's child. Her father convinces her to marry Aman who accepts her. She begins to love Aman and soon forgets about Vijay. Meanwhile it turns out Vijay is still alive and has come to London to find Pooja. It also turns out that the accident was planned by her father.In the end, Aman dies and it is then understood vijay and pooja live happily with their son.

Cast

* Akshay Kumar as Vijay Khanna
* Saif Ali Khan as Aman
* Madhuri Dixit as Pooja
* Amrish Puri as Dayashankar
* Reema Lagoo as Parvati
* Paresh Rawal as Kailash Nath

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