''Kash... Aap Hamare Hote '' (translation: Wish... You Were Mine) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language

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. It stars Sonu Nigam and Juhi Babbar. The film was directed by Ravindra Peepat and the music was composed by

Aadesh Shrivastava Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and playback singer who worked in Indian films. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working indepe ...

Plot

Amrita is the adopted daughter of Yashwant Raj Mankotia. Amrita was the daughter of the late Yashwant Raj's friend. Yashwant has a son, Randeep Raj Mankotia, who is in Canada. Yashwant plans to get Randeep and Amrita married. Randeep does not want to go to India to visit his father. To make Randeep come to Yashwant, he pretends to have heart trouble. Randeep does not want to leave his business. He gets even more upset when he learns that he is going to marry Amrita. His father says if he does not accept the marriage, all his property will go to Amrita. Randeep agrees to the marriage. After the wedding, Randeep and Amrita travel to Canada. When they go to Randeep's house, Amrita meets Simone, Randeep's business partner/spouse. Simone and Randeep humiliate Amrita, and she runs away. Randeep gathers some men and orders them to find Amrita and kill her. Amrita then hides in the garage of Jay Kumar, who befriends her. Daljit Brar olly(Ravee Gupta) is the daughter of Jay's boss and is jealous of the friendship between them, so she fires Jay. Yashwant Raj misses Amrita, so he goes to Canada to visit her. When Yashwant asks where Amrita is, Randeep lies and says she has humiliated him by taking up alcohol. Yashwant doesn't believe this; he goes to find her and the truth. Afterward, he finds out that his son has not only disgraced Amrita but is doing illegal drug business with Simone. After a brawl, Yashwant kills his son, and he is later discharged by the court, and he decides to go back home while blessing Amrita and Jay.

Cast

* Sonu Nigam as Jay Kumar * Juhi Babbar as Amrita Raj Mankotia *

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

as Yashwant Raj Mankotia * Sharad Kapoor as Randeep "Ronny" Raj Mankotia * Saadhika as Simone * Raavee Gupta as Daljit Brar (Dolly) *

Raj Babbar Raj Babbar (born 23 June 1952) is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi language, Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the sta ...

as Sardar Teja Singh Brar *

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as Native Indian

Soundtracks

The music was popular on release. * "Mera Hindustan Hai" – Sonu Nigam * "Hum Bhi Mohabbat" – Sonu Nigam * "Chalte Chalte" – Sonu Nigam * "Kash Aap Hamare Hote" (Sad Version) – Sonu Nigam * "Kash Aap Hamare Hote" (Happy Version) – Sonu Nigam,

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* "Tumse Hui" – Sonu Nigam,

Anuradha Paudwal Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and Odia cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singers and also as one of the m ...

* "Shaava Pardesiyon" – Sonu Nigam,

Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He sang " Jai Ho" in the film '' Slumdog Millionaire'', for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Televisi ...

* "Dhaani Chunariya" –

* "Dil Main Sau" — Manmohan Singh * "Hai Rabba" — Manmohan Singh

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh of

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gave the film 1 star out of 5, writing ″On the whole, KASH AAP HAMARE HOTE is an ordinary fare. At the box-office, the film will face rough weather due to a strong opposition in the form of 2003 Cricket World Cup. Had the film released at a more appropriate period and without oppositions, the prospects would've been better.″

Sukanya Verma Sukanya Verma is an Indian journalist and film critic. She has been the principal movie reviewer with web portal '' Rediff.com''. She has written a number of columns as a freelance writer for ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English ...

of Rediff.com wrote ″The best thing about the film is Manmohan Singh's cinematography. A

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the reci ...

regular, Singh captures gorgeous Canada beautifully.″But then, films do not run on stunning locations, technical superiority or catchy music. Kash... simply lacks appeal in all other departments.″

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0352489 2000s Hindi-language films 2003 films Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava Films shot in Vancouver Films set in Vancouver Films about illegal immigration