''Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya'' () is a 2005 Indian

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directed by

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. It is a remake of the 1969 American film, '' Cactus Flower'' which was an adaptation of the 1965 play of the same name by

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, itself based on the French play ''Fleur de cactus'' by

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and

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. This movie was previously remade in Hindi by Anupam Kher with the title Dil Ka Doctor. It stars

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along with

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in supporting roles. The film revolves around the relationships of a womanizing doctor who gets ultimately stuck between two women: a patient with suicidal tendencies and his nurse.

Plot

Sameer is a very successful doctor: He not only looks after his patients' maladies, but he also looks after his female patients' hearts. Most women fall for him and his irresistible charms. The only person who has not fallen for him is his dutiful nurse Naina. Whenever a girl gets too close to Sameer and starts talking about marriage, he sends her off by telling her he is already married. However, one day, he meets Sonia, a beautiful young woman and Sameer is smitten. He lies to her about having a wife, but the marriage is failing. When she learns of his 'wife', she wants to meet her. Sameer introduces Naina, as well as her niece and nephew, as his wife and children. Sameer then arranges a fake divorce from his fake wife with the help of his best friend, lawyer Vicky who, despite having a steady girlfriend, frequently flirts with Naina. To complicate things further, Sameer's mother suddenly appears and doesn't want her son get divorced from Naina (when he is not married to her in the first place). And then, there is Sonia's neighbour Pyare, who does not want Sonia to marry Sameer: he wants Sonia for himself and she seems to like him, too. The web of lies around everyone grows thicker and thicker, but finally, Sameer is able to persuade Sonia to marry him. Before leaving for the airport, Naina confronts Sonia and reveals the web of lies formed by Sameer, to persuade Sonia for marriage. At the altar, Sonia makes Sameer realize that she isn't the right wife for him but Naina who has proved her love since she played along, pretending to be his wife. Sameer agrees and rushes to the airport because Naina wants to escape to

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, while Sonia marries Pyare. At the airport, Sameer arrives in time: he apologizes to Naina and convinces her to stay. Naina agrees to stay with Sameer and his family.

Cast

as Dr. Sameer Malhotra *

as Naina Kapoor: Sameer's nurse and fake wife *

as Sonia Bharadwaj: Sameer's girlfriend *

as Pyare Mohan Singh: Sonia's neighbour *

as Anjali Malhotra: Sameer's mother *

as Vikrant "Vicky" Roy *

as Nishi Gupta * Punita Trikha as Jewellery Designer *

as Army soldier Pramod Kumar Thapar aka Thapa: Sameer's patient *

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as Shrikant Sharma (guest appearance) *

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as Ahmed Bilal (cameo) *

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as Dolly Verma: Naina's friend * G. P. Singh as Judge Brahmadutt Gupta

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of 7 original tracks and 4 remixes composed by Himesh Reshammiya According to the Indian trade website ''

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'', with around 1,250,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was one of the year's best-selling.

Track list

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "In terms of its body and colour, ''Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya'' is a sunshine romantic comedy. It has it all -- cool, summery colours, trendy hip-shaking music, rocking choreography, pretty looking actors and amusing banter".

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of ''

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'' wrote that the film "is a Salman Khan film all the way. The good looking actor has specialized at aimed-at-gallery roles and his performance plus charisma is what makes the goings-on so pleasurable".

Box office

The film grossed 55 crores. It also emerged as the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year.

Awards

References

External links

* {{David Dhawan 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films directed by David Dhawan Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya 2005 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films based on adaptations Hindi remakes of English films Indian remakes of American films Films shot in Mumbai Films shot in the Maldives Indian films based on plays Films about families Films about sham marriage Films about divorce Films about lying Indian screwball comedy films Medical-themed films Films about physicians Films about Indian weddings Films about marriage Films about suicide Indian family films