Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- exuberant
- heightened
- bollywood movie night
- romantic comedy night
What critics said
Critics found the film excessively loud and absurd but acknowledged that its committed energy and spectacle make it compulsively entertaining.
What sets it apart
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Madhu and Ajay pursue Raja and Kajal despite their fathers' hostility toward poverty and poor people.
The film combines absurd separation schemes, broad humor, romance, and action in an aggressively energetic register.
The film is identified with the musical format and uses Hindi cinema's song-driven romantic presentation.
Madhu-Raja and Ajay-Kajal form two linked relationships facing the same family opposition.
Films like Ishq, and why
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Shared Hindi romantic comedy structure, class conflict, musical energy, and family opposition to young love.
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Shared Bollywood romance, comic melodrama, wealthy families, and lovers challenged by social expectations.
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
Shared opposites-attract romance, family interference, broad comedy, and heightened emotional spectacle.
Movie Details
- Director
- Indra Kumar
- Release Date
- 1997-11-28
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (76)
Cast
- Ajay Devgn
- Aamir Khan
- Kajol
- Juhi Chawla Mehta
- Dalip Tahil
- Johny Lever
- Mohan Joshi
- Deven Verma
- Deepak Shirke
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Common questions
- What is Ishq about?
- Two privileged families wage an extravagant campaign against their children’s cross-class romances, only to be challenged by love, comedy, and Bollywood spectacle.
- What is Ishq like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ishq as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Ishq violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ishq as mild.
- What did critics think of Ishq?
- Critics found the film excessively loud and absurd but acknowledged that its committed energy and spectacle make it compulsively entertaining.
- Which films are like Ishq?
- Films with a similar feel include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, and Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya.
- How long is Ishq?
- Ishq runs 161 minutes.
