Kaho Na Pyaar Hai - The debuts that lead to a STAR WAR

Kaho Na Pyaar Hai is remembered by people for its unbeatable music, nice international locations and all the masala for making a movie superhit. Kaho Na Pyaar Hai is also remembered for two debuts as well - Rakesh Roshan's son Hrithik Roshan entered Bollywood with this movie and Economics graduate Amisha Patel also got a Ticket To Bollywood with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. The movie was a super duper hit and both of the lead actors got many offers & awards after the movie.

Hrithik won Best Actor & Best Debut Filmfare awards for his highly acclaimed performance but surprisingly Amisha Patel could not fetch any awards with this movie but both of them entered super stardom overnight with this movie. Apart from these two Kaho Na Pyaar Hai won many other awards as well including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Choreography, Best Music Director, Best Playback, Best Male Singer and Best Screenplay.

A story of a STAR WAR (CAT FIGHT would be more appropriate) is also associated with the success of this movie. When Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan was in search for an actress for the movie to launch his son in the Bollywood, they approached Kareena Kapoor who, at that time, was also looking for options to get into the Indian cinema. Another offer Bebo had was of Refugee - opposite Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishek Bachchan. Amisha is the daughter of Rakesh Roshan's schoolmate whom they had made this offer and she agreed upon.

Looking at these two options, Kareena chose Abhishek's movie Refugee probably thinking that Big B's son would be able to fetch him more fans than Rakesh Roshan's. But when both of the movies released - Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai got overnight success and Refugee failed on the box office. Since then, Kareena Kapoor and Amisha Patel are not good friends and have never been spotted together but Hrithik and Kareena have done many movies together.

While Amisha Patel & Hrithik Roshan's entry into Bollywood can certainly be regarded as debuts of that year but the movie was obviously a career shift for Amisha Patel who is also a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She also appeared in many commercials on Indian television as well.