Aashiq (2001 film)

Aashiq (English: The Lover) is a 2001 Bollywood movie directed by Indra Kumar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Karisma Kapoor in the lead. This is a remake of Telugu movie Gulabi (film).

The film premiered on 26 January 2001 in Mumbai, Aashiq was declared 'Below Average' at the Indian box-office.

Plot

Chander (Bobby) helps his friend marry his lover (Sapna) against Sapna's brother, Mathur's wishes, who is a suspended police officer. Sapna's friend Pooja (Karhisma Kapoor) is with Sapna when Chander helps Sapna run away from home. From that moment Pooja falls madly in love with Chander. Sapna and Chander's friend get married. This enrages Sapna's brother who harbors a grudge against Chander & hence pursues to arrest him at any opportunity.

Pooja lives in a big house with unloving parents. Every time her parents met they argued and fought. Pooja begins calling Chander anonymously on the phone and calls herself "dream girl" and flirts with him, making him happy and curious to find out who she is. Chander's father (Anuphem Kher) is an advocate and loves his only son since only two of them live together in their house, hence their relationship was really good. Chander's father helped him to find out who was "dream girl" by tricking her to come to a wedding of another man named Chander. Chander was happy when he learned that the dream girl is Pooja; from then on they start dating.