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<p>Kiran Awasthi, a beautiful college student, visits her brother Vijay and his wife Poonam upon her return home. Rahul Mehra, her classmate who is in love with her, is relentlessly following her. An in the named Sunil Malhotra is Kiran’s boyfriend. His Avinash Mehra, is Rahul’s father. Rahul makes an effort to be friendly with Sunil in order to be near Kiran. Rahul keeps calling her when she gets home and asks her to avoid Sunil, but despite her fear, she rejects Rahul’s authority over her. She and her family are frightened when he visits her on both her birthday and . Kiran and Sunil become engaged thanks to Vijay and Poonam, who think the stalker would never bother Kiran again. Upon learning this, a furious Rahul attempts to murder Sunil but is unsuccessful. When Sunil is chasing Rahul, he doesn’t know that the stalker is Rahul, he has an accident and is taken to the hospital. Kiran chooses to flee the city so that the stalker won’t harm her beloved any longer but is apprehended by Sunil, who marries her that very night. Rahul is attacked by this and vows to take Kiran for himself. He kills the police officers sent to protect the couple and vandalizes their new home with graffiti reading ” ” (Congrats on your marriage, Kiran) and ” ” (You are mine, Kiran). This horrifies Kiran, who worries that she might lose her mind. Sunil decides to take Kiran on a surprise honeymoon to while booking extra tickets to , so that the stalker goes away by misunderstanding that the couple is in Goa. Rahul falls for the trick and looks everywhere for Kiran in Goa in vain, but couldn’t find her. Instead, he meets Vikram “Vicky” Oberoi, a friend from college, who is ill. Rahul then makes an effort to get to know Kiran’s brother and sister-in-law by paying them daily visits to learn about Kiran’s location. Vicky calls Rahul and invites him to meet him. When he does, he discovers him on his deathbed, pleading with Rahul to kill him since he can no longer bear the anguish. After a brief pause, he kills his companion while creating the illusion that Vicky was the stalker. Kiran’s family believes the stalker killed himself after failing to find Kiran and relax. Rahul is informed of her true whereabouts, and he shows up at her hotel. He is acknowledged by Kiran and Sunil, who invite him to join their celebrations. However, Sunil learns that Rahul was Kiran’s stalker when Vijay calls him and says that Rahul had been visiting him and Poonam but not mentioned he was going to Switzerland. Sunil sends Kiran to wait for him at a boat, before luring Rahul to the forest and attacking him. Rahul begs for mercy, stabs Sunil and then abandons him to perish. Later, as Rahul arrives at the boat, he tries to marry Kiran without her will and informs her that Sunil has died. Despite her pleading and begging, he hands her his mother’s old saree and orders her to wear it. Kiran locks herself in a room in the boat. When the boat’s door is smashed and Kiran is yanked back out by Rahul and agrees to marry Rahul, then it is discovered that Sunil didn’t actually die and he returns to save Kiran. Enraged, Sunil brutally fights Rahul and ends up shooting him thrice, killing him. As Rahul dies, he pleads to Kiran not to hate him anymore. Kiran and Sunil return to and visit their relatives once again. was the first choice of Kiran, essaying Sunil and Saahil Chadha playing the role of Rahul, but Yash Chopra decided to take over the project and eventually changed the casting. , who had previously collaborated with Chopra in (1989) and (1991), was approached for the role of Kiran. The role was planned much like her previous roles in and . However, she wanted Kiran to be the obsessed lover instead of the victim; Chopra refused this change of plot, which caused Sridevi to opt out. was the next choice, but she refused. was screen tested for the role, but did not make the cut. was then signed. , and were offered the role of Sunil, but they refused. was then approached for Sunil’s role, due to his popularity as in ‘s . Bharadwaj rejected the role as he felt the role was not challenging enough. The role eventually went to , who had earlier been offered the role of the antagonist. Deol had declined it, believing that a negative role would be a risk to his career. was the original choice of the role of antagonist Rahul, but Chopra was unable to finalise him because of his jail sentence due to illegal possession of arms. was then considered for the role, but was rejected after a screen test. The role was then offered to who turned the role down due to other commitments. , who had previously worked with Chopra on the same year, was signed as Rahul. Chopra replaced Bharti with at Khan’s request. However, problems arose when Khan asked Chopra for a joint narration of the script with him and . Khan’s reasoning for this was that since he and Deol were two leading actors, they could hear their roles and if they were both satisfied, no ego hassles would happen henceforth. However, Chopra refused to heed to such a request. Khan was also unhappy with the way Deol’s character beat Rahul up in the film’s climax. Khan was then removed from the project. Ironically, after the release of the film, Deol was miffed as he felt that the other male lead’s role was given more weightage than his, thus pledging to never work with Chopra and his banner again. After Aamir Khan was removed from the film, was cast as Rahul after Chopra’s son Aditya Chopra had watched his debut performance in and suggested his name. Thanks to this suggestion by Aditya who was an assistant director on the film, ended up catapulting Shah Rukh to stardom, and he went on to star in all of Chopra’s future directorial ventures. The film’s title was suggested to Chopra by his other son (who was also an assistant director in the film) and actor . The soundtrack for was composed by the duo ( and ) and written by . It was the second best-selling album of the year, being surpassed only by (which also starred Shah Rukh Khan). The soundtrack album sold about 4.5 million units in India, earning at least (equivalent to 78 crore or US$9.2 million in 2023). Rakesh Budhu of in his review gave the album 8.5 stars out of 10. s soundtrack marked one of the earliest instances of supplying his voice for Shah Rukh Khan. Narayan’s voice went on to be featured in the soundtracks of every single one of Khan’s collaborations with Yash Raj Films until (2004). All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi. At the domestic Indian box office, became the third highest-grossing film of 1993, after and , and was declared a blockbuster. In India, it was released on 190 screens, with 19.96 million tickets sold. Its domestic gross was 15.73 , including a of 10.74 crore, which is equivalent to (US$28.32 million) when adjusted for inflation as of 2017 . Its domestic gross is equivalent to (US$52.06 million) when adjusted for inflation as of 2017 . At the overseas box office, was the year’s highest-grossing Indian film of 1993, grossing $500,000 ( 5.58 crore). Worldwide, it grossed (US$6.78 million), equivalent to (US$56.2 million) when adjusted for inflation as of 2017 . It was remade in Kannada as , starring as Chandu (Rahul), as Surya (Sunil) and playing Kiran. The film also partially inspired the 2005 Tamil film . The Telugu film also borrowed some scenes from . The teaser trailer for an intended five-part web series was released on on August 30, 2016. It was set to be a retelling of the film in a contemporary setting, portraying cyber-stalking and digital crimes. The web series was set to be produced by Ashish Chopra under the banner of and directed by Vikash Chandra. Screenplay and dialogues are by Nikhil Taneja and Shubham Yogi. The series was shelved. Audience and the critics appreciated Shah Rukh Khan’s dialogue: “I love you, K-k-k- Kiran” and it still remains iconic.</p>