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Akash meets and falls in love with Pooja, and explains to Release date 30 August 1991
Aman that he is in love with her, showing him her photo to
Running time 198 minutes
Aman's shock. Akash is unaware that Aman writes shayaris
and poems. As Akash does this, Pooja is overjoyed that she has Country India
met "Saagar" finally, unaware of the truth. Gradually, Akash Language Hindi
gets tired of posing as a poet and not only learns that Aman Box office ₹18 crore
secretly loves Pooja, but also that he is actually "Saagar". He (US$7.93
confronts Aman and brings Pooja, making Aman admit he million)[1]
loves her.

Pooja meets and tells Aman that she would have loved him if he revealed that he is "Saagar".
Eventually, Akash decides to unite Pooja and Aman and sacrifice his love. Pooja realizes she truly
loves Aman(Saagar) and marries him. Both of them bid adieu to Akash and he leaves, as the movie
successfully ends.

Cast
Sanjay Dutt as Poet Sagar/Aman Verma
Madhuri Dixit as Pooja Saxena
Salman Khan as Aakash Verma
Kader Khan as Rajiv Verma
Reema Lagoo as Kamla Verma
Ekta Sohini as Menaka
Laxmikant Berde as Laxminandan
Anjana Mumtaz as Manyata Saxena
Dinesh Hingoo as Lalchand
Yunus Parvez as Anees
Raju Shrestha as Yashvant Saxena
Tej Sapru as Veera, local goon in the "Tu Shayaar Hai" song
Vikas Anand as Inspector Dilip
Raja Duggal as Babu Lal
Pankaj Udhas in the song "Jiyen to Jiyen Kaise"
Lawrence D'Souza in the song "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar"

Production
Aamir Khan was first offered Aman's role in the film. Despite liking the story, he refused the film
as he did not connect to the role.

Reception
The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991.[1][3]

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan, with lyrics by Sameer and Faiz Anwar (for song
"Pehli Bar Mile Hain"). The album was the year's top seller, with around 7 million copies sold.[4]
The soundtrack of the film also fetched Nadeem-Shravan their second consecutive Filmfare Award
for Best Music Director. Kumar Sanu, who sang for Sanjay Dutt's character won his second
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