Maine Pyaar Kiya
Year: 1989
Director: Sooraj Barjatya
Producer: Tarachand Barjatya
Cast: Salman Khan, Bhagyashree, Alok Nath, Reema Lagoo, Mohnish Behl
Music: Raam-Laxman

Believe it or faint, but Maine Pyar Kiya was singlehandedly responsible for the video cassette rental boom in India. Every school or college going girl in Indian metros had a VHS copy of Maine Pyar Kiya. And the single reason was Salman Khan. There was something about Salman's Prem that made him the guy every girl wanted to take home for various reasons. Of course, all mothers of boys were swooning over the adarsh Bhagyashree who really summed up how Shaadi.com matrimonial ads would turn out in the future. MPK was Sooraj Barjatya's home-grown Indian love saga and the start of the great Rajshree Films revolution in Indian cinema. Suddenly, writing love letters and using pigeons as mail service was back in fashion. MPK was one of the biggest hits of the decade and to date enjoys all-time blockbuster status in the trade books. It?s not the best story ever told, but this film was a cultural revolution that swept everyone.

Did You Know?
1. Maine Pyar Kiya was later dubbed in English as When Love Calls, a 125 minute version, became the biggest hit in the Caribbean market at Guyana and also dominated the box-office collections at Trinidad and Tobago. The film had also been dubbed in Spanish as Te Amo, the first experiment of its kind. This 125 minute film also proved its universal appeal with a glorious 10 week premiere run at Lima, capital of Peru.

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