Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai
- Director
- Deepak Sareen
- Studio
- Tips Industries
- Release Date
- 22 May 1998
- Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- ₹6.50 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹21.95 Cr
Review
There's a rawness to this film that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. What could have been a standard redemption arc—the playboy reforms, wins the girl, credits roll—becomes something far more complicated and human. Hrithik Roshan brings a vulnerability to Suraj that we rarely see in our heroes; watching him physically deteriorate through his transformation isn't glamorous cinema, it's genuinely painful. Kareena Kapoor's Komal isn't just a prize to be won either—she has her own convictions, her own fears, and the film lets her anger breathe when she discovers the deception. Raj Mehta's direction captures the emotional texture of these moments beautifully, letting scenes breathe instead of rushing toward the next plot beat. The grandfather subplot anchors the story with genuine warmth, reminding us why change matters in the first place.
But the film stumbles when it tries to have everything—the romance, the redemption, *and* the custody drama all feel like they belong to different movies. The second half stretches credibility; a man smart enough to transform himself for love becomes mysteriously incapable of simply telling his fiancée about a child. It feels less like character complexity and more like manufactured conflict to extend the runtime. The climactic wedding-day revelation hits hard, but the resolution that follows—where everything somehow repairs itself—feels rushed and slightly dishonest, as if the film got uncomfortable with the mess it had created and w
Storyline
A carefree playboy with a taste for the high life gets called back home by his disappointed grandfather, and that's when everything shifts—he locks eyes with Komal, a woman of principles and integrity, and suddenly his whole world of meaningless flings feels hollow. She's willing to give him a chance, but only if he proves he can actually change, so Suraj throws himself into becoming a better man, ditching the cigarettes, the booze, the flirting—everything that made him who he was. The transformation nearly destroys him physically, landing him in the hospital, but when Komal realizes his sacrifice was genuine, she finally opens her heart to him.
Just as they're building something real, Suraj's past literally walks through the door in the form of a young boy claiming to be his son from a relationship he'd forgotten about. The kid's mother is dead and he's got nowhere else to go, so despite the shock and the weight of it all, Suraj eventually accepts him—but here's where he messes up badly by hiding the truth from Komal, convinced that telling her will blow everything apart. She senses something's wrong and dreads that this child will come between them, but Suraj keeps lying, hoping he can somehow make it work without losing either of them.
It all explodes on their wedding day when Suraj finally confesses everything, and Komal feels utterly betrayed—her family demands he choose, and the choice tears him apart. But when Suraj chooses to stand by his son, Komal witnesses something profound: a genuinely transformed man who's willing to sacrifice everything for what matters most. She realizes he's become the person she always believed he could be, and she forgives him completely, embracing both him and his boy into a beautiful new family. That's the magic of this film—it's not just about romance, it's about actual redemption and the courage it takes to become someone new.
