Ishq Vishk
DVD cover for Ishq Vishk
Directed by	Ken Ghosh
Produced by	Kumar Taurani Ramesh S. Taurani
Written by	Ken Ghosh (story) Kiran Kotrial (dialogue) Vinod Ranganathan (screenplay)
Starring	Shahid Kapoor Amrita Rao Shenaz Treasurywala
Music by	Anu Malik (songs) Sameer (lyrics) Raju Singh (background score)
Cinematography	Amit Roy
Editing by	Ken Ghosh
Distributed by	Tips Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s)	9 May 2003
Running time	134 minutes
Language	Hindi

Ishq Vishk (Hindi: इश्क़ विश्क, Urdu: عشق وِشک, translation: Love Romance) is a 2003 Bollywood film starring Shahid Kapoor in his debut film performance, Amrita Rao and Shenaz Treasurywala. It is directed by Ken Ghosh and produced by Kumar Taurani and Ramesh S. Taurani and was released on 9 May 2003.

It is about Rajiv (Shahid Kapoor) and Payal (Amrita Rao) who are friends since childhood - and while Payal is in love with Rajiv, it takes him a bit longer to return her feelings. The film became a success and launched both Shahid Kapoor's career and Amrita Rao's career.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 External links

[edit] Plot

Rajiv (Shahid Kapoor) wants to be one of the popular kids of his college. However, due to the lack of a girlfriend, Danny (Shabhir) and Javed (Kapil Jhaveri) mock him. He decides to ask Payal (Amrita Rao) to become his girlfriend and tells her that he's in love with her. Payal returns his "feelings" and agrees. Both of them accompany Danny, Javed and their girlfriends to a midnight picnic; however, Rajiv's drink is laced by Danny and, being intoxicated, he behaves badly with Payal. They are not able to make up and their relationship falls apart.

Just after that, Alisha Sahay (Shenaz Treasurywala) begins to attend Spencer College. She is modern, bold and beautiful and Rajiv wants to make her his girlfriend (as he promises to make the most beautiful girl in the college his girlfriend) – and succeeds. He spends time with Alisha, and in between, with Payal, with whom he has rekindled a friendship. Though Alisha is nice, Rajiv realizes that it is Payal he is really in love with. It seems that Payal starts to fall in love with Mambo (Vishal Malhotra), which leaves Rajiv jealous and insecure.

When Alisha finds out that Payal is Rajiv's ex-girlfriend, she tells Payal to back off. Mambo tries to intervene, but his actions are misunderstood by Rajiv and they have a fight. Rajiv leaves with Alisha and involuntarily tells her that he's really in love with Payal. At a party, he apologizes and admits his love for Payal; she accepts both. Alisha gives up on Rajiv and leaves – and Mambo gets the girl he has been in love with for a year, Polly.

Special cast from Denmark - Naeem Mahmood^{[clarification needed]}

[edit] Cast

• Shahid Kapoor as Rajiv Mathur: A nice guy, prone to react to peer pressure, he tries to get a girlfriend at all costs in order to get accepted by the cool kids.
• Amrita Rao as Payal Mehra: Kind, patient and traditional, she is secretly in love with Rajiv since their childhood.
• Shenaz Treasurywala as Alisha Sahay: A modern, westernized girl and a model, she comes to Spencer College and falls in love with Rajiv.
• Vishal Malhotra as Mambo: Rajiv's best friend, who is after every girl in sight, but is really a kind-hearted, loyal boy.
• Kapil Jhaveri as Javed and Shabhir as Danny: The college's resident studs, who mock Rajiv and Mambo for their lack of girlfriends and moderness, respectively, but come to accept them within their circle.
• Deepti Gujral as Dolly Jattani: Javed's girlfriend, a modern, sparsely clad young woman.
• Satish Shah as Mr. Mathur and Neelima Azeem as Mrs. Mathur: Rajiv's parents, who want their son to hook-up with a rich girl. Generally, they don't know what's going on in Rajiv's love life.
• Yash Tonk as Rocky the Love Guru: Rocky believes to know everything about girls and tries to coach Rajiv to become one of the cool kids.

[edit] Soundtrack

Ishq Vishk
Soundtrack by Anu Malik
Released	10 April 2003 (India)
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Film soundtrack
Producer	Anu Malik
Professional reviews
Music Review from India FM
Anu Malik chronology
Khushi (2003) Ishq Vishk (2003) Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003)

• Chot Dil Pe Lagi - Kumar Sanu, Alisha Chinai
• Mujhe Har Haseena - Alisha Chinai, Sonu Nigam,Kumar Sanu
• Aisa Kyoon Hota Hai - Alka Yagnik
• Aankhon Ne Tumhari - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
• Love Love Tum Karo - Sonu Nigam, Priya, Prachi
• Kaun Hai Woh - Alisha Chinai, Udit Narayan
• Dooba Re Dooba - Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
• Mujhse Huee Bas Yeh - Alka Yagnik
• Ishq Vishk Pyar Vyar - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
• Theme - Alisha Chinai, Sonu Nigam

[edit] External links

• Ishq Vishk at the Internet Movie Database
• Image Gallery
• Screencaps