Editing Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (section)

== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
''Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai'' received highly positive reviews from critics upon release, with particular praise directed towards Hrithik's performance and the film's soundtrack. However, most critics also criticized the film's "clichéd" storyline.

The reviewer for ''[[Filmfare]]'' rated it 3.5 out of 5, and wrote, "Rakesh Roshan has come up with a winner. A racy script, excellent product values and taut editing result in a storyline that keeps the audience hooked throughout. The music is also good, especially the title song and numbers such as "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" and "Chand Sitaare". Hrithik is very good in the action and dance sequences, and proves his acting calibre in his very first film. Patel too performs well."<ref>{{cite web|title=KAHO NA PYAAR HAI (FILMFARE ONLINE)|url=http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/reviews/01_18_2000d.htm|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20000304141312/http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/nowshowing/index1.htm|archive-date=4 March 2000}}</ref>

Sabiha Kalolwala of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Rakesh Roshan has been smart enough to make a film which encompasses all the facets of acting&nbsp;— drama, action, romance, thrill, comedy and tragedy, all of them enacted pretty well by Hrithik Roshan." Of the soundtrack, he wrote, "There is not even one song which is not enjoyable."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kalolwala|first1=Sabiha|title=Reviews|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/142644/|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=18 May 2016|date=1 February 2000}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]], reviewing the film for ''[[India Today]]'' wrote, "... Rakesh has taken the routine love-story, added a thriller twist and narrated it with style. ''KNPH'' isn't about path-breaking craft, it's about blockbuster presentation. Rakesh's sweat and money are apparent in every frame." She concluded writing, "What doesn't work is the tired villain track. Kher, one of Bollywood's finest, hams from frame 1. Perhaps the idea of playing disgruntled papa yet again was too tedious. His post-climax repenting is almost comical. The rest of the gang isn't much better. The plot is as stale as the performances."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chopra|first1=Anupama|title=Launching pad|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kaho-naa-pyar-hai-hrithik-roshan-is-an-impressive-newcomer/1/243343.html|work=India Today|access-date=18 May 2016|date=24 January 2000}}</ref> Kanchana Suggu of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' called the film a "great entertainer" and wrote, "One must say Rakesh Roshan knew what he was doing when he cast Hrithik as the lead. The boy is good. The ease and style with which he dances, emotes, fights, makes one forget this is his debut film. He's had to essay two different characters, and he's done justice to both." Also commending the performances of other actors, she wrote praises of other departments in that the "music is good, the songs are catchy, the cinematography is appealing, the direction is unobtrusive and the story is actually 'different'."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Suggu|first1=Kanchana|title=At last, a great entertainer|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jan/14kaho.htm|website=Rediff.com|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030304164253/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jan/14kaho.htm|archive-date=4 March 2003|date=14 January 2000}}</ref>

The interval twist of the movie - where the hero supposedly dies in an accident - and the second half of the film - where the heroine is sent out of her hometown to her uncle's place in order to overcome her depression, but is shell-shocked to find a lookalike in a vehicle nearby, and later catches a glimpse of him again in a discotheque dancing merrily - was reported to be based on the 1986 Kannada movie ''[[Ratha Sapthami]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2018 |title=Did You Know Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai is inspired by the Kannada blockbuster Ratha Sapthami (1986)? |url=https://medium.com/@bollywoodbeatles/did-you-know-kaho-naa-pyaar-hai-is-inspired-by-the-kannada-blockbuster-ratha-sapthami-1986-eeb7bff168c |website=Medium}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/did-you-know/did-you-know-that-hrithik-roshans-debut-film-kaho-naa-pyaar-hai-was-included-in-the-guinness-book-of-world-records/articleshow/63269339.cms|title=Did you know that Hrithik Roshan's debut film 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai' was included in the Guinness Book of World Records?|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

=== Box-office ===
In India, ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' was the highest-grossing [[List of Bollywood films of 2000|Bollywood film of 2000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA==|title=Box Office 2000|publisher=BoxOfficeIndia.Com|access-date=17 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811213429/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA%3D%3D|archive-date=11 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> When adjusted for inflation, it was the 11th highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time as of 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=304&catName=TGlmZXRpbWUgQWRqdXN0ZWQ= |title=Boxofficeindia.com |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=15 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115031753/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=304&catName=TGlmZXRpbWUgQWRqdXN0ZWQ%3D |archive-date=15 January 2013 }}</ref> and the sixth highest-grossing film of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |title=Boxofficeindia.com |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723203502/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>