Chaahat (Desire) 1996

One of Shah Rukh Khan's early movies, Chaahat is a story of obsession, except this time, Shah Rukh is the object of obsession rather than being the one who obsesses. Although the movie claims to come with English subtitles, they did not work, it was all in Hindi (I presume.) The film is about a father (Anupam Kher) and son (Shah Rukh Khan) who are singing performers. The father becomes ill and Roop (the son) decides to take him to Mumbai for treatment. In the city, a rich hotelier offers Roop a job as a singer because his sister has fallen in love with Roop. In the meantime, Roop has fallen in love with another woman whom he eventually marries. The hotelier is played by Naseeruddin Shah who also appeared with Shah Rukh in Chamatkar. All three of the male leads are very good in this film. Anupam Kher can be seen in many films and he plays a great dad; he is wise, understanding, and loving. The end of his movie is very violent. Roop gets beat up by the hotelier because he has scorned the sister and she's upset. In spite of a horrendous beating, Roop survives to give back some of the same. The drama and action is intense. I just wish that I could have understood the dialogue....Shah Rukh does what he does best in this film.