About the Movie Salaam-e-Ishq: A Story of Relationship and Love

Salaam-e-Ishq is a movie that narrates the story of six couples. Six different couples have to deal with issues related to love only in order to overcome insecurities, boundaries, and emotional void. This musical movie is about relationship issues and overcoming those issues to stay together. 

Salaam-e-Ishq Movie Release Date on OTT

The Hindi movie Salaam-e-Ishq was released in theatres on 26th January, 2007. It is also streaming on the ZEE5 OTT platform.

Salaam-e-Ishq Movie Plot

Six completely different couples are in different situations and are dealing with different types of issues related to love. All the issues in their life are caused by love; too much love, too little love, loving the wrong person, unrequited love, loving the person who doesn’t respect it, and even amnesia-afflicted love. The story of every couple develops in the story like that of the Hindu-Mulslim couple Tehzeeb and Ashutosh. Then there is a pair of Kamini-Rahul in which running behind the fame and doing publicity stunts causes too much trouble. The third one is the Stephanie-Raju pair in which the girl is searching for an Indian boyfriend. In the Shiven-Gia, the groom has cold-feet. The most stable couple is of Vinay-Seema but even in this pair, the 15 years of marriage is dangling because the husband is no more interested in a boring, suburban life. The last pair is of Ramdayal-Phoolwati who have failed to give vent to their passion. 

Salaam-e-Ishq Movie Cast and Crew

The cast of the comedy movie involves Anil Kapoor as Vinay Malhotra, Govinda as Raju, Salman Khan as Rahul Khanna, Juhi Chawla as Seema Bakshi, Sohail Khan as Ram Dayal, John Abraham Ashutosh Raina, Akshaye Khanna as Shiven Dungarpur, Vidya Balan as Tehzeeb Hussain Raina, Ayesha Takia as Gia Bakshi, Priyanka Chopra as Kamna / Kamini, Isha Koppikar as Phoolwati, Anjana Sukhani as Anjali Kapoor, Shannon Esra as Stephanie, Prem Chopra as Colonel Bakshi, Vishal Malhotra as Juggy, Kushal Punjabi as Rohit Chaddha, Viju Khote as Amar Malhotra: a journalist, Vrajesh Hirjee as Prem Singh: a journalist, Saurabh Shukla as Dotcom Paaji, Tinu Anand as Babu Vidhur, Kamini’s manager., Manoj Pahwa as Mr. Kunal Chaddha, and Kamini Khanna as Mrs. Pammi Chaddha.

The film was directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by Mukesh Talreja and Sunil Manchanda. The story was written by Nikkhil Advani. The music for the movie was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. The film was edited by Aarti Bajaj and the cinematographer of the movie was Piyush Shah. 

Interesting Facts about the Movie Salaam-e-Ishq

The movie turned out to be a reunion of the cast of the movie Deewana Mastana- Salman, Juhi, Anil, and Govinda. 

Initially, Sonali Bendre was supposed to be paired with Govinda in the movie. 

Initially, Saif Ali Khan was supposed to play the role of Akshay Khanna. 

This is the second movie in which both Akshaye Khanna and Priyanka have been paired together. 

This was the first time Govinda worked with Akshay Khanna. 

More than 800 costumes were designed for all the characters and the background dancers in the movie. 

FAQs about the Movie Salaam-e-Ishq

Q1. What was the box office collection of the movie Salaam-e-Ishq?

The box office collection of the movie Salaam-e-Ishq was Rs. 52.24 crore. 

Q2. Where was the movie Salaam-e-Ishq filmed?

The movie Salaam-e-Ishq was filmed at Jaipur, Rishikesh, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Agra along with locations abroad in Sri Lanka, London, and Australia.

Q3. Is Salaam-e-Ishq a part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology?

Yes, the movie Salaam-e-Ishq is the first movie in the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology for 2007.