Raj's wife Anupam Kher as Vishal Saxena: the main antagonist, Sonia's father, who orders Rohit's death and then surrenders to the police Dalip Tahil as Shakti Malik: second main antagonist, Atul's father, Vishal's friend Mohnish Behl as Inspector Dilip Kadam: a corrupt officer in Vishal's payroll, and one of Rohit's murderers Ashish Vidyarthi as Inspector Satish Shinde: a corrupt officer in Vishal's payroll, and one of Rohit's murderers Satish Shah as Anthony Rodriques: Rohit and Amit's landlord; Lily's husband Farida Jalal as Lily Rodriques/Aunty: Rohit and Amit's landlady; Anthony's wife Rajesh Tandon as Atul Malik: Shakti's son and Sonia's best friend Asha Patel as Neha Chopra: Raj's mother Tannaz Irani as Neeta Saxena: Sonia's cousin and Raj's best friend Vrajesh Hirjee as Tony Bahl: Rohit's best friend Abhishek Sharma as Amit Kumar: Rohit's younger brother Johnny Lever as Inspector Parab Sharma Ram Mohan as Police Commissioner Payal Malhotra as Shobha Malvade Dimple Inamdar as Dancer Jasveer Kaur as Dancer Production The film was launched in 1998 with Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles. However, the latter walked out a few days after the launch, following a "misunderstanding" between the director Rakesh Roshan and Kareena's mother Babita. Rakesh, who had known Ameesha Patel's family for a long time, cast her in the role. The ship scenes were filmed aboard the Star Flyer. The island scenes were filmed in Krabi, Thailand, in the area near Khao Phing Kan (popularly known as James Bond Island). 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. Planet Bollywood'''s Alok Kumar said "I'm telling you all to go see KNPH, a movie with which I had low expectations. The film ended up being very entertaining." Ajay Chaturvedi of Apunkachoice.com said "The film suffers from a bad script." But he praised the performance and dancing of Hrithik saying, "The highlight ... is Hrithik Roshan who has good screen presence, He has acted quite well considering that this is his debut film and he is a brilliant dancer." He praised the music saying "it is a big plus with "Na Tum Jaano Na Hum" and "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" being the pick of the lot." The reviewer for Filmfare rated it 3.5 out of 5, and wrote, "Rakesh Roshan has