21 Years Ago Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya Gave Bollywood A Lot Of Firsts That You Never Even Realized

Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya released back in 1998 and even now when the film is aired on TV, many of us sit glued to rewatch the film. Yes, it has not been one of those classics like DDLJ maybe or Maine Pyaar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, but the film will always be important in the course of Bollywood. This film gave us a lot of things and set trends. Here are 5 reasons why Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya will always be a very important film of Bollywood:

1. This film brought the three Khan Brothers together

The film had Salman Khan in the lead role and Sohail Khan directed the film. It was his second film as a director and the first hot of his career. Initially, it was decided that Sanjay Dutt will be cast as Kajol's brother, but later it was decided that Arbaaz will play the role. This is the first film that had all the three Khan brothers together!

2. The film first started the trend of "Shirtless Salman"!

Today, the main highlight of any Salman film is when he goes completely shirtless, either for an action sequence or for a song. But did you know that this trend started with Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, where we saw Salman shirtless for the first time in Oh Oh Jaane Jaana. The song was a massive hit, and so was the trend of shirtless Salman Khan!

3. Is remains the first and the only where Salman- Kajol Jodi can be seen as a romantic pair!

 Yeah, Salman and Kajol have worked together in films like "Karan Arjun" (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hain (1998). But in both these films, they aren't a romantic pair. Even though in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, they have some parts together, the prominent romantic jodi in both films are SRK-Kajol.

This, interestingly, is also the only film that has Dharmendra and Salman together.

4. It was Himesh Reshammiya's first film as a music composer

Even though Himesh became popular as a singer much later, he entered Bollywood as a music composer with this film!

Bonus trivia -

The song Oh Oh Jaane Jaana was originally rejected for the film

It might take some time for the audiences to remember Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya as a film. But the moment we talk about Oh Oh Jaane Jaana, we recognize it instantly. Who would not remember a shirtless Salman Khan holding a guitar and impressing us all? But did you know that the song was initially rejected because the makers thought it would be a flop! We are just happy that they changed their decision and the song became a massive hit.