Chaahat

Chaahat (1996) — watch online on iFILM — is a Hindi melodrama directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Pooja Bhatt, and Naseeruddin Shah.

Roop is a folk singer from Rajasthan who travels to Bombay so his father can receive medical treatment. He meets Pooja, a nurse, and falls hard — and she falls back. The trouble arrives in the form of Reshma, the sister of the hotel owner where Roop performs. Her desire tips into obsession; when pleading fails, she threatens to end her life unless Roop agrees to marry her. Every exit closes. Bhatt pushes the triangle past romantic convention into something considerably bleaker, and at 155 minutes the film earns its weight through its performers rather than its twists. For fans of 1990s Hindi cinema, this is one of the more difficult and memorable entries from that era. Stream Chaahat (1996) online on iFILM.