Andaaz is a 2003 Bollywood film which was released in May 2003. It starred Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, and Priyanka Chopra. It was produced by Suneel Darshan and directed by Raj Kanwar. Lara Dutta made her debut in this film. Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra both won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Plot[link]

Young Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) lives with his elder brother, Rohit; his sister-in-law Kiran, and a niece. After an accident fractures his leg, he is unable to walk for some time. Due to psychological reasons, he cannot walk even after the fracture heals. When the Malhotras move to Dehra Dun, Raj befriends young Kajal (Lara Dutta), as both share a common passion for airplanes. Kajal encourages Raj to walk, and succeeds. Years later the two continue to be fast friends, and everyone expects them to marry soon. Then Raj is recruited by the Indian Air Force and goes for training for a year and a half. After his training gets over, he rushes to Kajal to propose to her, only to find out that she has given her heart to a multimillionaire, Karan Singhania (Verma), who owns several airplanes and choppers. Raj congratulates Kajal and Karan, but does not reveal his true feelings. Thereafter the Malhotras move to Nainital, and Raj relocates to Europe for more training. It is here that he meets the gorgeous and fun-loving, Jiya (Priyanka Chopra).

Jiya falls for Raj, but Raj, however is unable to take Kajal out of his mind. Later on, after much pleading and pressure from his family, Raj decides to marry Jiya and move on with his life.

Then, one day while visiting Jiya's family, Raj learns that Kajal is no one else but Jiya's own sister-in-law. Also he comes face to face with the harsh truth that Kajal is a widow now after Karan dies in a plane crash. Kajal thinks that she is responsible for Karan's death and also loses her mental balance and ends up in a hospital after attempting suicide.

Raj recovers Kajal from the depression and enables her to come face to face with life again, also he expresses his true feelings to her and proposes to her.

Cast[link]

• Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra
• Lara Dutta as Kajal
• Priyanka Chopra as Jiya
• Aman Verma as Karan Singhaniya
• Johny Lever as Girdar Inder Jaunpurwala aka G.I. Joe
• Vivek Shauq as Raunaq
• Navni Parihar
• Pankaj Dheer as Rohit Malhotra
• Rajeev Varma
• Gajendra Chauhan
• Maya Alagh
• Beena
• Asha Sharma
• Kunika
• Supriya Karnik
• Vishwajeet Pradhan
• Prithvi Zutshi
• Ghanshyam
• Kushal Punjabi
• Brijesh Tiwari

Reception[link]

Andaaz was a commercial hit.^[1] The film grossed 24,50,00,000 and was the seventh highest grossing film of the year.^[2]

Awards[link]

Filmfare Awards[link]

• Won - Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - Lara Dutta
• Won - Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - Priyanka Chopra
• Nominated - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award - Priyanka Chopra^[3]

Star Screen Awards[link]

• Won - Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female - Lara Dutta
• Nominated - Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female - Priyanka Chopra^[3]

Zee Cine Awards[link]

• Nominated - Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut - kavita yadav^[3]

International Indian Film Academy Awards[link]

• Nominated - IIFA Star Debut - Lara Dutta
• Nominated - IIFA Star Debut - Priyanka Chopra^[3]

Soundtrack[link]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Planet Bollywood	[4]

The music is composed by Nadeem-Shravan, and the lyrics are penned by Sameer. The album has eight tracks.^[5]