Raj's words hurt Narayan, who realizes his strict no-romance policy is misguided. Raj also says he feels Narayan lost the challenge because his daughter left him and now Raj, who considered Narayan an elder, is leaving him as well. Raj speaks up on their behalf, stating they did nothing wrong by falling in love and accusing Narayan of causing his own daughter's death with his intolerance of love. The student body, however, encouraged by Raj, continues to defy the rules and in a final effort to preserve the school atmosphere he has built up for 25 years, Narayan expels the three students. Sameer, Vicky, and Karan are able to win over Sanjana, Ishika, and Kiran, respectively, but Narayan retaliates by tightening the college's rules. Narayan is shocked he takes this as a challenge and allows Raj to remain. Raj returns to Gurukul to honour Megha's memory by reversing the college's zero-tolerance policy on romance he promises he will fill the school with love and that Narayan will be unable to stop it. Narayan had summarily expelled Raj from the college and the distraught Megha had committed suicide. At this point, Raj reveals he had been a student at Gurukul over a decade earlier and that he had fallen in love with Megha, Narayan's only daughter. Narayan discovers the party and threatens to dismiss Raj. One day, as part of his plan, Raj throws a party, to which he invites the students of the all-girls college. Raj tells the three students he had a special love himself and that although she is dead, he imagines she accompanies him every day. He sympathizes with the predicaments of Sameer, Vicky, and Karan, and encourages them to persist and stay loyal to their loves. Raj believes in the power of love and decides to spread love throughout Gurukul. Narayan hires Raj as Gurukul's new music teacher. Sameer falls for Sanjana, his childhood friend Vicky is attracted to Ishika, a student at the neighbouring all-girls college and Karan is infatuated with Kiran, a young widow whom Karan sees alone one night in a train station. Despite these rules, three Gurukul students-Sameer, Vicky, and Karan-fall in love.
He disdains fun and is particularly intolerant of romance and threatens to expel any student who is caught having a romantic affair. Narayan believes in bringing the best out of his students by emphasizing honour, tradition, and discipline. Narayan has been the strict principal of Gurukul, a prestigious all-boys college, for 25 years. It also received three Bollywood Movie Awards, four International Indian Film Academy Awards, one Screen Award, and two Zee Cine Awards. It won four trophies at the 46th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor – Critics (Khan) and Best Supporting Actor (Bachchan). With a total gross of ₹900.1 million (US$12 million), the film was declared as a commercial success and became the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. Mohabbatein was released on 27 October 2000 and received widespread acclaim from critics, with Bachchan's and Khan's performances garnering the most praise. The duo Jatin–Lalit composed its music while Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics. Sharmishta Roy and Karan Johar built the sets and designed the costumes, respectively. Produced on a budget more than ₹100 million (US$1.3 million), the principal photography of Mohabbatein, which was filmed in the United Kingdom, was handled by Manmohan Singh between October 1999 and late 2000. Its themes were inspired by those from 1989 American coming-of-age drama Dead Poets Society.
The film was originally planned to be Aditya Chopra's directorial debut but it was his second film after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). The story follows Raj aiding with three Gurukul students and their love interests to rebel against Narayan's intolerance of love. It narrates the story of Narayan, the strict principal of Gurukul college whose daughter Megha, commits suicide after he opposes her relationship with Raj, a music teacher at the college. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai, and newcomers Uday Chopra, Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Sheirgill, and Preeti Jhangiani. Love Stories) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films.