Romance) is a 1990 Indian Hindi musical romantic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Rahul Roy, Anu Aggarwal and Deepak Tijori in pivotal roles.

A sequel to the film, Aashiqui 2, with a completely new theme, directed by Mohit Suri with Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, was released on 26 April 2013.

Arnie then arrives and takes her back to the oppressive hostel, promising the police inspector that this will not happen again.

After they leave, the inspector turns to Rahul and offers him some advice, then releases him to return to his broken home.

Rahul is unable to express his feelings for her so he writes a note on the electricity bill his mother told him to pay that very day.

The tailor helps Rahul retrieve the bill, along with a reply from Anu requesting him to meet her at the main city library the following Saturday.

Rahul then finds out from Arnie that Anu is an orphan who has a distant relative in Ooty named Uncle Peter who is an alcoholic.

After Anu is finally free from Arnie, the hostel and Uncle Peter, she wishes to become self-reliant and seeks admission in a typing institute.

One day, she comes across a job advert searching for a model to run for "Jean Cardin" brand of clothes in Mumbai who requests Anu to audition.

Anu agrees and wins a sum of 10,000 rupees along with a free tour of Paris and a secured residence.

Anu, grieved by Rahul's decision, decides to further her career under director Padamsee, who persuades her to accompany him to Paris.

When Rahul comes to stop her from boarding the flight, Anu agrees to abandon the director and stays behind to renew their relationship.

The music for Aashiqui was composed by the duo Nadeem–Shravan (Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod) and lyrics were written by Sameer, Rani Mallik and Madan Pal.

[10] A sequel titled Aashiqui 2 was released on 26 April 2013 with Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles, which was directed by Mohit Suri.