The film stars Amitabh Bachchan with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai alongside newcomers Uday Chopra, Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Sheirgill, and Preeti Jhangiani, and narrates the story of Narayan, the strict principal of Gurukul college whose daughter, Megha, commits suicide after he opposes her relationship with his student, Raj, who returns as a music teacher at the college to aid three young students rebel against Narayan's intolerance of love.

Originally planned to be Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, Mohabbatein became his second film after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

The principal photography of Mohabbatein, which was filmed in the United Kingdom, was handled by Manmohan Singh between October 1999 and July 2000.

Released on 27 October 2000, Mohabbatein received widespread critical acclaim, with Bachchan and Khan's performances garnering the most praise.

He gets Sameer a part time job at a cafe in the marketplace outside Gurukul to be closer with Sanjana, who lives there; he allows Vicky to attend dance sessions with Ishika at the all-girls college; and he gives private piano lessons to Karan to impress Kiran and her family.

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.

He stated, "I realized that there is something in that story that keeps drawing me to it, so one day I just shut my thriller file and casually picked up my [...] Mohabbatein file—that one simple action decided my second film for me".

[12] Chopra told his father he would cast Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles, saying he could not think of other suitable actors; the three immediately accepted.

Aditya's brother Uday Chopra wanted to make his acting debut in the film; Aditya Chopra and his assistants travelled across India to find the other five newcomers; he cast Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Sheirgill, and Preeti Jhangiani.

[16] The principal photography of Mohabbatein was handled by Manmohan Singh and commenced on 25 October 1999, taking place in the United Kingdom.

[5] When asked by Shilpa Bharatan-Iyer of Rediff.com, Roy described the film as a "learning experience"; she used many stones for Narayan's office sets and went to Lohar Chawl to buy several additional properties.

Roy said she had a good rapport with Aditya Chopra and that the film's production gave her many challenges; "Look, every day, I put up houses.

Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, and Jaspinder Narula supplied vocals for Rai, Khan and Puran Singh, respectively.

[35] Mohabbatein received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan's performances garnering the highest praise.

"[36] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 stars out of 5, praising Aditya Chopra for handling the confrontation sequences between the two "with aplomb".

Shorn of a solid script, bereft of impressive treatment and lacking any directorial credibility to hold his [...] mega dream [...] Mohabbatein is a veritable lesson to any budding filmmaker on how not to make a film".

[38] Zee Next's Vinaya Hagde gave a scathing review of the film, calling it "dumb", and saying Kher and Singh were "totally wasted".

Nikhat Kazmi called the film the "inglorious uncertainties of cinema" and Khalid Mohamed wrote, "Back in the romantic mode, Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein is indeed like a rich, multi-layered, vibgyor cake.

[41] Comparing the film with Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in his review for India Today, Dinesh Raheja said Mohabbatein "has too many diverse strands and in a bid to avoid getting knotted up in them", and considered the story is "disappointingly pat and oversimplified".