| Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya | |
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| Directed by | David Dhawan |
| Written by | Sanjay Chhel Rumi Jaffery |
| Story by | Abe Burrows |
| Based on | Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows |
| Produced by | Sohail Khan Dhillin Mehta |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Vikas Sivaraman |
| Edited by | Nitin Rokade |
| Music by | Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Salim–Sulaiman |
Production companies | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd Sohail Khan Productions |
| Distributed by | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹15 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹55 crore[1] |
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (transl. Why Did I Fall In Love?) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It is a remake of the 1969 American film, Cactus Flower which was an adaptation of the 1965 play of the same name by Abe Burrows, itself based on the French play Fleur de cactus by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy.
It stars Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen and Katrina Kaif along with Sohail Khan, Arshad Warsi, Beena Kak, Rajpal Yadav and Isha Koppikar in supporting roles. The film revolves around the relationships of a womanizing doctor who gets ultimately stuck between two women: a patient with suicidal tendencies and his nurse.