With its release, Maine Pyar Kiya not only arrived as a trendsetting film, but it also went on to rule the box office and set many records. Remarkably, the film was the biggest grosser of 1989.

Maine Pyaar Kiya marked Bhagyashree's Bollywood debut, and Salman Khan's debut in a lead role. The film, directed and written by Sooraj Barjatya, was released in 1989.