Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2006, Pyaar Ke Side Effects is a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Saket Chaudhary, running about 132 minutes. “Watch love crash in this season.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Siddharth Bose lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Delhi along with his mother, and sister, Shalini. Their dad had abandoned them years ago. Shalini gets married to Kapil Sharma and moves in with him, while Siddharth works as a DJ with his friend, known simply as Nanoo. While performing for a ceremony, where Punjabi-speaking Trisha Mallick is about to wed India's youngest C.E.O., Vivek Chaddha, Siddharth sneaks in to use the bathroom and finds out that the bride does not love the groom and is about to run away. He manages to convince her to stay put, uses the facility and leaves. He meets her six months later in Mumbai, and he finds out that she did run away, both are attracted to each other and start living together fairly harmoniously, even though Trisha is taller than him.

Who’s in it. Pyaar Ke Side Effects stars Rahul Bose as Siddharth Bose, Mallika Sherawat as Trisha Mallick, Ranvir Shorey as Nanoo and Sharat Saxena as Veerbhadra Mallick, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Pyaar Ke Side Effects has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In IN you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Pyaar Ke Side Effects page.

If you liked it. Fans of Pyaar Ke Side Effects tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.