Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...

Shekhar Sinha, his wife Sandhya, and their son Jai are one of the many families living in . Jai ventures out to , to obtain an education in studies and incidentally meets Sophie Besson, a . They start meeting regularly and soon fall in love. Jai is introduced to Sophie’s parents, Norman and Claire Besson. Norman (a large landowner in Mauritius) instantly disapproves of him (because of his ethnicity). Jai feels his father and mother would approve of Sophie. Unfortunately, Sandhya disapproves of her (because of her Catholic faith) and tells Jai to end his relationship with her. The lovers plan to , but Jai fails to turn up on the stipulated wedding time in church. Sophie reluctantly returns to her parents to marry the boy of their choice (Gordon). By this time Jai is to Gayatri Pandey to fulfill his mother’s wish (who has ). Sophie wants to know why Jai did not turn up. Meanwhile, Gayatri learns of Jai and Sophie’s love and comes up with a ruse of Sophie’s that forces Sophie and Jai’s family to accept them as a couple. The film ends with Gayatri leaving Mauritius. from wrote, “Dil Jo… has been made for the young but not by the young. Though it comes smartly packaged, it’s dull, without any spirit or spunk of youth”. from wrote “At a time when the factory, Yashraj Films, makes romantic comedies out of premarital sex, this is old-fashioned”. of gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, “On the whole, DIL JO BHI KAHEY lacks the power to cast a web on youth or those who prefer mushy love stories. At the box-office, the hype surrounding the film is clearly missing and in view of the fact that the film rests on a routine plot, the chances of survival seem remote”.