Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...

Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (transl. 'Whatever the heart says...') is a 2005 Indian romantic drama film directed by Romesh Sharma. Amitabh Bachchan, Revathi Nair, Karan Sharma, Bhumika Chawla, Annabelle Wallis, Malcolm Stoddard and Claire Oberman star in the film. It is the first and only movie starring Karan Sharma, who is also the director's son. The film is adapted from Romesh Sharma's Mauritian serial titled C'est La Vie (Mauritian TV Series), also featuring Karan Sharma and was broadcast on Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation in Mauritius in 2003.[1][2]

Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRomesh Sharma
Written byRomesh Sharma
Based onC'est La Vie by
Romesh Sharma
Produced byRomesh Sharma
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Revathi Nair
Karan Sharma
Bhumika Chawla
Annabelle Wallis
Malcolm Stoddard
Claire Oberman
CinematographyBinod Pradhan,
Gopal Shah
Edited byAnil Kumar Bonthu
Music byShankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Production
company
Romesh Films
Release date
  • 23 September 2005 (2005-09-23) (India)
Running time
144 minutes
LanguageHindi

Plot

Shekhar Sinha, his wife Sandhaya and their son Jai are one of the many Hindu Indo-Mauritian families living in Mauritius. Jai ventures out to Stockholm, Sweden to obtain an education in culinary studies and incidentally meets Sophie Besson, a Roman Catholic Franco-Mauritian. They start meeting regularly and soon fall in love. Jai is introduced to Sophie's parents, Norman and Claire Besson. Norman (a large land owner in Mauritius) instantly disapproves of him (because of his ethnicity). Jai feels his father and mother would approve of Sophie. Unfortunately Sandhaya disapproves her (because of her Catholic faith) and tells Jai to end his relationship with her. The lovers plan to elope 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 engaged to Gayatri Pandey, to fulfill his mother's wish (who has asthma). 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 false pregnancy that forces Sophie and Jai's family to accept them as a couple. The film ends with Gayatri leaving Mauritius.[3]

Cast

Music
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey..
Soundtrack album by
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Released
30 July 2005 (India)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Label
ProducerLawrence D'Souza,
Romesh Sharma
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology
Bunty Aur Babli
(2005)		 Dil Jo Bhi Kahey..
(2005)		 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
(2006)
Track #SongSinger(s)Duration
1C'est La VieSudesh Bhonsle, Vaishali Samant4:53
2Dil Jo Bhi KaheyShaan, Dominique Cerejo4:40
3Dil Jo Bhi Kahey ThemeCaralisa Monteiro2:22
4J'ai Bessoin De Toi (Beach Sequence)Caralisa Monteiro2:04
5Kaun JaaneShankar Mahadevan, Shefali Alvares4:13
6Kitni Narmi SeSonu Nigam6:09
7Mere MunnaShankar Mahadevan5:18
8Sajna Angana Aayo ReJaved Ali1:20
9Tu Nahi Thi Jab YahanMahalaxmi Iyer, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sudesh Bhonsle4:56

Reception

Critical response

Namrata Joshi from Outlook 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". [4] Anupama Chopra from India Today wrote "At a time when the family values factory, Yashraj Films, makes romantic comedies out of premarital sex, this is old-fashioned".[5] Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama wrote "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".[6]

References
  1. Chopra, Anupama (10 October 2005). "Film review:'Dil Jo Bhi Kahey' starring Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Sharma, Revathy". India Today.
  2. "Dil Jo Bhi Kahey | Outlook India Magazine". Outlook India.
  3. "Just another love story". www.rediff.com.
  4. "Dil Jo Bhi Kahey". Outlook. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. "Film review:'Dil Jo Bhi Kahey' starring Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Sharma, Revathy". India Today. 10 October 2005. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. "Dil Jo Bhi Kahey… Movie Review: Dil Jo Bhi Kahey… Movie". Bollywood Hungama. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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