place to go to, one of their two close friends takes them couple home to his small village. They are welcomed by his father who is the leader of the village and the villagers. Her brothers trace them to the village that evening and are met with resistance from the villagers. They go home, and the villagers plan to get the couple legally married the next morning. Pallavi and Inder, now seeing the situation that they put their families in, and the sorrow that they have brought upon themselves and their families; decide to back out from the relationship and return to their families. They realize that the best thing they can do to prove their love, is to go back to their families. Although initially insulted with their decision to separate, The village leader appreciates their choice once he understands their reason. Their families, on seeing them return, forgive them right away and accept them back. Both the families now feel indebted to their children and recognize their pain they try so hard to hide. They search for better matches for them both - Pallavi's family arrange a marriage for her. Inder finds with him a necklace belonging to Pallavi. His parents decide to go along with him to return the necklace, partially due to Inder's mother's wish to meet Pallavi. Both the families apologize for the happenings earlier and Inder apologizes to Pallavi's mother. The situation being depressing, they decide to leave early, but Inder's mother breaks into tears and requests to get Pallavi married to her son. Everyone, having felt the same way, agree on their marriage and apologize to their children, for the pain that they put them through. Cast Akshaye Khanna as Inderjit "Inder" Bansal Jyothika as Pallavi Sinha Anupam Kher as Mr. Bansal Amrish Puri as Baba Moushumi Chatterjee as Mrs. Chandrika Bansal Aruna Irani as Mrs. Sinha Paresh Rawal as Dr. Suraj Sinha Tej Sapru as Inspector Sinha Mohnish Behl as Vikram "Vicky" Sinha Innocent as Colonel Vincent Reception Anish Khanna of Planet Bollywood gave the film 8.5 out of 10. Faisal Shariff of Rediff wrote, "The film plays on traditional family values, and that isn't very convincing. And the way it was carried off could have been a trifle subtler, we thought". The film was commercially unsuccessful. Awards and nominations Soundtrack The soundtrack for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman.