English Babu Desi Mem () is a 1996 Hindi-language romantic comedy film, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Sonali Bendre. It is loosely based on the American romantic comedy It Started in Naples (1960). The rights to this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Synopsis Vikram Mayur, a rich Indian, born and raised in England, returns home to Bombay, to look for his late brother Hari's eight-year-old son, Nandlal (or Nandu) raised by his caring aunt Bijuriya. Vikram faces a dilemma when he is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's business or risk throwing it all away by staying in India to be with Bijuriya, whom he slowly falls in love with. This film features Shah Rukh Khan in a triple role as Gopal Mayur and his sons Hari and Vikram. Plot Gopal Mayur is a billionaire businessman. He is the head of the Mayur family, a rich NRI business family, living in London for five generations. He has two sons. The elder son, Hari, is a registered pilot with a deep affection for his ancestral India, spending much of his time at Mini India, on the outskirt of London. Gopal, who is seemingly not a fan of India, and is not impressed by the fact that his son is so fond of their ancestral country, has promised his English business partner that Hari will marry the latter's daughter, who holds an affection for Hari. However, Hari does not want to marry an Englishwoman and pleads with his family to call off the wedding, but nobody listens to him. On his wedding day, he runs away from his home and boards a plane, in order to escape to India. His plane crashes in Indian Ocean, and he is presumed dead by everyone. Hari, however, washes ashore in Mumbai, still alive, and is found by a little girl named Bijuriya and her elder sister Katariya. Katariya restores him to health, by nursing him and taking care of him affectionately. After his recovery, Hari learns that he has been officially declared dead by the British Government, after a rescue mission failed to find his body. He takes this opportunity to start a new life in his beloved India, marrying Katariya, whom he has fallen in love with. Katariya soon becomes pregnant with Hari's child. The happiness does not last for long,