Producer: Aroona Irani
Director: Kuku Kohli
Cast: Aruna Irani, Jeevidha, Johny Lever, Karan Nath, Rajat Bedi, Aditya Pancholi
Music: Nadeem-Shravan

Aroona Irani's ‘Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa’ directed by Kuku Kohli, is inspired from the December 24, 1999 episode when the Indian aircraft is hijacked and the armed hijackers demand the release of a terrorist as ransom.

Karan (Karan Nath) and Pooja (Jeevidha) study at a same college in Pune. They fall in love and everything goes fine but one day they are made to face unusual circumstance. Pooja goes to meet her brother in Mumbai but her plane gets hijacked by a group of terrorists owing to the arrest of their leader Ashraf-ul-Haq Mallik. The mastermind behind the hijack is Pooja's brother Vijay Varma (Aditya Panscholi) who belongs to a terrorist group lead by Akhmash Jalal. Vijay doesn’t know that his sister is flying the same plane that has been hijacked. But even after he learns about it he is unable to do anything as Akhmash forbids him to do anything that would jeopardise their mission.

Karan in order to save Pooja performs a daring act and saves her and the passengers onboard. This leads to anger Akhmash and Vijay. Akhmash is bloodthirsty for Karan but Vijay after hearing Pooja’s love story moves back. Pooja and Karan escape but are traced by Akhmash and held captive. Akhmash blackmail the Indian government with the lives of Karan and Pooja for the release of the lives of Karan and Pooja. What happens next?

The film would have been taut if the impact would have not been diluted by the fragile screenplay, predictable moments and formulaic stuff. The story is otherwise edgy and also the romantic part does register an impact. The film starts off well with two plots running parallely the romance between Karan and Jeevidha and the terrorists' hatching a plot to hijack an Indian aircraft. But the second part looks implausible with Karan single handedly rescuing the passengers. The story looses its grip from here onwards. But still the show goes on the strength of good pace, stylishly shot sequences by director Kuku Kohli and cinematography of Baba Azmi. Some brilliantly executed scenes remain the best part of the enterprise. Kuku Kohli handles the dramatic portions well, the only thing is that he should have opted for a fresh screenplay with relying on the formulaic stuff. Action sequences are fabulously. Dialogues are notable. Production values are adequate. Nadeem-Shravan's music heightens the overall impact.

Karan Nath looks promising in the film and carries the larger than life role on his shoulder well. He does a commendable job. Jeevidha has the girl-next-door look and delivers a good performance. Aditya Panscholi is excellent. Rajat Bedi is good. Aroona Irani is apt.

The film will appeal to the masses and do better business in the small centers.