Recently, Madhavan addressed these issues, explaining that, at the time, stalking was considered the only way to pursue a woman.

The movie recently came under fire for its ‘chauvinistic’ approach to how Rina’s (Dia Mirza) character was treated in the film.

Dia Mirza—who made her acting debut in 2001 with the film, “Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein” (RHTDM)—has spoken out about the film's alleged glorification of stalking. If she were offered the project now, she would reconsider ‘certain aspects’ of it and would be totally opposed to the stalking elements. Dia and her co-star, R Madhavan both made their debuts in “RHTDM”.