Aarzoo

Desire) is a 1999 Indian Hindi romantic action film directed by Lawrence D'Souza stars Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and Reema Lagoo.

Dayashankar (Amrish Puri) is a wealthy NRI living in London with his wife Parvati and daughter Pooja (Madhuri Dixit), who is the apple of his eye.

Her father tells her to abort the child with the fear of society looking down upon their family and claims they will call her son a "bastard".

In a twist of fate, after a few years the police reveal that Vijay is very much alive, and after his recovery he goes back to the UK to reclaim Pooja.

Amar slowly passes away, surrounded by a sobbing Pooja, a regretful Vijay, their rescued son, and a saddened Dayashankar.

K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that "The attraction in this movie is definitely the stars, exotic scenery and the songs, not the story".