Papa Kahte Hain (transl. Father tells me) is a 1996 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Mahesh Bhatt.^[2] The film starred Jugal Hansraj and Mayuri Kango, with Tiku Talsania, Anupam Kher and Alok Nath in supporting roles.^[3][4]

Sweety lives with her mother, maternal grandmother and grandfather. She is very rebellious, emotional and high-strung, and does not get along well with her classmates in school. All she knows is that she is not permitted to talk about her dad at home. She finds out that he is in the Seychelles and runs away there.

When she gets to the Seychelles, she can't find her dad, whom she has been so anxious to meet. One link is the death of marine archaeologist, Mr. Gandhibhai, who only knows where her dad is. Coincidentally, her dad is in the same hotel which she is in. He is living with another woman, Swati Sinha, who had divorced another man. Her dad is not at all thrilled to have a teenage daughter come and interrupt his life and affairs. In the Seychelles, Sweety meets Rohit Dixit and they fall in love with each other. Mr. Anand and Sweety have developed a father-daughter relationship, unaware to the fact that they are related. Later, the story has several twists, which ultimately ends on a happy note.

• Jugal Hansraj as Rohit Dixit
• Dinesh Hingoo as Rustom
• Mayuri Kango as Sweety Anand
• Anupam Kher as Krishan Anand
• Navni Parihar as Vinita Gandhi /Anand
• Suhas Joshi as Mrs. Gandhi
• Tiku Talsania as Taraknath Gandhi
• Suhasini Mulay
• Alok Nath
• Reema Lagoo

The music of this movie was huge hit, especially Ghar Se Nikalte hi, Pyar Mein Hota Hai Kya Jaadu, Pehle Pyar Ka Pehla Gham. The music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. The lyrics were penned by Javed Akhtar. The song "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" is based on from "Kaliveedurangiyallo" from Desadanam.