As Radhe is about to punch the brothel owner, Nirjara arrives at the scene, and Radhe stops the violence, allowing the brothel owner to escape. Radhe's friends suggest that he give up rowdyism and violence to impress Nirjara, but one day, he roughs up a brothel owner who had beaten up one of his friends. A heartbroken Radhe subsequently tries to talk to her, but she refuses to engage in a conversation. The next day, Radhe brings her a gift, but she tells him that she does not love him, and calls him a goon. Later, he and his friends intimidate Nirjara's fiancé Rameshwar. Radhe interprets this as her acceptance of the proposal. Nirjara is too shocked to say much and utters "Yes" when Radhe asks her if she was listening to him. One day, Radhe proposes to her and jokingly remarks that he would beat up her father if he doesn't agree to their marriage. Radhe helps her a few times, and she seems to like him. Radhe falls in love with Nirjara Bhardwaj, a student at his former college and the daughter of a poor temple priest. He is a violent man, but often performs apparently good deeds, such as beating up sexual harassers. He lives with his brother Ajay, his sister-in-law Gayatri, and their child. Radhe Mohan is a jobless rowdy, surrounded by a rough circle. In 2011 Kaushik announced a sequel to Tere Naam, but as of 2021 (10 years since the announcement) no such sequel has materialized.
Tere Naam was nominated for a total of 24 Awards, winning 7 of them, including 8 Filmfare Award nominations. Khan was praised for his portrayal of Radhe Mohan and the role is widely considered to be his best performance till date. Tere Naam was released on 15 August 2003. The film was based on a real-life incident of a friend of Bala's, who had fallen in love, lost his mind and ended up at a mental asylum. The film is a remake of Bala's own Tamil film Sethu (1999) which was starred by Chiyaan Vikram. Written by Bala and Jainendra Jain, the film stars Salman Khan and Bhumika Chawla in her Bollywood film debut. In your name) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic action drama film directed by Satish Kaushik. I would talk to everyone but people knew there were certain boundaries which they shouldn’t cross and that’s why this type of incident never happened with me,” Bhumika concluded.Tere Naam ( transl. I also feel that one must be cordial with everyone but should set some boundaries too. I have never faced any such circumstances because I feel people’s reaction also depends on how you carry yourself and your personality.
“By God’s grace, the industry has always been very supportive of me. But if Mallika Sherawat has said this then it must have happened with her. When asked if Bhumika too had a similar experience, she said: “I stopped watching the news a while back and I am honestly not aware of what someone has said or done. Mallika Sherawat had made a shocking statement sometime back when she revealed that she missed out on a lot of roles because big actors wanted her to “compromise”. And if you don’t try new characters, then you don’t grow as an actor too, so I try to do different characters, even if it means just a little bit different.” The ‘Seetimaarr’ actress shared that with every new film of hers, she tries to do something different, and said: “I strongly feel if you keep repeating the same kind of character, the audience also gets bored.