The film follows Arjun, a Hindu man played by Morea, and Khushbu, a Muslim woman played by Basu. Their fathers (portrayed by Vikram Gokhale and Alok Nath, respectively) are friends. During a marriage ceremony, Arjun comes across Khushbu and falls in love with her. However, he decides to hide his feelings from her and his family because of their differences in religion.
When Arjun is about to confess his love to Khushbu, Arjun's father has sudden kidney failure and is admitted to a hospital. Khushbu's parents arrange a marriage for her, and she, unaware of Arjun's love, obeys. This finally prods a desperate Arjun to admit his love for Khushbu.
The second time he musters the courage to express his feelings, Khushbu's father has a fake heart attack in order to free her from the man she is supposed to wed. In the hospital, Khushbu's father and Arjun's father approve of their kids' undeniable love for each other. Later, Khushbu and Arjun married each other in a Hindu wedding ceremony.
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, ISHQ HAI TUMSE has an attractive star cast and tuneful music as its strong points, but a routine script is its biggest weakness."[5] Ronjita Kulkarni of Rediff.com wrote that "Why was Ishq Hai Tumse made?"[6] Kavitha K of Deccan Herald wrote that "A dud movie like this does nothing to revive Dino Morea’s run at the box office though he manages to turn in a fairly decent performance".[7]