Non-English-speaking Indian couples even in small towns have been exchanging the universal tri-syllabic password of love, I love you to confirm and reassure for years now. The term of endearment itself is no longer English as it was when Amitabh and Parveen Babi were explaining a million years ago in the song from Khud-Daar, Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain I Love You .