Dil Chahta Hai

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8.1/10

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Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Akshaye Khanna in Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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Coming-of-Age Comedy Drama Romance

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension... Read allThree inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

77K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 28 wins & 40 nominations

Trivia
Aamir Khan's ex wife Kiran Rao plays Deepa's friend in the scene when Khan's character hides behind the plant.

Goofs
When the guys are talking on the fortress ruins in Goa Sid refers to a ship that he is watching about to go over the horizon. The clip clearly shows a ship which is moving toward them, not away.

Quotes
Siddharth Sinha: Deepa, why do you like Akash so much?
Deepa: What do you mean?
Siddharth Sinha: [after a brief pause] Sometimes I think why we like someone. Why do you like him?
Deepa: I don't know. I just do.
Siddharth Sinha: Despite knowing that Akash...
Deepa: ... doesn't love me? Yes, even then.
Siddharth Sinha: Deepa, you're beautiful, intelligent. You can get so many guys.
Deepa: [saying in between] If I'm so beautiful then why can't I get Akash?
Siddharth Sinha: I don't know. Yes, I know that if you're in any trouble, then Akash can do all he can for you. But Deepa, you should not hope for such things which...
[Sid stops and takes some sand]
Siddharth Sinha: Now you see this sand? The more you try to hold it tightly, the more it slip through your fingers.
Deepa: [understanding Sid] Thanks, Sid.

Crazy credits
The closing credits roll while the last scene featuring the cast eating still continues.

Connections
Featured in 47th Filmfare Awards (2002)

Soundtracks
Dil Chahta Hai
Music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani & Loy Mendonsa
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan

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Featured review

10/10

Fantastic fun and full of surprises

I stumbled over this film on late night TV and immediately ordered the DVD. It's a corker! Fresh, invigorating, romantic, bizarre even!

They don't make films like this in the West - and more's the pity but hence the freshness. The three lead actors are gorgeous - so it hardly matters that they must be the oldest students in town. The cinematography is beautiful - especially in the Australian sequences. The song and dance routines are as welcome as they are surprising.

As with all Hindi films, it is pure melodrama of course. The ability to suspend one's disbelief is a necessity. But that aside, it has all the attributes of a good old fashioned Hollywood romance. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl... etc., times three.

The core theme of friendship is a delight - as are the subtle homo-erotic overtones of Akash and Sid's relationship. Intended or not, I wouldn't have minded if they'd ended up together - but this is Bollywood remember!

All in all, fantastic fun which I plan to watch again and again. Highly recommended.