Dil Chahta Hai
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| Directed by | Farhan Akhtar |
| Produced by | Ritesh Sidhwani |
| Screenplay by | Farhan Akhtar Kassim Jagmagia |
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Aamir Khan Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Preity Zinta Sonali Kulkarni Dimple Kapadia |
| Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Distributed by | Excel Entertainment |
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184 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹14 crore (US$2.1 million) |
| Box office | ₹39.71 crore (US$5.9 million) |
Dil Chahta Hai (English: The Heart Desires) is a 2001 Indian comedy-drama film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia. The first film written and directed by Farhan Akhtar, it is set in modern-day urban Mumbai and Sydney, and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends.
In 2001, the film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. It performed better in the urban areas of the country compared to the rural areas, which was attributed by critics to the city-oriented lifestyle depicted in which all the characters are from rich or upper-middle-class families. Over the years, it has attained a cult status.
The movie is about three childhood friends, Akash Malhotra (Aamir Khan), Sameer Mulchandani (Saif Ali Khan), and Siddharth "Sid" Sinha (Akshaye Khanna) who fall in love. Akash does not believe in the concept of love and does not engage in relationships lasting more than two weeks. Sameer is a genial, well-meaning, desperately romantic, but confused guy who is prone to romantic infatuations and believes to have found true love whenever he gets attracted to a girl. Sid, an artist by profession and the most mature of the three, is not interested in trivial romances and is dedicated to his work.
Akash, who is a cad in his personal life, proposes to a girl named Shalini (Preity Zinta) in jest, without being aware that she is engaged to Rohit. He also engineers a breakup between Sameer and his then girlfriend Priya (Suchitra Pillai).
The three friends then go to Goa for a vacation. There Sameer falls in love with a foreign lady and while Akash and Sid return, Sameer stays with the lady. However, she turns out to be a cheat and she, along with another man, rob Sameer of his belongings and Sameer is forced to return by lorry. Akash and Sid have a good laugh at his plight.
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