Dil Chahta Hai (2001-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Dil Chahta Hai Movie Details :

Dil Chahta Hai 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 writter and directer 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.

• Directer : Farhan Akhtar
• Producer : Ritesh Sidhwani
• Writter : Farhan Akhtar
• Screenplay : Farhan Akhtar
• Story : Farhan Akhtar,Kassim Jagmagia
• Starring : Aamir Khan,Saif Ali Khan,Akshaye Khanna,Preity Zinta,Sonali Kulkarni,Dimple Kapadia
• Music : Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
• Cinematography : Ravi K. Chandran
• Edited : A. Sreekar Prasad
• Casting : Zoya Akhtar
• Production Design : Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
• Art Direction : Kiran Khanna,Yunus Pathan
• Set Decoration : Chetana Prabhu
• Costume Design : Arjun Bhasin
• Makeup Department : Avan ContractorTanuja Dabir
• Production Management : Harish Amin,Inderjit Chadha,Lachlan Imrie
• Production Company : Excel Entertainment
• Distributors : Amazon Prime Video,Spark Worldwide
• Genres : Comedy,Drama,Romance
• Release date : 10 August 2001
• Running time : 184 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Dil Chahta Hai Movie Trailer :

Star Cast of The Film :

• Aamir Khan … Akash Malhotra
• Saif Ali Khan … Sameer
• Akshaye Khanna … Siddharth Sinha
• Preity Zinta … Shalini
• Sonali Kulkarni … Pooja
• Dimple Kapadia … Tara Jaiswal
• Ayub Khan … Rohit
• Rajat Kapoor … Shalini’s Uncle
• Suhasini Mulay … Sid’s Mother
• Ahmed Khan … Akash’s Father
• Suchitra Pillai … Priya
• Anjula Bedi … Sameer’s Mother
• Rakesh Pandey … Rohit’s Father
• Samantha Tremayne … Deepa
• Claire … Joan
• Clarence … Guitarist at Ambassador Rooftop
• Asad Dadarkar … Subodh
• Bomi Doctor … Sameer’s Father
• Beatrice Gibson … Kristine
• Kannu Gill … Akash’s Mother
• Yusuf Hussain … Pooja’s Father
• Rio Kapadia … Mr. Shankaran
• Simran Makhija … Esha; Tara’s Daughter
• Deepak Malhotra … Mr. Mehta
• Shail Mehta … Pooja’s Mother
• Sarah Neilson … Kristine’s friend
• Shaina … Shalini’s friend 2
• Shilpa … Shalini’s friend 1
• Anand Subaya … Deepa’s friend 1
• Mandala Tayde … Deepa – Girl at Chapora Fort (as Manadala tayde)
• Meenakshi Verma … Doctor at Lilavati
• Gordon Waddell … Australian DOP
• Kerry Casey … Clown (uncredited)
• Kiran Rao … Deepa’s friend in hotel lobby in Goa (uncredited)

Story of The Film :

Three young men Akash, Sameer, and Siddharth are close friends, but their tastes and characters are completely incompatible. So when Siddharth falls in love with a much older woman, Tara, a woman who has been unsuccessful in keeping her marriage intact as well as alcohol-dependent, widens the rift between the trio, forcing them to part company. Years later, the trio will be re-united, they will be much mature and understanding, but will they still accept Siddharth love for Tara, especially when they themselves have fallen in love with women around their respective ages?

Production :

The movie is partially based on writer-director Farhan Akhtar’s diaries on his trips to Las Vegas, his 1996 month-and-a-half long stay at New York City, and a storyline narrated to him by a friend. Farhan Akhtar began work on the script in 1998; the relationship of the characters Akash and Shalini was based on a similar experience of one of Akhtar’s friends. Other parts of Dil Chahta Hai were adapted from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Initially, Akhtar wanted Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan and Akshaye Khanna in the three main roles. While Khanna agreed to do the film, Roshan and Bachchan were unavailable. Akhtar offered the part of Akash to Khanna and he offered the part of Sid to Aamir Khan. However, Khan did not want to play Sid and wanted to play Akash instead. Khanna agreed to play Sid so that Khan could play Akash. Afterwards, Saif Ali Khan joined the cast as Sameer. Preity Zinta and Sonali Kulkarni were cast as Shalini and Pooja respectively. Akhtar convinced actress Dimple Kapadia to come out of retirement to play the role of divorcée Tara Jaiswal. After 15 months of extensive pre-production, the film was shot over a four-month period in Mumbai, India and Sydney, Australia.

Dil Chahta Hai’s style extended to the music and its picturisation. Initially, director Farhan Akhtar had approached A. R. Rahman for composing the music. But since Rahman was busy with other engagements, he did not accept the offer. Later Rahman commented that he was glad that the project went to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and he personally loved their work in the film. One song sequence recapitulates and, to some extent, parodies Bollywood song-and-dance history.

Other songs drop the usual dance accompaniment – one depicts an argument between two protagonists through the song’s lyrics, another establishes the character’s state of mind through a moody photo collage, while yet another imagines the beautiful and idealised world of an artist in love through a song inside a painting. There is an extended opera sequence at the Sydney Opera House, which was exclusively commissioned for the film.

Film Shooting :

The film shooting of the movie was done in Mumbai,Goa. A portion of the movie was also filmed at Sydney.

Sequel :

In 2016, Akhtar stated that he had “a lot on his mind” about a sequel to Dil Chahta Hai’ It will go on board from 2022.

Dil Chahta Hai Movie Songs / Music :

All lyrics are writter is Javed Akhtar; all music is composer is Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

• “Jaane Kyon” – Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Caralisa Monteiro
• “Kaisi Hai Yeh Ruth” – Srinivas
• “Woh Ladki Hai Kahan” – Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
• “Dil Chahta Hai” – Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo
• “Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe” – Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, KK
• “Akash’s Love Theme” – Michael Harvey
• “Tanhayee” – Sonu Nigam
• “Dil Chahta Hai (Reprise)” – Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo
• “Rocking Goa” – Chorus

“Dil Chahta Hai” Full Video Song :

• Song – Dil Chahta Hai
• Singer – Shankar Mahadevan
• Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
• Music Director – Shanker, Ehsaan, Loy
• Music On – T-Series

“Tanhayee” Full Video Song :

• Song – Tanhayee
• Singer – Sonu Nigam
• Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
• Music Director – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
• Music Label – T-Series

Dil Chahta Hai Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 8.1 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 65947.

This movie was released in the year 2001, the time when bollywood seemed to be in doldrums, producing one trash after another, the same year when another masterpiece “Lagaan” was released from bollywood and the year I finished my college and entered my first job and wow what an experience – it was just like a fresh breath of air.

The first movie by an unknown young guy Farhan Akhtar (may be known earlier because of his famous parents Javed Akhtar – lyricist in this movie – and Honey Irani) and what a fantastic job he did both in direction and script writing. For me, he did a great job by experimenting with a novel idea, moving away from the well established norms of the bollywood industry and not presenting yet again melodramatic bollywood plot.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 2 star out of 5 Star.

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