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Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

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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, ...( show more )
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Directed By
Farhan Akhtar
Produced By
Ritesh Sidhwani
Screenplay
Farhan Akhtar
Runtime
183 min
Language/Color
Hindi / C
Release Year
2001
Genre
Drama,Musical,Romance
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Cast
as Akash Malhotra
as Siddharth Sinha
as Sameer
as Shalini
as Rohit
as Pooja
as Tara Jaiswal
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Review from imdb
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...more

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Review from ./movietalkies.com
quot;Dil Chahta Hai" is the story of three friends Akash (Aamir Khan), Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) and Sidharth (Akshaye Khanna). Just out of college, they have different view points about love. Sidhart loves a divorcee (Dimple Kapadia). Sameer, who constantly keeps falling in and out of love, finally settles for a girl (Sonali Kulkarni) chosen by his parents. Akash, who does not believe in love, goes to Australia to handle his father’s business. He meets Shalini (Preity Zinta) who is betrothed to another man and they become friends. Their friendship soon turns into love and Akash has to accept the inevitable....more
Review from upperstall.com
Mohd. One cannot help but feel pleased after viewing Farhan Akhtar's debut feature - Dil Chahta Hai. The film is refreshingly different (yes it is actually 'different') from the standard run of the mill fare one is accustomed to in mainstream Hindi Cinema (Thank God for Lagaan too!!!) The film takes a look at the friendship of three graduates Akash (Aamir Khan), Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) and Siddharth (Akshaye Khanna) and their efforts to find love. Farhan gives us a much more warm, witty, poignant and humorous portrayal of young friendship treated in a refreshingly candid manner without bowing to the...more
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