Bollywood Home » Popular Movie Reviews » Dil Chahta Hai Dil Chahta Hai is one of the most popular romantic films made in Bollywood. The film revolves around the lives of 3 guys who have just passed out of college. Akash is a guy who does not believe in love. He is always up to something. There is Siddharth who is a painter and a very serious guy.

The third of the friends, Sameer is good at heart but he has a weakness for girls. He tends to fall in love with every other girl he meets on his way. The 3 guys are best of friends. They are modern, educated and well off. This film Dil Chahta Hai revolves around the lives of these boys, how they grow in life, find their love and finally settle down. Dil Chahta Hai has a refreshingly modern approach which is quite different to several Bollywood romantic movies made in the past.

Some Facts about Dil Chahta Hai is as follows:

The director of Dil Chahta Hai is Farhan Akhtar. The film is written by Farhan Akhtar and Kassim Jagmagia. The distributor of this film is Excel Entertainment. The movie was released on 24th July in the year 2001.

Casting of Dil Chahta Hai is as follows:



Aamir Khan plays the role of Akash in the movie. Saif Ali Khan enacts the role of Sameer in the film. Akshaye Khanna plays the character of Siddharth in this film. Preity Zinta plays the role of Shalini in Dil Chahta Hai. Sonali Kulkarni enacts the character of Pooja and Dimple Kapadia plays the role of Tara Jaiswal.

Samantha Treymane enacts the role of Deepa here. Ayub Khan plays the role of Rohit in the movie. Rajat Kapoor plays the role of Mahesh in Dil Chahta Hai. Suchitra Pillai enacts the role of Priya in the film. Suhasini Mulay plays the character of Sid's Mother here.

Awards and Nominations for Dil Chahta Hai is as follows:

• In the year 2002, the movie was nominated for 13 Filmfare Awards in separate categories. This film won 7 Filmfare Awards. It won the Best Supporting Actor which was enacted by Akshaye Khanna.
• Best Comedian award went to Saif Ali Khan. Farhan Akhtar won the Critics Award Best Movie and Best Screenplay for this film. The film also bagged the Best Choreography which was won by Farah Khan. The Best Editing award went to A. Sreekar Prasad. The RD Burman Award for New Music Talent went to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for this film.

The film won the National Film Award for best feature film in Hindi.

The nominations that Dil Chahta Hai got were for the categories of Best Actor, Best Movie, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer.

Thus Dil Chahta Hai is one of the trendsetting romantic movies made in Bollywood.

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