Dil Chahta Hai (2001) on Netflix
Akash, Sameer and Siddharth are inseparable, childhood friends just out of college. Siddharth's feelings for Tara, a divorced neighbor who is older than him, divide the three friends.
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Plot summary
Akash Malhotra, Sameer and Siddharth Sinha have been friends since childhood and are just out of college. Sameer falls in love easily and is stuck with a girlfriend, Priya, until Akash arranges their breakup and takes him and Sid to Goa. Sameer's parents in Mumbai are keen for him to meet a family friend's daughter, Pooja. Akash, sent to Sydney to learn the family business, does not believe in love; in Australia he meets Shalini, who is engaged to his old college batchmate Rohit. Sid, an artist, helps Tara Jaiswal, a divorced neighbor and mother who is older than him, move into the house next door. When Sid tells his friends about his feelings for her, Akash mocks him, and the three part ways.
Cast
- Bomi Doctoras Sameer's Father
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
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- Farhan Akhtar initially offered Akshaye Khanna the role of Akash Malhotra, but after Aamir Khan wanted to play Akash rather than the quieter Sid, Khanna agreed to switch and take the part of Sid.
- Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composed six of Dil Chahta Hai's nine songs in three and a half days at a retreat in Khandala with Farhan Akhtar, lyricist Javed Akhtar and producer Ritesh Sidhwani.
- Dil Chahta Hai was shot on location in India and Australia, and was one of the first Hindi films to use sync sound.
- A. R. Rahman was the composer first approached for Dil Chahta Hai but declined because of scheduling conflicts; the score went to the trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, their first collaboration with Farhan Akhtar.
- The scene of the three friends at Chapora Fort in Goa became iconic and helped turn the fort into a popular tourist destination.
- Hairstylist Adhuna Bhabani made her Bollywood debut on Dil Chahta Hai, creating hairstyles for the lead characters that became trendsetting among young audiences.
- Farhan Akhtar drew Dil Chahta Hai from his own travels to Goa and a six-week stay in New York in 1996; he first conceived it as a romance about Akash and Shalini before expanding it to three friends.
