Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai (transl. The Heart Desires) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age musical romantic comedy-drama movie, directed, produced, and written by Farhan Akhtar. It was also produced by Ritesh Sidhwani. The movie stars Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni and Dimple Kapadia. The movie is set in present-day metropolitan Mumbai and Sydney, and spotlights on a significant time of progress in the romantic lives of three college-alumni friends. The music was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

The movie released on August 10, 2001 to positive reviews and was a success at the box office. In 2001, the movie won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy won the Best Music Director award.

 Cast 

 Aamir Khan as Akash Malhotra

 Saif Ali Khan as Sameer Mulchandani

 Akshaye Khanna as Siddharth "Sid" Sinha

 Preity Zinta as Shalini

 Sonali Kulkarni as Pooja

 Dimple Kapadia as Tara Jaiswal

 Ayub Khan as Rohit

 Rajat Kapoor as Mahesh

 Suchitra Pillai as Priya

 Samantha Treymane as Deepa

 Suhasini Mulay as Sid's Mother
 Ahmed Khan as A K Malhotra, Aakash's Father
 Kannu Gill as Aakash's Mother
 Rakesh Pandey as Rohit's Father
 Smita Oak as Rohit's Mother
 Anjula Bedi as Sameer's Mother
 Yusuf Hussain as Naresh, Pooja's Father
 Shail Mehta as Pooja's Mother
 Kiran Rao as Deepa's Friend
 Raj Zutshi as Ajay's voice (Tara'a ex-husband)
 Mandala Tayde as Sid's Partner (She appears towards the end of movie where Sid looks at her in fort)
 Simran Makhija as Eesha, Tara's daughter
 Beatrice Gibson as Kristine

 Soundtrack 

 References 

Category:2000s Indian movies