


Siddharth ( Akshaye Khanna), or Sid, an artist by profession and the most mature of the three, is not interested in trivial romances and is dedicated to his work.Īkash, who is not only a cad in his personal life (breaking hearts, proposing to a girl named Shalini ( Preity Zinta) in jest) but also a mischief-maker in his friends' lives, craftily engineers a breakup between Sameer and his girlfriend. Sameer ( Saif Ali Khan) is a genial, well-meaning, desperately romantic but confused guy who is prone to romantic infatuations and believes to have found true love whenever he gets attracted to a girl. Īkash ( Aamir Khan) does not believe in love, so he does not keep girlfriends for more than two weeks. Over the years, it has attained a cult status.

It was also a moderate commercial success doing average business, though it performed better in the urban areas of the country compared to the rural areas, which was attributed by critics to the city-oriented lifestyle depicted in the movie in which all the characters are, without exception, from rich or upper-middle-class families. The film was critically acclaimed, winning that year's National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The first film written and directed by Farhan Akhtar, it is set in modern-day urban Mumbai and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends. Dil Chahta Hai ( Hindī: दिल चाहता है, English: The Heart Desires, but billed as Do Your Thing) is a 2001 Indian coming of age film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia.
