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.

Dil Chahta Hai
Directed by	Farhan Akhtar
Screenplay by	Farhan Akhtar
Story by	Farhan Akhtar Kassim Jagmagia
Produced by	Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar
Starring	Aamir Khan Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Preity Zinta Sonali Kulkarni Dimple Kapadia
Narrated by	Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Preity Zinta
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Distributed by	Excel Entertainment
Release date	10 August 2001 (2001-08-10)
Running time	185 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹ 120 million
Box office	₹ 456 million

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

All lyrics written by Javed Akhtar, all music composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy.

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Dil Chahta Hai"	Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo	5:11
2.	"Jaane Kyon"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Caralisa Monteiro	4:49
3.	"Woh Ladki Hai Kahan"	Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy	5:06
4.	"Kaisi Hai Yeh Ruth"	Srinivas	5:29
5.	"Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe"	Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, KK	5:46
6.	"Akash's Love Theme"	Michael Harvey	2:10
7.	"Tanhayee"	Sonu Nigam	6:10
8.	"Dil Chahta Hai (Reprise)"	Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo	4:18
9.	"Rocking Goa"	Chorus	2:06