It was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and released under the banner of Excel Entertainment (which Akhtar and Sidhwani co-founded), marking their cinematic debut. But while the emotion was relatable, the chances of us finding ourselves in the shoes of thieves-turned-heroes was highly unlikely. Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romance film written and directed by Farhan Akhtar. Take a look.ДЇor a long time, Bollywood's favourite image of friendship was Jai-Veeru on a bike, from Sholay.

If all the chatter and Goa memes inspired by the film have kept you away from the film,В we have created a list to egg you on to watch it. And, what's better than knowing that we are not alone in our struggles of adulthood. Twenty years ago, on this day, Farhan Akhtar showed us that stories of people like you and me were worthy of the silver screen. Given that many of you were not even born when Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna were wearing leather pants in a presumably hot nightclub, we have to break it to you that Farhan Akhtar's directorial debut gave a generation its friendship goals. If you are wondering why the millennials are still in love with a film that was released 20 years ago, we have answers. If you are someone who belongs to the Generation Z tribe of the Internet and social media natives, we are sure you have heard at least one cousin or older sibling tell you why Farah Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai was a better buddy film than his sister Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. It starred Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna.Dil Chahta Hai is celebrating 20 fabulous years on Tuesday.The entire crew wished me and I was flooded with gifts and love. She initially agreed but as soon as we reached the fort early in the morning, Zoya announced on the megaphone that it was my birthday. Preity asked me what am I thanking people on the phone for and I told her it is my birthday today but asked her not to tell anyone. Preity and I were travelling to the fort. I was keeping it very hush-hush and quietly replying to them. I remember I started getting calls from my friends and I used to get very shy on my birthdays. I was flooded with greetings and gifts and wishes. I have a lovely memory of one of my birthdays in Goa on the sets of вЂDil Chahta HaiвЂ™. What is your fondest memory on the sets of the film? People were on time, a script was given to everybody a day before so that everybody was prepared.

I believe вЂDil Chahta HaiвЂ™ changed the culture of working in Hindi cinema. It was not necessarily only fun and fooling around and joking. I canвЂ™t complete the answer without mentioning Ravi K Chandran, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, and Arjun Bhasin who was our costume designer and of course, Ritesh Sidhwani who was our producer. It was fun-filled and yet we were on our toes. We never realised when our dayвЂ™s work was over. The entire work atmosphere was quite bright and focused and fun as Farhan had this charming energy to get actors involved and get them to concentrate on the scene. He is a thorough gentleman and one of the most caring and concerned co-actor that I have seen. Aamir always kept all our spirits high and so did Saif. Preity Zinta too was an important part of the film who definitely had that enthusiasm quotient. Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna bonded well like the real characters. How was your experience working with Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, and Preity Zinta? Was it fun on the set as it was on the screen? My audition went well and there I was on board as вЂPoojaвЂ™. By the time she had done a few films that I had done and some were doing rounds in the international film festival at that time. Zoya Akhtar, who was the casting director of the film, happened to see it. Somebody was carrying my photographs and it fell. It was cool, beyond sacrifices and melodrama. I think Farhan Akhtar excelled in telling the story. The film is a cult and landmark for years to come because it changed the language of costumes, cinematography, locations, and narrative.

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