Dil Chahta Hai (The Heart Wants)
Dil Chahta Hai (The Heart Wants) is a 2001 film set in Mumbai, India and Sydney, Australia. Directed by Farhan Akhtar, the movie features a scene of an opera performance of Troilus and Cressida.
Three friends, Akash (Aamir Khan), Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) and Siddharth (Akshaye Khanna), discover that post-collegiate life will test their tight-knit bond. As sweet Sameer falls for Pooja (Sonali Kulkarni), an unavailable beauty, Siddharth risks everything to pursue an older divorcée named Tara (Dimple Kapadia) whom his friends and family find unworthy of him. Meanwhile, brash Akash travels to Australia, where he reconnects with Shalini (Preity Zinta), a girl he’d previously wronged.
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
Asad Dadarkar as Subodh
Suhasini Mulay as Sid’s Mother
Ahmed Khan as A K Malhotra, Aakash’s Father
Rakesh Pandey as Rohit’s Father
Smita Oak as Rohit’s Mother
Anjula Bedi as Sameer’s Mother
Kiran Rao as Deepa’s Friend
Raj Zutshi as Ajay’s voice (Tara’a ex-husband)
Mandala Tayde as Sid’s Partner
For more information, visit IMDb and Wikipedia.
Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, and Aamir Khan in Dil Chahta Hai (2001).
Dil Chahta Hai (The Heart Wants)
Clips
opera performance of Troilus and Cressida
Shalini (Preity Zinta) and Akash (Aamir Khan) go to see Troilus and Cressida at the Sydney Opera House. However, Akash is not comfortable being there. He asks Shalini,“Hum yahan kyun...more
Shalini (Preity Zinta) and Akash (Aamir Khan) go to see Troilus and Cressida at the Sydney Opera House. However, Akash is not comfortable being there. He asks Shalini,“Hum yahan kyun aaye hain? [Why have we come here?] less
