Dil Chahta Hai

Three college friends navigate love, friendship, and their own paths in life, encountering obstacles and heartbreak along the way, but finding hope and new beginnings in the end. Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language Comedy Drama film featuring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia and Kanu Gill. Excel Entertainment was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Dil Chahta Hai is written by Kassim Jagmagia, Farhan Akhtar and Karan Kashyap and it is directed by Farhan Akhtar. Yash Raj Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. Dil Chahta Hai was released on 10th August 2001 and takes a screen time of 177 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Dil Chahta Hai was made on a budget of ₹14 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹20 crore. Cinematography was done by Ravi K. Chandran and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music was composed by IIFA Award winner Ehsaan Noorani along with Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan and Shankar Ehsaan Loy. At the 2002 IIFA Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Song Recording and Best Choreography. At the 2002 IIFA Awards It also won 2 awards including: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Saif Ali Khan) and Actor in a Supporting Role. At the 2002 National Film Awards It also won 2 awards including: Best Playback Singer (Male) and Best Regional Film (Hindi). At the 2001 Filmfare Awards It also won an award for Best Film. At the 2001 Filmfare Awards It also won an award for Best Screenplay. At the 2002 National Film Awards It also won an award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.