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Dil Chahta Hai

2001 · 183 min

A warm, funny, and bittersweet look at friendship and love, with moments of joy and heartache that linger.

Tagline
Welcome To A Summer Of Their Lives You Will Never Forget
Overview
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Farhan Akhtar
Written by
Farhan Akhtar
Starring
Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Sonali Kulkarni, Ayub Khan, Rajat Kapoor
Music
Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani
Cinematography
Ravi K. Chandran
Runtime
183 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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