Product Review

Dil Chahta Hai is the story of three friends - Akash (Aamir Khan) is fun-loving, non-believer in love. Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) is always "ready" for love-but does not know its true meaning. Siddharth (Akshaye Khanna) is the more serious of the trio. He is sensitive, understanding, caring in short the perfect man for any girl. He falls in love with a middle-aged, slightly alcoholic divorcee Tara Jaiswal (Dimple Kapadia). Akash cannot understand this relationship and when he insults Siddharth's true love, he slaps him. This causes a rift between both and they go their separate ways. Subsequently Akash realizes the meaning of true love when the vivacious, bubbly Shalini (Preity Zinta) comes in his life. Same happens with Sameer when he meets Pooja (Sonali Kulkarni). So finally we get to see how these boys become men. The film is about three distinct characters, their individual relationships and the effect that these relationships have on them. Love - One term that can hold different meanings even for close friends like Akash, Sameer and Siddharth. Welcome to a summer of their lives. So you have Akash, who has been sent by his parents to live in Sydney, he does not believe in the concept of love. Two weeks is all that he is willing to give a perfectly healthily relationship. Incidentally, he feels even two weeks is a bit too much! Sameer is in love with the idea of being in love. He wants to be in love. But Sameer has not quite understood the concept yet and tends to wear his heart on his sleeve. So this young man is looking for the perfect woman in his life. The women who come and change their lives are Shalini, Pooja and Tara Jaiswal.