Cast: Amir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Priety Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Sonali Kulkarni
Directed By: Farhan Akhtar
Music By: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
So.. okay… well.. um….. oh forget it……
Everytime something like that happens during any of my conversations, the first image that pops up into my mind is Saif Ali Khan on the phone with his girlfriend on the other end, with him trying to say something but interrupted with a question each time he utters a single word. And the eventual banging of the phone with him left with…… “hello??”
This is one of the most hillarious Indian movies I’ve ever seen. When this released, it became this national rage with youngsters all over talking about the hep look of the stars, the cool music and the simplicity and wittiness of screenplay. Also very realistic and thoughtful at some points. It was this “strictly to be watched with friends if you want to really enjoy it” kind of movie, but strangely I watched it with my mum on one side of me and my papa on the other……. well, after all, they’re the closest friends I have!!
Akash (Amir), Siddharth (Akshaye) and Sameer (Saif) are buddies, partners in crime you could call them, or more appropriately “The three stooges”! Everywhere they go, they manage to create an uproar of laughter. Their witty one-liners will have you rolling in no time.
Sameer is this perpetually in-and-out of love guy who seems to “fall in love” with every second girl he sees. And each time his justification for his rather casablanc-ish actions is.. “I only thought I loved her (the previous girlfriend), but now I know it wasn’t love…… Love is what I feel for her (the new one)…”
Akash is an intelligent guy who is a highly skilled prankster and refuses to take life seriously. Love doesn’t exist in his opinion. He even very casually ignores a girl in his college who adores him and who everyone including himself is aware about. He’s just too busy cracking jokes, playing pranks on people, having a good time and making the audience laugh-out-loud.
Siddharth is this quiet sincere guy, who is also intelligent and has a sane head on his shoulders. Grown up without his father, he is shown as a mature guy who probably understands life and the hidden facts better than his friends. But he too knows how to have a good time with his buddies.
The first half of the movie is a treat, packed with a huge dose of short, intelligent, situation based jokes and pranks and you’ll probably be reminded of some of your college incidents while watching them. That’s why presence of friends while watching the movie is strictly advisable.
Where do the girls come in picture?
Akash falls in love with Shalini (Preity) who he had met once before at a college party and was attracted to. But was beaten and left with a black eye on flirting with her, as she was the college rugged guy’s fiance. Love happens a little later in the movie for both of them….. yup for Shalini too who falls in love with Akash despite being engaged because she got engaged under the pressure of family expectations you could say, but fell in love with this free willed man-our mister hero. Trouble!!
Sameer, even after his tryst with the fairer gender, is expected by his parents to marry a girl of their choice. When both of them meet for the first time, they are hugely relieved to find out that both of them feel to get married you need to fall in love. They strike a friendship instantly but the girl, Pooja (Sonali) already has a boy-friend. Trouble knocks when Sameer not-very-surprisingly discovers he has “fallen in love” with Pooja.. 
Sid (Siddharth) is a free lance painter. He meets this woman, Tara (Dimple), who is older to him in age and is divorced and has moved into a house nearby. She shares his love for art and thats what strikes the base for their friendship. As Sid gradually discovers various aspects Tara’s past life and her life at present, somehow, he falls in love with her. Trouble happens when he confesses about his love to his buddies. Akash, who doesn’t believes in love at all is all the more shocked at hearing this as his brain cannot fathom such a thing happening. Sameer is shocked too but doesn’t react as wierdly as Akash who insults Sid’s love by calling it lust and jokingly saying that maybe Sid has just found a trick to have a nice time with a lonely woman.
This aggravates Sid to such an extent that he slaps his best friend and says pretty rude stuff to him. Not understanding was different, but Akash had truly hurt him by insulting his love. That fateful night, Sid and Akash part ways with Sameer torn in between. Thats where the story takes its serious turn.
Watch the rest to experience it.. and if you have……. you know why I love Dil Chahta Hai!!