Dil chahta hai hum na rahey kabhi yaaro ke binDid you and your buds have a Goa trip? One such is Farhan Akhtar’s debut Dil Chahta Hai, a coming-of-age movie that turns 18 this August. So are their parents, relatives, friends and their milieu in Mumbai, Sydney and Goa, the three places the film travels to. Aamir Khan and Preity Zinta in Dil Chahta Hai (Still from film: YouTube)Farhan makes the May-December dissonance between Sid and Tara drive the plot - the rift between Sid and Akash — that gives room to the lead characters to come into their own. Sameer, the third wheel in the Akash-Sid-Sameer friendship, steps up as glue and buffer in subtly directed sequences.

Source: The Telegraph August 01, 2019 22:07 UTC