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Of Goa, goatee and growing up
Updated On: 10 August, 2021 08:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
As Dil Chahta Hai clocks 20 years, director Farhan Akhtar says Aamir-Saif-Akshaye starrer gained cult status due to its novel treatment of friendship
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Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna in the film
Three friends, one car, Goa. So powerful is its imagery that millions can recognise the film in a heartbeat. With Dil Chahta Hai (2001), first-time director Farhan Akhtar did more than just reflect our Goa plans on screen, or influence popular hairstyles. In telling the coming-of-age story of three friends, he shunned over-the-top drama and dialoguebaazi, thus giving Bollywood a new cinematic language. Result? The Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna-starrer remains one of Hindi cinema’s cult films against which every buddy comedy is measured.
Shankar Mahadevan and Farhan Akhtar. Pics/Bipin Kokate, AFP
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