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... Read allThree 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.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.
- Awards
- 28 wins & 40 nominations
- Shalini
- (as Preity Zinta)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAamir Khan's ex wife Kiran Rao plays Deepa's friend in the scene when Khan's character hides behind the plant.
- GoofsWhen the guys are talking on the fortress ruins in Goa Sid refers to a ship that he is watching about to go over the horizon. The clip clearly shows a ship which is moving toward them, not away.
- Quotes
Siddharth Sinha: Deepa, why do you like Akash so much?
Deepa: What do you mean?
Siddharth Sinha: [after a brief pause] Sometimes I think why we like someone. Why do you like him?
Deepa: I don't know. I just do.
Siddharth Sinha: Despite knowing that Akash...
Deepa: ... doesn't love me? Yes, even then.
Siddharth Sinha: Deepa, you're beautiful, intelligent. You can get so many guys.
Deepa: [saying in between] If I'm so beautiful then why can't I get Akash?
Siddharth Sinha: I don't know. Yes, I know that if you're in any trouble, then Akash can do all he can for you. But Deepa, you should not hope for such things which...
[Sid stops and takes some sand]
Siddharth Sinha: Now you see this sand? The more you try to hold it tightly, the more it slip through your fingers.
Deepa: [understanding Sid] Thanks, Sid.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits roll while the last scene featuring the cast eating still continues.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 47th Filmfare Awards (2002)
- SoundtracksDil Chahta Hai
Music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani & Loy Mendonsa
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan
The story is simple at first, and is largely interspersed with a lot of English. Even I could understand the story without any subtitles. (Although you might turn it on for intense moments of extreme speed Hindi) Three spoilt rich best friends grow up, and in doing so, learn that their relationships between themselves, women and their families becomes tense as they mature and travel.
"What the Heart Wants" is a sort of theme that persists throughout the film. One friend is stuck to a girl he cannot get, another to an older woman, and the last one is just struggling with many girls he cannot choose between. For a Hindi film, the dance-music numbers are not terrible (but of course not great) and the music without the dance is quite nice, with a lot of meaning attached to it. So after a major fallout they realize many things separately, and learn about their own relationship in turn.
I recommend this film to anyone as a primer to Bollywood films I know I used it as one. High marks for this film since it beat the Bollywood standard of being completely incoherent and inane, although still sticking to the three plus hours.
"Can what the Heart Want be controlled?" RATING: 9/10
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹140,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $316,221
- Runtime3 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1