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Eight Years of Dil Chahta Hai
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Eight is odd. It's not as young as five and not as old as 10. But when you're talking of a film that has arguably changed the way Indian cinema
works, eight years is indeed a landmark. Today, it has been eight years since Farhan Akhtar's directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai hit the screens. In more ways than one it was a film that challenged the notions of Indian cinema, as most of us knew it. For one, Dil Chahta Hai was made by a young man from urban India for a bunch of like-minded people. As it turned out, there were quite a few like him out there that gave the film a business of approximately Rs 305,000,000 (source: boxofficeindia.com)! Indeed, Dil Chahta Hai was a watershed of sorts. Sooner rather than later, filmmakers realised that it was possible to make a movie for a niche audience and still set the cash registers ringing. This of course meant taking the risk of losing out on the traditional centres of business ie territories such as Bihar, CP-Berar etc. But it still made a lot of sense to make a film with a good story and earn some money rather than make a masala flick that may or may not work. Dil Chahta Hai didn't work as much in the B and C centres – its theme and treatment failing to appeal to the audiences there. However it made good money in the cities. Dil Chahta Hai also gave Excel, a fledgling production house then, the attention it deserved and gave us a director called Farhan Akhtar. Thematically too, Dil Chahta Hai was a movie that challenged the traditional notions of Indian cinema. It was suddenly okay to not have parents playing prominent roles in their children's lives – there is just one scene where Aamir's father advices him in the movie. And it was perfectly fine to take a road trip to Goa on a whim. Dil Chahta Hai was a film of opposites. Sid's (Akshaye Khanna) quiet and peaceful demeanour offset Aamir Khan's Aakash through most of the film. And the exuberant Shalini (Preity Zinta) found a counterfoil in Dimple Kapadia's character. In a way it was Saif Ali Khan's bumbling Sameer who pretty much balanced out these opposites. Saif and Sonali's relationship in the film was probably the most 'normal' from among the three. It wasn't surprising that it was Sameer who eventually is responsible for bringing his two estranged friends together. I've always wondered if there could have been a different end to the film. Could they have just eliminated the final shot of Sid walking towards the girl on the Goa fort? A part of me tells me yes but a little voice insists on the contrary. We are a culture of 'happies endings'. Both Indian epics – The Ramayana and The Mahabharata – end on a happy note though much happened after their protagonists reclaimed their respective thrones. And I guess that's what we all want after all – never to see our heroes as lonely characters at the end of their films. Unlike Humphrey Bogarts of the world we want our heroes to have every good thing that this world has to offer. So perhaps Sid did deserve someone else in his life after Tara's (Dimple Kapadia) death. I'm glad he moved on. And I'm glad so did Farhan Akhtar. Happy anniversary, Farhan! - Buzz18.com
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