Khan), Sameer (Saif Ali Khan) and Siddharth (Akshaye Khanna). For Akash, love does not make any  sense and he does not believe in marriage either, for Siddharth, love is something that just happens and once it does nothing else matters and for Sameer, love can be just anybody.
  
Now, these friends hang out together and enjoying each others company. The trouble arises when there is a misunderstanding between Siddharth and Akash over a trivial issue. Akash takes this to heart and finally leaves for Australia and looks after his father's business there. There he meets Preity Zinta who he had barely known when he was in India. They become

friends and this culminates into love which of course, Akash expresses only at the end. Back in India, Siddharth gets busy with his painting and his love Dimple Kapadia who happens to be older to him. Sameer with his concept of love keeps falling for one after the other. In the end all the three friends unite and sink their differences.
 
Dil Chahta Hai belongs to the debutant writer and director Farhan Akhtar who happens to be the son of two most famous writers of Bollywood, Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani. Farhan has given this film a fresh look though many may not like it and feel it is meant for the Hollywood crazy bunch.

Farhan seems to be having a bright future and does deserve decent amount of appreciation for his maiden venture.
   
The film has a splendid star cast and each one has performed too well. Aamir has again stood up to his fans expectations and has blended well into the different roles his film offers him. Saif Ali Khan comes as a wonderful surprise and has given one of his best performances in his entire career. His expressions in many scenes are mind blowingly funny. Akshaye Khanna's role though tough this time, he has managed to excel again and has proved that he can be undoubtedly termed as    

one of the best performers of the era. He proves his versatility as well. Preity Zinta looks glamorous and has acted well. Dimple Kapadia is okay. Sonali Kulkarni is wasted and Suchitra Pillai is again okay.
    
Cinematography by Ravi K. Chandran in Australian locales are a treat to the viewer's eyes. Technically too, the film is of high standard.About the film , the first half is hilarious but is very slow paced . It gains momentum only in the interval and therafter gets serious. Dialogues are witty and funny. The publicity has helped the movie in making it one of the impatiently awaited

movies. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is extremely youthful, the popular tracks being "Jaane kyon log pyaar karte hain", "Koi kahe, kehta rahe" and "Tanhayee". The picturisation by Farha Khan is also brilliant. Computer graphics have been used successfully in various scenes.

Overall, Dil Chahta Hai will surely appeal to the elite group but unfortunately will fail in the small centers because of its unusual storyline.