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Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin

Movie · 1991 · 10 people

Released on July 12, 1991, the Hindi-language romantic comedy Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin has a title that translates roughly as "the heart won't listen". Mahesh Bhatt directed it, with Gulshan Kumar and Mukesh Bhatt as producers. It was a box-office success that gave a big push to the career of his daughter Pooja Bhatt and helped establish Aamir Khan as a leading star.

The story follows a spoiled rich young woman who runs away from home, intending to marry a film star. On the road she is helped by a young journalist, and she ends up falling in love with him. Pooja Bhatt plays the runaway, in her first major female lead, and Aamir Khan plays the journalist. Anupam Kher and Tiku Talsania play supporting parts. Robin Bhatt and Sharad Joshi wrote the screenplay.

The plot draws on the 1934 American film It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. At the 37th Filmfare Awards the film received six nominations, among them Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, and won Best Female Playback Singer for Anuradha Paudwal's "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin". It was remade in Telugu as Kurradi Kurrodu (1994) and in Tamil as Kadhal Rojavae (2000).

DirectorMahesh Bhatt
Production companyFilm City
Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin

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Aamir Khan Aamir Khan Actor · 61 years old Raghu Jetley Pooja Bhatt Anupam Kher Tiku Talsania Virendra Saxena Rakesh Bedi Rajesh Puri Mushtaq Khan Javed Khan Amrohi Robin Bhatt

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Carrying a story drawn from the 1934 It Happened One Night into the molds of mainstream Hindi cinema is an interesting experiment. The bickering relationship between the runaway rich girl and the journalist, the original's strongest pillar, works here too and keeps the film standing. But the American comedy's nimble rhythm gets considerably heavier once songs and expanded supporting characters are added; the film doesn't always earn its length, and the comic timing slackens now and then. Still, six Filmfare nominations show it was taken seriously within its own tradition. A rewarding case for anyone who likes reading adaptations side by side.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The story starts with a spoiled rich young woman running away from home to marry a film star, a small but telling observation about the worship of movie stars in early-nineties India. The young journalist who helps her on the road makes the class gap visible in the language of romantic comedy. The film doesn't interrogate that gap in any depth; it uses it mostly as a sweet source of friction. The push it gave the careers of Pooja Bhatt and Aamir Khan is also interesting as a view of a new generation rising in Hindi cinema at the time.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Judging by the story, it's a light romantic comedy, probably the kind a family can watch together. The songs and the sweet bickering will appeal to the older generation as well. It is long, though, and may test young children's patience, so set aside a whole evening. Viewers new to Hindi films may find the musical numbers a little strange at first.

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