For the Rugrats and All Grown Up! character see Dil Pickles. For the integrated circuit package see Dual in-line package. Or, for other uses, see DIL (disambiguation).

Dil (Hindi: दिल, translation: heart) is a 1990 Bollywood film starring Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher and Saeed Jaffrey. It was directed by Indra Kumar with music composed by Anand-Milind

Plot summary[link]

Hazari Prasad (Anupam Kher) is a miser who dreams of finding a rich young woman for his only son, Raja (Aamir Khan), to marry. However, Raja is a spendthrift who is only interested in spending his father's money on wild parties.

One day as Raja is walking to his college, a passing jeep douses him with mud and the rude response of the beautiful Madhu (Madhuri Dixit) who is driving enrages Raja. He tricks Madhu into thinking that he is blind and then mocks her when the truth is revealed. The two quickly become enemies and play different pranks on each other: Raja causes Madhu to trip during a dance rehearsal, and she forces him into a fight with the school's champion boxer Shakti (Adi Irani)(which Raja wins).

Meanwhile, Hazari is looking for a bride with a large dowry for Raja, only to find that his involvement in the waste paper business makes his son a less than stellar marriage prospect. While visiting a lavish hotel, Hazari accidentally runs into a rich man, Mr. Mehra, who has only one daughter. Hazari hires actors to pretend to be his staff and gives beggars large quantities of counterfeit money to masquerade as a wealthy industrialist. He quickly becomes friends with Mr. Mehra and the two agree to marry their children to each other. However, when Raja meets his prospective bride, she turns out to be Madhu and the two refuse to consider the possibility of marriage.

Madhu takes her dislike of Raja too far on a weekend school retreat when she falsely accuses Raja of trying to rape her. Raja is furious that his reputation has been ruined and reprimands her for her dishonesty and thoughtlessness, pointing out that many men would take their revenge, but he is different. Madhu instantly falls in love with Raja and kisses him in front of her entire class. The two enjoy an idyllic holiday. When they return to the city for their engagement party, Mr. Mehra discovers Hazari's true financial circumstances. Furious, he insults and strikes Hazari who immediately takes offense. Raja and Madhu are forbidden by their parents to see each other again.

Nevertheless, the two continue to secretly see each other. When Mr. Mehra discovers this he arranges to have some thugs beat up Raja. He also decides to send Madhu away where she will not be able to contact Raja. Before he can do so, Raja sneaks into Madhu's house and the two are married on the spot. Mr. Mehra banishes Madhu from the house, declaring that she is dead to him. Hazari also disowns Raja when he discovers that he has married the daughter of his greatest enemy. The couple moves into a small shack and Raja finds work as a construction worker. Despite their poverty, the couple is happy.

Raja is hurt at the construction site. Madhu goes to beg his father for money to pay for an emergency operation. Hazari agrees, but only if she divorces him, he removes her wedding necklace and in despair, Madhu returns to her father's house. Seeing her distress, he forgives her, but orders her to never see Raja again. When Raja recovers, Hazari tells him that Madhu returned to her father and never visited him at the hospital. Believing Madhu has deserted him to return to a life of luxury, Raja also returns to his parents. Later, he discovers from his mother (Sarita Joshi) that Madhu did come to see him in the hospital because of his father's blackmail. He rushes to stop her from taking a plane to London but arrives after it takes off. Luckily, Madhu did not take the plane, and the two manage to reconcile their parents.

Cast[link]

• Aamir Khan ... Raja Hazariprasad
• Madhuri Dixit ... Madhu Mehra
• Saeed Jaffrey ... Mr. Mehra
• Anupam Kher ... Hazariprasad
• Sarita Joshi ... Savitri, Raja's mother
• Shammi ... Madhu's grandmother
• Deven Verma ... Police Inspector Ghalib
• Rajesh Puri ... Pandit
• Satyendra Kapoor ... Girdharilal (as Satyen Kappu)
• Adi Irani ... Shakti (as Ajitesh)
• Ketki Dave (as Katki Dave)

Soundtrack[link]

The soundtrack was quite popular when it was released. It was especially appealing to the younger generation, thus making the songs from the movie quite popular.

• O Priya Priya was copied by Anand-Milind from the 1989 Ilayaraja original in Telugu film Geethanjali.

Awards[link]

Madhuri Dixit was awarded the 1991 Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role as Madhu.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dil at the Internet Movie Database

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