Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (transl. The heart is such, it disagrees) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film produced by Gulshan Kumar and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film starred Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt in her first major lead female role, with Aamir Khan starring as her love interest. Supporting roles were played by Anupam Kher, Sameer Chitre, and Tiku Talsania, while Deepak Tijori made a special appearance.
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| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Robin Bhatt Sharad Joshi |
| Based on | It Happened One Night (1934) & Chori Chori (1956) |
| Produced by | Gulshan Kumar |
| Starring | Aamir Khan Pooja Bhatt |
| Cinematography | Pravin Bhatt |
| Edited by | Shakti Himachali & Raju Baddi |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
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| Distributed by | Spark Worldwide (US), (DVD) |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹42 million[1] |
Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin plot was inspired from the 1934 Hollywood film It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.[2][3] In turn, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin was remade in Tamil as Kadhal Rojavae (2000). The Kannada film Hudugaata (2007) was also inspired by the same American film.
Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin emerged as a box office success and boosted the career of newcomer Pooja Bhatt, while cementing Aamir Khan's status as a leading movie star.[4] The film's soundtrack, with music by Nadeem–Shravan, was also praised.[5]
At the 37th Filmfare Awards, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin received 6 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Mahesh Bhatt) and Best Actor (Khan), and won Best Female Playback Singer (Anuradha Paudwal for "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin")
Plot
Pooja Dharamchand is the daughter of a rich Bombay shipping tycoon, Seth Dharamchand. She is head-over-heels in love with movie star Deepak Kumar, but her father strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Pooja escapes from her father's yacht and hops onto a bus to Bangalore to be with Deepak, who is shooting for a film there. Meanwhile, Seth Dharamchand, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches private detectives to locate her.
Aboard the bus, Pooja meets Raghu Jetley, a loud-mouth journalist who has just lost his job. He offers to help her in exchange for an exclusive story on her, which would revive his flagging career. Pooja is forced to agree to his demands, as he threatens to let her father know of her whereabouts should she not comply. After both of them happen to miss the bus, Raghu and Pooja go through various adventures together and find themselves falling in love with one another.
Raghu desires to marry Pooja, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Pooja also falls for Raghu and she decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Raghu was just looking for a story and not her love.
She calls it quits, returns home and agrees to marry Deepak. However, her father learns about Raghu when he comes to him to take back his money, spent by Raghu on Pooja on his way to Bangalore. He realizes how Raghu has taken care of Pooja during the trip. Pooja misunderstands him and believes that he might have come for the reward announced by her rich father. At last her father tells Pooja that Raghu is the right man for her and that he has not come for the reward. On the wedding day she realizes that Raghu really loves her and then runs away from the marriage mandap (hall) to Raghu with her father's support.
Cast
| Actors/Actresses | Roles | Notes |
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| Aamir Khan | Raghu Jetley, Press Reporter | |
| Pooja Bhatt | Pooja Dharamchand | |
| Anupam Kher | Seth Dharamchand | |
| Tiku Talsania | Sharma, Editor of Daily Toofan | |
| Rakesh Bedi | Khabrilal | Private Detectives |
| Veerendra Saxena | ||
| Sameer Chitre | Actor Deepak Kumar | With whom Pooja falls in Love and runs away from home |
| Deepak Tijori | Fisherman | Special Appearances In the Song "Galyat Saakli Sonyachi" |
| Roma Manek | Fisherwomen | |
| Rajesh Puri | Dharamchand P.A | |
| Mushtaq Khan | Bus Conductor | |
| Javed Khan Amrohi | Purse Snatcher | |
| Avtaar Gill | Kidnapper | |
| Shammi | Parsi Lady | Who Gives Lift to Raghu and Pooja |
| Ghanshyam Rohera | Tempo Driver | |
| Dinyar Tirandaz | Parsi Guest House Owner | |
| Shobha Khote | Inn Managers | |
| Amrit Patel | ||
| Shehnaz Kudia | Anna, Secretary in Daily Toofan Newspaper Office |
Awards
Won
- Best Female Playback Singer – Anuradha Paudwal for "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin"
Nominated
- Best Film – Robin Bhatt and Sharad Joshi
- Best Director – Mahesh Bhatt
- Best Actor – Aamir Khan
- Best Comedian – Anupam Kher
- Best Lyricist – Faaiz Anwar for "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin"
Soundtrack
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| Released | June 13, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Sudeep Studio Pvt. Ltd. | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 56:53 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Director | Nadeem Shravan | |||
| Producer | Gulshan Kumar | |||
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The soundtrack of the film is composed by the music director duo Nadeem-Shravan. The song lyrics were written by Sameer, Faaiz Anwar, Rani Malik and Aziz Khan. All the songs are sung by Anuradha Paudwal, along with co-singers Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Babla Mehta and Debashish Dasgupta. On first release of audio, all the songs were originally voiced by Babla Mehta, but later was released with Kumar Sanu replacing Mehta, except "Galyat Sankali Sonyachi" sung by Mehta and "Dil Tujhpe Aa Gaya" sung by Abhijeet. The album became very popular in India with tracks like the title track and "Tu Pyaar Hai Kisi Aur Ka" being very successful in the '90s, and are popular to date. It was the 5th best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of 1991 with 2.5 million units sold.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Duration |
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| 1 | "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" (Duet) | Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal | Faaiz Anwar | 06:08 |
| 2 | "O Mere Sapno Ke Saudagar" | Anuradha Paudwal | Sameer | 05:05 |
| 3 | "Kaise Mizaj Aap Ke Hain" | Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu | Faaiz Anwar | 05:39 |
| 4 | "Dil Tujhpe Aa Gaya" (Deleted Song) | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Anuradha Paudwal | Sameer | 04:38 |
| 5 | "Dulhan Tu Doolah Main" | Anuradha Paudwal, Debashish Das Gupta | Aziz Khan | 04:57 |
| 6 | "Adayein Bhi Hain" | Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu | Sameer | 05:32 |
| 7 | "Tu Pyaar Hai Kisi Aur Ka" | Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu | Sameer | 06:48 |
| 8 | "Galyat Sankali Sonyachi" | Anuradha Paudwal, Babla Mehta, Debashish Dasgupta | Sameer | 06:44 |
| 9 | "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" (Female) | Anuradha Paudwal | Faiz Anwar | 06:09 |
| 10 | "Hum To Mashoor Hue" | Anuradha Paudwal | Rani Malik | 05:07 |
| 11 | "Mainu Ishq Da Lagiya Rog" | Anuradha Paudwal | Sameer | 05:44 |