Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)

The story of four lovers: Rahul, Ajay, Pooja, and Nisha. This Yash Chopra fantasy explores romance as the days go on, and who live in a really nice dream house while their dreams come true.

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Tanuja Chandra (screenplay), Aditya Chopra (dialogue),

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor

7 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Rahul
Madhuri Dixit	...	Pooja
Karisma Kapoor	...	Nisha
Akshay Kumar	...	Ajay (Special Appearance)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Murad Ali
Hemlata Deepak
Aruna Irani	...	Nisha's Dai
Farida Jalal	...	Ajay's mother
Suresh Menon
Tanya Mukherjee
Balvinder Singh Suri
Rajesh Tandon
Shruti Ultaf
Priya Varma
Shivani Vazir

Storyline

Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is a dancer and the director of a successful music and dance troupe. He believes that Nisha (Karisma Kapoor), one of his dancers, is his best friend; Nisha acts like his pal, but is secretly in love with him. Nisha injures her foot and Rahul needs a new dancer. He hires Pooja (Madhuri Dixit). She and Rahul are increasingly attracted to each other, but they act as if it were not happening. Pooja, unknown to Rahul, is already engaged to Ajay (Akshay Kumar), the son of family friends who raised her when her parents were killed. A romance with another man would be scandalous, and be a disappointment to her auntie and uncle, who want to see her marry their son. She tries to keep her distance from Rahul and Rahul, puzzled by her mixed signals, does not push matters. Nisha, however, her senses sharpened by jealousy, sees it all. Rather than try to stop the affair, however, she decides to leave India for a time and let matters take their course. She truly loves Rahul, ...

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Plot Keywords:

local blockbuster

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Taglines:

Someone..... Somewhere..... is made for you.

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Yash Raj Films [in] (english)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

31 October 1997 (India)

Also Known As:

Bolond a szív

Filming Locations:

Brenner's Park-Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

179 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shiamak Davar's debut as a film choreographer.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rahul: What is love?
Pooja: Love?... Love is life.

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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits, the seventh couple is Aditya Chopra and his then-wife Payal Chopra. The 24th couple is Yash Johar and his wife Hiroo Johar. The 26th and final couple is director Yash Chopra with his wife Pamela Chopra.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Luv Storys (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Bholi Le Surat"
Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan
Composed by Uttam Singh
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi

User Reviews

Glorious Days of Yashraj Films

One of the last movies coming from the Yashraj banner where quality stood sacrosanct. Every department exhibits the Yash Raj signature stamp over it. As usual Yash Raj takes a single theme and puts his heart and soul into it ensuring the audience feels and connects. With Dil Toh Paagal Hain he attempts to convey "Someone..... Somewhere..... is made for you" and it comes across poetically beautiful.

¤ SRK:: He hams to his very best, but guess what? It goes extremely well with the character of Rahul. Rightfully, he is very soul of DTPH.

¤ Madhuri Dixit:: The first-choice of "Darr" gets opportunity to work with Yashraj. She was spot-on in the character. And was absolutely gorgeous (special credits the costumes/ wardrobe department).

¤ Karishma:: Fantastic performance. Call it ill-fate or whatever, post- Yash raj practically every top-actress begins her journey towards exit.

¤ Akshay Kumar:: His cameo was supposed to be the surprise element which later on many copied. He was extremely raw in terms of performance but hey, he got the best song (the title song).

¤ Aruna Irani:: Another important cameo which was effectively incorporated into the storyline as an important cog-in-the-wheel. And she delivered the goods to the utmost satisfaction.

Music is one of the strong-points of DTPH. A couple of listens and they linger on for years to come. When it comes to Yashraj the lyrics from Anand Bakshi are a notch above the his usual. Playback from Lata was at its angelic best (and perhaps the last!). Costumes/ wardrobe were aesthetically beautiful. Manmohan Singh carries his signature style when it comes to DOP. Choreography was different from the Shiamak Davar group. Special mention is deserved for the story/ screenplay & dialogues.

Finally the best part was the opening credits which truly communicates the entire message of the movie - simply awesome. Hats off Yash-ji!