Dil (1990 film)

Dil
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Directed by	Indra Kumar
Produced by	Indra Kumar Ashok Thakeria
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues) Naushir Khatau
Screenplay by	Rajeev Kaul Praful Parekh
Starring	Aamir Khan Madhuri Dixit Saeed Jaffrey Deven Verma Anupam Kher
Narrated by	Madhuri Dixit
Music by	Anand-Milind
Cinematography	Baba Azmi
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawala
Production company	Maruti International
Release date	22 June 1990
Running time	172 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹2 crore
Box office	est. ₹20 crore

Dil (transl. Heart) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, starring Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, and Saeed Jaffrey. It was directed by Indra Kumar, written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey, with music composed by Anand-Milind. Dixit received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance. The film was remade in Telugu in 1993 under the title Tholi Muddhu, starring Prashanth and Divya Bharti; in Odia as Agni Parikshya, starring Siddhanta Mahapatra & Anu Choudhury. It was also remade in Bangladesh in 1997 under the title Amar Ghor Amar Beheshto, directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan, starring Shakil Khan, Popy, Ahmed Sharif and Tariq Anam Khan. The film was also remade in Kannada as Shivaranjini. The film was declared a blockbuster at the box office and the highest grosser of 1990.

Plot

Hazari Prasad, an absolute miser, dreams of finding a rich woman's marriage proposal for his son Raja, a college student and spendthrift interested in spending Hazari's money on wild parties.

Raja meets Madhu Mehra, an arrogant and beautiful girl. Enraged by her, she is misled by Raja into thinking that he is blind. He mocks her when she finds out the truth, and they quickly prank on each other.

Hazari looks for a bride with large dowry for Raja. He finds that his involvement in wastepaper business makes Raja a less-than-stellar marriage prospect. Accidentally, he runs into Madhu's rich father Durgesh. Hazari gives beggars large quantity of money to masquerade as wealthy acquaintances. He becomes friends with Durgesh, and they decide to get Raja and Madhu married, but when the children find the truth, they disagree to their fathers.

On a weekend college retreat, Madhu falsely accuses Raja of trying to rape her. With his reputation being ruined, he reprimands her for her dishonesty and thoughtlessness, saying many take revenge but he is different. Madhu instantly falls for Raja who now develops love for her too.

Durgesh discovers Hazari's true circumstances and insults and strikes him, who takes offense. Raja and Madhu are forbidden by them to see each other again. Nevertheless, Raja and Madhu secretly meet. When Durgesh finds this, he pays thugs to beat Raja and decides to send Madhu away where she will unable to contact Raja. However, Raja sneaks into the Mehra house and marries Madhu. Durgesh banishes Madhu from the house.

Hazari also disowns Raja, who moves into a small shack with Madhu and works as a constructionist. Despite their poverty, they live happily until Raja is hurt at construction site. Madhu leaves to beg Hazari for money to pay an emergency operation. He agrees, only if she divorces Raja. Hazari removes her wedding necklace.

Madhu returns to Durgesh and is forgiven but he orders her to never see Raja. When Raja recovers, Hazari lies that Madhu never visited him at the hospital. Believing Madhu deserted him, Raja returns to his home. His mother Savitri reveals to him that Madhu was blackmailed by Hazari. Raja rushes to stop Madhu from taking a plane to London but is late as it takes off. Luckily, she didn't take the plane and meets him. They reunite and everyone live happily, as Hazari and Durgesh repent for their deeds.

Cast

• Aamir Khan as Raja Prasad
• Madhuri Dixit as Madhu Mehra
• Anupam Kher as Hazari Prasad
• Padmarani as Savitri Prasad
• Saeed Jaffrey as Durgesh Mehra
• Shammi as Malini Mehra
• Adi Irani as Shakti
• Deven Verma as Inspector Ghalib
• Satyendra Kapoor as Girdhari Laal
• Rajesh Puri as Pandit Ji
• Kishore Bhanushali as Dev
• Dinesh Hingoo as Pandu Prakashan
• Ajit Vachani as Potential in law of Hazari Prasad

Soundtrack

The lyrics of all songs were written by Sameer, and the music was composed by Anand Milind. Two songs were originally sung by Alka Yagnik in a different company, but later were dubbed by Anuradha Paudwal. The song oh priya priya was originally composed by Ilaiyaraaja originally sung by Chithra & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in the Telugu film Geethanjali.

The film's soundtrack album sold 5 million cassettes, making it one of the best-selling Bollywood music albums at the time, along with Maine Pyar Kiya.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mujhe Neend Na Aaye"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal	06:14
2.	"Hum Pyaar Karne Wale"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal	06:57
3.	"Hum Ne Ghar Chora Hai"	Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam	06:18
4.	"Khambe Jaise Khari Hai"	Udit Narayan	05:26
5.	"Dam Dama Dam"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal	06:40
6.	"O Priyaa Priyaa"	Anuradha Paudwal, Suresh Wadkar	06:03
7.	"Saansein Teri" (Sad)	Sadhana Sargam	02:16
Total length:			39:54

Awards and nominations

The 3rd Biggest Blockbuster Film in Bollywood released in 1990. At the 36th Filmfare Awards the film won one award out of eight nominations.

Award	Category	Recipients and Nominees	Results
36th Filmfare Awards	Best Film	Indra Kumar	Nominated
	Best Actor	Aamir Khan	Nominated
	Best Actress	Madhuri Dixit	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Anupam Kher	Nominated
	Best Music Director	Anand-Milind	Nominated
	Best Lyricist	Sameer for "Mujhe Neend Na Aaye"	Nominated
	Best Male Playback Singer	Suresh Wadkar for "O Priyaa Priyaa"	Nominated
	Best Female Playback Singer	Anuradha Paudwal for "Mujhe Neend Na Aaye"	Nominated

External links

• Dil on IMDb