Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin

''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'' () 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.

''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'' plot was inspired from the 1934 Hollywood film '' It Happened One Night'' starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. In turn, ''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'' was remade in Telugu as ''Kurradi Kurrodu'' (1994) and 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. The film's soundtrack, with music by Nadeem–Shravan, was also praised.

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. Seth Dharamchand, realizing his daughter has run away, advertises a reward for anyone who can find Pooja.

Aboard the bus, Pooja meets Raghu Jaitley, a loud-mouthed 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. He leaves Pooja temporarily intending to ask his boss for money so that he can ask her to marry him. Pooja also falls for Raghu and she decides to be with him, but she misses his note and thinks he has abandoned her.

She calls it quits, returns home, and prepares to marry Deepak. Her father learns about Raghu when Raghu comes to him asking for the money he spent on Pooja trying to get her to Bangalore. Seth Dharamchand realizes that Raghu took care of Pooja during the trip and asks Raghu if he is in love with her. Raghu admits he is. Pooja is initially angry thinking that Raghu came forward to claim the reward money. However, her father reveals the true purpose of Raghu's visit and tells her that Raghu loves her. Pooja runs away from the marriage hall with her father's support to reunite with Raghu.

Cast

* Aamir Khan - Raghu Jaitley
* Pooja Bhatt - Pooja Dharamchand
* Anupam Kher - Seth Dharamchand
* Tiku Talsania - Sharmaji, editor of the Daily Toofan newspaper and Raghu's boss
* Rakesh Bedi, Veerendra Saxena - Private Detectives Bhagwat and Kaushik
* Sameer Chitre - Deepak Kumar
* Deepak Tijori, Roma Manek - Special appearances in the song "Galyat Saakli Sonyachi"
* Rajesh Puri - Seth Dharamchand's P. A.
* Mushtaq Khan - Bus Conductor
* Javed Khan Amrohi - Purse Snatcher
* Avtaar Gill - Kidnapper
* Shammi - Parsi Lady
* Ghanshyam Rohera - Tempo Driver
* Dinyar Tirandaz - Parsi Guest House Owner
* Shobha Khote, Amrit Patel - Inn Managers
* Shehnaz Kudia - Anna, secretary at the Daily Toofan office

Awards

37th Filmfare Awards:

Won
* Best Female Playback Singer ''–'' Anuradha Paudwal for "Dil Hai Ke 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

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" (based on the Saleem Kausar ghazal "Main khayal hoon kisi aur ka") being very successful in the '90s, and are popular to date. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2,500,000 units sold the soundtrack became the fifth highest-selling album of the year.

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1990s Hindi-language films
1990s Indian films
Indian road movies
Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan
Indian remakes of American films
Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Hindi films remade in other languages
1991 romantic drama films
Indian romantic drama films
Films with screenplays by Robin Bhatt
T-Series (company) films
Indian romantic comedy films
Indian screwball comedy films
Films about buses
Comedy of remarriage films
Films about interclass romance
Films about journalists
Films about runaways
Films set in country houses
Films about hitchhiking
Films set in Mumbai
Films shot in Mumbai
Films set in Bengaluru
Films based on American short stories
Films based on works by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Films based on adaptations
Films shot in Bengaluru
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Hindi remakes of English films