dil chahta hai star represent aamir khan and saif ali khan and akshaye khanna and preity zinta and sonali kulkarni and dimple kapadia and ayub khan director represent farhan akhtar music represent shankar eshan loy release . debutant director farhan akhtar ( son of javed akhtar and honey irani ) dil chahta hai be the story of three friend and their respective thinking of love . it have a new and trendy and youthful look and completely different from the standard norm of the bollywood film . akash ( aamir khan ) and sameer ( saif ali khan ) and siddharth aka sid ( akshaye khanna ) and three close friend and have complete their education and be on the threshold of life . akash do not believe in love . he be a flirt and his love affair do not last for more than a month . sameer believe in love . he be always carry his heart on his palm and fall in love every time . but he still have not find that special girl . sid and a painter and be the most sensitive and mature among the three . he know the true meaning of love . he find love in everything and everywhere and everytime . all three be enjoy life . then come the twist when sid fall in love with old woman tara jaiswal ( dimple kapadia ) and an interior designer and who be a divorcee . akash be not able to understand the depth of sid love and hurt his sentiment for which sid slap akash and thus create a rfit between the two friend . sameer try to bridge the gap but be unsuccessful . sid leave for a painting workshop at kaushali . akash leave for australia for his dad business . on the flight and he meet shalini ( preity zinta ) and who he have briefly know earlier . their friendship slowly blossom into love . meanwhile sameer also find his special girl in pooja ( sonali kulkarni ) and whom he want to marry . time have pass . all three friend be again in the same town but thing be different for them now . full mark to director farhan akhtar for give a completely new and fresh look to the film in his debut film . the storyline be different from the run of the mill fare which we be use to see for such a long time . farhan be a welcomed entry in the list of talented and young director . he have also dare to be different . he have take care of the minute detail in the film . technically and the film be no way behind some of the best hollywood movie . now the performance all the three lead be fabulous . they all fit their role to a t. aamir khan a expect be the best . he be too good in the comic scene and be excellent in the emotional scene also especially in the scene when he break down on the phone while talk to his father . he definitely be the best among the current lot who do his work with precision and utmost dedication . saif ali khan be a wonderful surprise in this film . this be his career best role and one can not imagine anyone else play sameer role . his sense of timing and facial expression be very natural and make sameer a very adorable character in the film . the least significant role be of sameer but saif make it very important . now come the final winner akshaye khanna . an actor par excellence and very natural in front of the camera and akshaye have play the role of sid to perfection . his emotion and expressive face say a lot . he have give a spell bind performance . preity look great in her new look and have act well . sonali kulkarni be waste and dimple kapadia still look gorgeous and play her role well . music and the picturisation of the song flow with the mood of the film . the locale of sydney and goa have be brilliantly shoot . the first half of the film have some of the light good moment . the second half be fill with emotion though the aamir preity affair have be stretch a lot thus make the film a bit lengthy . but one thing be sure bollywood have get one more talented director in farhan akhtar .