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Dil To Pagal Hai (Devanagari: दिल तो पागल है) (The Heart Is Crazy) is a Bollywood comedy/drama, released October 31 1997, depicting the love-lives of dancers in a musical dance troupe. It was directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, with a guest appearance by Akshay Kumar. It won seven Filmfare awards, including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.

The tagline is "Someone..... Somewhere..... is made for you."

Synopsis

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, unbeknownst 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, and wishes only the best for him.

As preparations for the new show continue, Pooja finally tells Rahul that she is engaged to Ajay; Rahul is deeply hurt. He revises the show to reflect his new unhappiness.

Nisha returns from London to view the new production and complains that it has an unhappy ending. Rahul refuses to change it; the story reflects his relationship to Pooja the way he sees it.

In the end, Rahul decides to make one last effort to revive his romance with Pooja. Pooja is torn between love and duty until Ajay, who has realized what is going on, releases Pooja from her engagement.

Pooja and Rahul reconcile and all ends happily -- for Rahul and Pooja.

The film has often been rumored to be (very loosely) inspired by Paul Verhoeven's much-maligned American film Showgirls (1995), which also featured a plot surrounding an injured young ingénue who has to be replaced by another performer. However, it could be argued that this plot has been a staple of plays and films about show business.

Cast

Shahrukh Khan
... Rahul
Madhuri Dixit
... Pooja
Karisma Kapoor
... Nisha
Akshay Kumar
... Ajay (Guest Appearance)
Farida Jalal ... Pooja`s aunt
Yash Chopra
.... Himself (opening credits sequence)

Awards

1998 Filmfare Awards

Best Film
Best Actor (Shahrukh Khan)
Best Actess (Madhuri Dixit)
Supporting Actress (Karisma Kapoor),
Filmfare Best Art Direction Award (Sharmishta Roy)
Best Dialogue (Aditya Chopra)
Best Music Director (Uttam Singh)

1998 National Awards

Best Supporting Actress (Karisma Kapoor
)

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