Dil Dhadakne Do
2015 · India · 164 min
- Director
- Zoya Akhtar
- Screenplay
- Zoya Akhtar
- Producer
- Ritesh Sidhwani
- Music
- Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
- Production company
- Excel Entertainment
What the critics say
68 % Rotten Tomatoes positive reviewsCast
What it is about
The Mehras are a wealthy family from Delhi whose internal tensions have been building for years. To celebrate the parents' thirtieth wedding anniversary, they invite friends and family on a ten-day cruise across the Mediterranean. While the patriarch faces serious financial trouble at his company, his children, Ayesha and Kabir, carry personal conflicts of their own, and the voyage brings long-avoided issues into the open.
How it was made
Director Zoya Akhtar conceived Dil Dhadakne Do as a family drama centred on a brother-sister relationship, aiming for a more realistic portrayal of siblings than is typical in Bollywood. She wrote the script with Reema Kagti, while Farhan Akhtar penned the dialogue. Much of the principal photography took place aboard the cruise ship MS Sovereign as it sailed the Mediterranean and Europe, with additional shooting on land in France, Spain, Italy, Tunisia and Turkey. The soundtrack was composed by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
Reception and legacy
The film opened worldwide on 5 June 2015 to largely positive reviews, which praised the performances, the direction and the music, though critics pointed to its long runtime and its climax. It was a commercial success. At the 61st Filmfare Awards it received five nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for Anil Kapoor, and at the 2016 Screen Awards it earned nine nominations and two wins.
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Trivia
Filmed aboard a ship
Much of the film was shot on the cruise ship MS Sovereign while it sailed the Mediterranean and Europe.
Narration by Aamir Khan
The film features a voice-over narration by Aamir Khan, who is not part of the main cast.
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