Dimple Kapadia reveals why she did Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai is one of the iconic films of Bollywood with an evergreen story about friendship and love. In the film, Akshaye Khanna’s character falls in love with an older woman, played by Dimple Kapadia. Now, the actress revealed in a recent interview that it was Akshaye who convinced her to do the film.

She said, “Akshaye Khanna called me up. He was such a sweetheart. He said, ‘Please, please, do it for me.’ And yeah, I said, of course. And thank God I did it because working with Zoya and working with that team was completely…I think by this time, it was a different kind of generation I was working with. So, it was very, very rewarding and it helped me a lot there.”

The film stars Aamir Kham, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni and Dimple Kapadia among others. Talking of Dimple, the actress was last seen in the films Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya and Murder Mubarak.