Mumbai, Aug. 9 -- Farhan Akhtar has revisited the making of "Dil Chahta Hai" and recalled the considerable challenge of assembling its cast, particularly at a time when Hindi cinema was dominated by romantic plots and multi-starrer love stories.
On the occasion of the completion of 25 years of the film, Akhtar said that at that time there was a trend of love triangle films in Hindi cinema, whereas he wanted to make a story centered on friendshipHe explained the difficulty of casting Aamir Khan in the film, saying, "Casting Aamir Khan wasn't easy. Everyone said, 'I don't want to do a multi-hero film.' At that time, everyone wanted to do a love triangle."The 52-year-old actor-director said that from the beginning, he didn't want to follow th...