Farhan Akhtar Rulez

Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya : The two movies made by Farhaan Akhtar that touch a chord everytime I watch them. Farhan Akhtar tells the story of human beings, their evolution, their angst, the battles that rage within a person. He manages to make his actors perform their best. These are the only two movies in which I like Preity Zinta.

While DCH shows Aakash's (Aamir Khan) journey from an irresponsible spoilt brat to a mature man in love, Lakshya chronicles Karan's (Hrithik Roshan) search for a meaning in his aimless life. When Lakshya was released, people were warned not to compare it to Dil Chahta Hai. It was judged to be not as good as Farhaan's previous movie. However, I believe that Lakshya is as good a movie as Dil Chahta Hai. The humor, the emotions, the music, the performances: Everything matches DCH standards. Since it had a patriotic twist to it which led to inclusion of war scenes, the movie was probably not as easy to identify with.

Conversations over the telephone played an important role in both his movies. In DCH, when Aamir Khan calls up Akshaye Khanna's home by mistake, when Aamir talks to his father from Australia and when he apologises to Akshaye Khanna; all three scenes touch your heart and in my case, make me cry! In Lakshya, Hrithik's conversation with his father on the eve of the final attempt to regain the peak from the Pakistanis is amazing. Hats off to both Hrithik and Boman.

I love both these movies and I think Farhaan Akhtar Rulez!!!