Dil Ka Rishta

2003 2h 30m HI

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6.4

MID

★6.4TMDB · 48

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Wealthy Jai Mehta is a young man with a heart that has gold. He supports many charitable organizations in India and one day when he visits a deaf and dumb school, he falls in love with the teacher there, Tia Sharma, expresses his love to her and is openly humiliated when she introduces her fiancé, Raj. Soon after Raj and Tia gets married and are proud parents of a baby boy, Anshu. A heart broken Jai takes to alcohol and one night under the influence of alcohol, Jai's car collide with Raj and Tia's car mysteriously killing Raj and seriously injuring Tia about the head. Tia is treated by doctor, recovers but is unable to remember anything from her troubled past. Jai makes it his responsibility to take care of her, slowly she falls in love with him and proposes marriage. But will this marriage takes place or will Tia remembers her past and takes revenge from Jai for the death of her husband and for her current condition

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Arjun Rampal
Jai Mehta
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Tia Sharma
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Raj
Rakhee Gulzar
Tia's Mother
Isha Koppikar
Anita
Paresh Rawal
Tiku Talsania

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Naresh Malhotra
Writers: Shabbir Boxwala, Vrinda Rai
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Naresh Malhotra, shot by Ashok Mehta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Naresh Malhotra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Arjun Rampal and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Priyanshu Chatterjee carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0330217 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Naresh Malhotra directs. Ashok Mehta behind the camera. Nadeem Akhtar Saifi scores. Naresh Malhotra cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Naresh Malhotra, shot by Ashok Mehta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Naresh Malhotra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Arjun Rampal and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Priyanshu Chatterjee carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0330217 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.