Dil Chahta Hai Scene Analysis

“Dil Chahta Hai” is a “coming of age” movie. It tells the story of three individuals, bonded in friendship during their years of carefree bachelorhood and how they evolve into mature individuals as time passes, to come out stronger within the bonds of friendship in adulthood than they had been in youth. The two scenes in Goa reflect the coming of age of all the three main protagonists. One comes almost at the beginning of the movie. It shows the three men perched on the wrecked remains of a fort overlooking the ocean. It is a poignant scene that depicts the intensity of the bonds of friendship between the three friends, and for the first time, allows the audience a glimpse into their underlying natures- the mature, serious and emotional sides of themselves. In that scene, they talk about coming back to this exact place every year for a couple of days, just to unwind. It represents a landmark in the movie where for the first time, they shed their immature personas and in a few compelling moments, pledge their friendship to one another, effectively rendering this site special, almost sacred to their friendship. There are two scenes shot in this site. The aforementioned scene and the climax scene, where they are depicted at making good of their promise to come back to the place of the incidence of their pledge to one another. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the nuances between the two times, and the transition, essentially capturing the birth of the three protagonists’ pledge to one another, to the time that the promise is carried out in the climax. It is as if the friendship is given real meaning in the first scene, where the viewers are given insight into the depth of their kinship for the first time, and the last scene is to celebrate the success of a triumphant bond. Life is not a perpetual party, and the former scene is the first time the protagonists seem to acknowledge the fact within their own company. A couple of