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‘All we wanted was to make Dil Chahta Hai’: Farhan Akhtar celebrates 20 years of Excel Entertainment

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Actor-director Farhan Akhtar has shared a put up on Instagram to have a good time twentieth anniversary of not simply his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai, but in addition manufacturing firm Excel Entertainment. Founded by Farhan and his buddy, producer Ritesh Sidhwani, Excel Entertainment’s first mission was an enormous vital and industrial success and has additionally turn into a beloved cult movie that captured the kids’ zeitgeist of early twenty first century.

The coming-of-age romantic comedy starred Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles.

Akhtar shared a video montage of various tasks from the corporate and wrote within the caption, “20 Years Of Excel. And to think all we wanted was to just make Dil Chahta Hai.” The montage included the movies made by the manufacturing firm over time together with Lakshya, Rock On!!, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Gully Boy, amongst others.

He added, “Thank you life for having other plans. Thank you to all actors, writers, directors, technicians, music directors, lyricists and every single person from all creative departments and production teams that walked alongside and sometimes carried me on this journey. None of it was possible without you. And none of it was possible without the love of you, the audiences. It’s been your support that’s given wings to our dreams. Thank you.”

Apart from Dil Chahta Hai, Excel Entertainment can also be behind such well-appreciated movies comparable to Rock On!!, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Talaash, Fukrey, Gully Boy, amongst others.
Excel Entertainment is behind the primary Indian net collection mission — Inside Edge — in 2017. Since then, the corporate has bankrolled hit collection like Mirzapur and Made in Heaven.