Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Dimple Kapadia Reveals Dil Chahta Hai Hairstyle Frustration
Dil Chahta Hai is a popular Hindi film about friendship and relationships.
The movie recently reached its 25th anniversary.
The cast and filmmakers met at a reunion to remember making it.
Dimple Kapadia talked about her hairstyle in the film.
She was used to having big, full hair, but her hair was made very flat.
She joked that she did not recognise herself.
When the hairstylist was away, Dimple sometimes added volume back to her hair.
Saif Ali Khan said it was new for actors to have a hairstylist manage their looks before scenes.
Dimple Kapadia said she disliked her flat hairstyle in Dil Chahta Hai.
She joked that she did not recognise herself after losing her usual hair volume.
Hairstylist Avan Contractor created character-specific looks for the film’s cast.
Contractor said Farhan Akhtar’s vision guided the film’s hairstyles.
Saif Ali Khan recalled that actors previously styled their own hair before filming.
- Who
- Dimple Kapadia, hairstylist Avan Contractor, Farhan Akhtar, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and others from the Dil Chahta Hai team.
- What
- The cast discussed the film’s memorable hairstyles at a 25th-anniversary reunion, including Dimple Kapadia’s dissatisfaction with her flat hairstyle.
- When
- The discussion took place around Dil Chahta Hai’s 25th anniversary; the film was released in 2001.
- Where
- At a reunion attended by members of the Dil Chahta Hai team; the article does not specify the venue.
- Why
- The reunion was organised to remember the film’s production, friendships and enduring hairstyles.
- Film
- Dil Chahta Hai
- Release year
- 2001
- Anniversary
- 25 years
- Director
- Farhan Akhtar
- Hairstylist
- Avan Contractor
- Dimple Kapadia’s complaint
- She felt her traditionally voluminous hair had been styled too flat.
- Characters discussed
- Akash, Sameer and Sid