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Well, Dil Ka Rishta is a poorly written melodrama which offers nothing special to its audiences except for some moments here and there and a beauty named Aishwarya Rai. The story is clichéd and pointless, and the proceedings are nothing but ordinary and uninteresting series of events which make absolutely no sense. At times I felt it was just made for the sake of making. The film's music is also not particularly good, which is a great disappointment since I've always liked Nadeem Shravan's compositions regardless of how much I enjoyed a film. The title song is nice though. The film stars Aishwarya Rai in the leading role of Tia. She is beautiful, that's something that has been said a million times already but it's not enough to carry the film, especially considering that her acting is not very impressive in this film and she is just okay. See movies like Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam to understand how the combination of her beauty and acting makes wonders. Arjun Rampal is also okay though in his favour it can be said that he tried his best. Talents like Isha Koppikar and Paresh Rawal are once again wasted, and sadly so. To sum it up, Dil Ka Rishta is a forgettable film which could be easily skipped or avoided.

I think that the first time I saw it, it will be good because the cast are Arjun and Aishwarya and their both were famous, but my opinion was absolutely wrong, the movie was bad and they were acting very bad until I can not feel any emotion from this movie.

The story is not so bad if they can make it better for the ending. I really feel dismiss by this movie and don't know what to say anymore. Even Aishwarya can not save this movie from run down from the box office. Beside there is nothing important moment that I can think that it was good enough to watched.

Aishwarya was so thin in this movie, looks like she doesn't eat enough food in this movie (thank God she's fatter in Bride And Prajudice).

Dil ka Rishta will soon be a forgotten memory in Ashwaria career.

The concept of the story is a tried and tested formula guaranteed with some level of success. Unfortunately, it comes at a time when Indian audiences are expecting more from movie then a simple story being retold. They expect a new twist or angle or a new concept all together. This Dil ka Rishta does not deliver.

There is nothing new to the story that has already not been seen before: boy likes girl, she likes someone else and by coincidental twist of fate the boy is responsible for the girls future. The locations are all to common and the songs not that memorable.

It is an unfortunate fact that Ash, as good as she is has not delivered an entertaining movie since her Taal / Devdas days, and with only a few big banner projects for 2004, one wonders if she is still the reigning queen of bollywood?

Dil Ka Rishta is really not a bad movie, but it does falter in a bit. The story-line is way too predictable. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl but girl is in love with another man. Then boy gets depressed and girl marries the other man until tragic happens. Yup. That sums it up in 2 hours of a movie. I like romantic movies but this one i can just pass and call it a day. Performance wise: Aishwarya Rai was good but she really needs to stop crying at everything. Arjun Rampal was okay. I honestly wished someone else can fill in for Priyanshu Chaterjee, but then again who would wanna be wasted? Paresh Rawal and Rakhee Gulzar were amazing. I wish i could see more Rakhee in newer films.

The saving grace of the movie was the music. I don't know why you guys hate the music? The music was excellent. All the songs were great. Nadeem-Shravan never disappoints with music, though i wish they could make more. Nowadays, Bollywood music sucks. I wish the old days were back. And that's why i rated the movie with 7, mostly because of the music

Dil Ka Rishta's script is like it came from my childhood romantic imagination. I love romantic movies, I love musicals, I love beautiful people. This movie has it all. It was my very first real Bollywood movie. As I watched it, I could not believe my eyes. An extremely beautiful leading man falling for an extremely beautiful leading lady, songs galore, drama, comedy, music, dance, etc. Does a movie need anything more? I know that the script is a little hard to take for the western world but, let it slide, and embark on this wonderful ride that is Bollywood. Aishwarya carries the weight on the movie on her able shoulders especially when it comes to the dancing. She is a wonder to behold! In all of the songs, she is a revelation but more so in Saajan Saajan.

Dil ka rishta is an extremely underrated movie with an amazing cast of Aishwarya, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Rakhi Gulzar and worth mentioning special appearance by Priyanshu Chaterjee. Though the movie was released in 2003 but it has all the components of the 90s cinema. The music of Nadeem Shravan was beautiful, especially Dil churale and the title song. Arjun Rampal and Aishwarya Rai both did a decent job. Arjun Rampal looked so handsome and Priyanshu Chatterjee was phenomenal in his special screen time, the movie is more tragic than romance and sensitive in various aspects. Overall a good family emotional drama, give it a try it will not disappoint you.

Dil ka rishta is a worth see for fans of aishwarya but for others it doesn't delivers too much. The pre-release hype rose expectations of viewers but apart from good performances by aishwarya (as tia) and arjun rampal (sa jai) the film fails to deliver much. The movie is about this guy jai who loves tia so much that even after around four years of their last meeting he drinks to fight with the memories of his first (and last) love. And finally when he decides to give up the alcohol thing he crashes into tia's car. Tia loses her husband and guess what her memory (..phew). Any how first half keeps you interesting but the fate of the movie depends on the second half which is penned unimaginably. Predictably now tia is after jai and he cant reciprocate knowing the truth (and the presence of tia's mother). Somehow he describes the whole thing to tia (though Dr claimed it could cause her death..:() Anyhow arjun rampal has come up with a great performance while aishwarya has done her bit looking amazing sometimes and disappointing othertimes (esp in the song daiya daiya..). A lot of effort wasted i guess with a loose ending. The writer and the director should have culminated the story in a much more intriguing and efficient manner.

Music of the movie is awesome....my favorite Alka and K Sanu... Aish looked beautiful in Indian dresses. Story could have been better.

I loved this movie. The acting was phenomenal and the story was incredibly well written. A touching romance.

The irresistible, macho and perfect man Jai fails to win over the woman of his dreams Tia. Destiny plays its cruel games and in Tia's eyes, Jai soon sees the love, affection and adoration that he had only dreamt of. However, he cannot reciprocate her affection; cannot give Tia a place in his heart although he loves her silently and intensely. What makes Tia fall in love with Jai? Why does Jai turn away from that precious love? All is revealed in 'Dil Ka Rishta', a touching film and an emotional journey on celluloid.

Much contrary to its poor ratings, this movie is a delight to watch. The script however not very novel still has a freshness and the good performances by Rakhee, Priyanshu Chaterjee, Arjun Rampal, Isha Kopikar and in parts Aishwarya Rai lends it the emotional depth which such stories demand. The script is convincing as Billionaires son Jai Mehta( Arjun Rampal) sees Tia( Aishwarya) and falls for her. Arjun's charms lend the initial scenes such raw appeal. He is heartbroken when he learns that Tia loves an orphan Raj( Priyanshu) but is given hope by his father Paresh Rawal and best friend Isha Kopikar to pursue her. Arjun has surprisingly nailed the expressions of hope and despair in love and looks irresistibly handsome. He pursues her till he realises that she and Raj are happy together but never stops pining for her even after she is married and has a baby.

Everything changes when in inebriated state, Jai's car hits Tia and Raj's car in which Anita and Raj die on the spot and Tia loses her memory.

Guilt and grief striken Jai accept his fault to Rakhee and pleads for punishment and asks for the responsibility of their family. Rakhee hates him but agrees to go with him to South Africa as doctors have warned them not to make Tia remember anything as this may prove fatal to her health.

Jai gets the companionship of Tia, whom he always yearned for but his guilt conscience makes him stay away from her. His conflicted emotions are portrayed very well and his pain looks realistic.

He craved for Tia's affection all his life and it was breaking him all the more when he was pushing her away which give some beautiful emotional scenes in the second half.

In the end everyone accepts Tia but Jai and all ends well when he reveals the truth to her and is forgiven. Paresh Rawal also reveals about Jai's love for Tia from the beginning which she doesn't remember and nobody else knows.

Aishwarya has looked very gorgeous but her acting is sub standard. Her way of acting, her over expressions were always annoying in the initial years of her career. She gave some career best performance later like Hum Dil De..., Devdas etc but this film shows her mettle only in parts.

She gets the most meaty role but doesn't shines even as a daughter, mother or lover. I preferred Arjun performance so much more, it was nuanced and emotional and in a short role Isha Kopikkar shines. Priyanshu initially is annoying but later holds well and Rakhee are a stern mother is convincing. Paresh Rawal is as usual good.

All in all it was a nice film which I watch whenever it comes infront of me.

If there is any old movie worthy of seeing whether at cinematic or home level, it's Dil ka rishta. It's quite true that most of the story is a clichè but the part that surprised and caught me unawares is the accident and subsequent scenes, really,I never saw that coming,weldone all the team. The musical and other acts were mind-blowing,the emotions attached to it were otherworldly,some scenes made me almost shed a tear. The Jai Metha character really raised the bar of humanity when he took all the blame and responsibilities of the accident (I mean, who does that?). Once again,all I could say after seeing the movie was Jai Hind.

Very beautiful story. Handsome Arjun Rampal with Beauty Queen Aishwarya Rai. Priyanshu Chatterjee played a great role also. Romance,comedy,tragedy and melodious songs all are there to make it a great movie. Those people who do not understand the meaning of an innocent relationship will not accept the movie.

You would think that a movie starring the beautiful Aishwarya Rai and Arjun Rampal, there would be potential, but no, it fails on every level. It starts off like a normal family film, but takes a sudden turn once Rampal's character, Jai, finds out that Rai's character, Tia, is engaged to the love of her life, Raj (Priyanshu Chatterjee). From there, the movie goes downhill. Tia loses her memory and starts falling for Jai, but he constantly pushes her away. It just gets ridiculous when they say that regaining her memory will cause her to go crazy, but when everything is revealed at the end, she forgives him because she doesn't remember the past. That's a major plot devise. I feel sorry for Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu, two of the best singers, to have sung the songs in this film. Do not even go near it. If you see, just walk away.

Nothing excellent movie but pairing of the star cast is excellent.