Saif recalls, “Yes Dillagi Will always mean the world to me. It was the first time I was paired opposite Kajol as the lead, which was important to me because the first time someone wanted to cast us together was in Rahul Rawail’s Bekhudi, but it didn’t make into a film. Found.
Saif remembers shooting for Yeh Dillagi like it was yesterday. “I remember shooting so clearly! Shimla was lovely, cold and covered in snow. We had a lot of laughs while shooting for the film. Akshay Kumar and I became good friends and we would do all kinds of extra-curricular activities Have become.
Saif also remembers Akshay Kumar being the spotboy during the shoot. “Akshay’s spotboy used to wake me up early in the morning singing Khiladi songs in a loud voice.”
Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen songs like Hothon Pe Baas Tera Naam Hai and Ole Ole are fondly remembered.
Evers Saif, “The film had lovely music…and Ole Ole was the main attraction. The moment we heard it, we all loved the song. We heard it twenty-five times in a row! Saroj Khan ji His best assistants were working on that song and Ahmed Khan, now a senior choreographer and director, worked with me and taught me the moves.
Saif also pitched sartorially for the song. “We rehearsed a lot and I wore my new Armani jacket. The banner was Aditya Films, a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films, formed to work with new directors and expand Yash Raj Films into a studio. All things were new and visionary.”
Saif is all praise for his co-stars in Yell Dillagi. “Akshay was brilliant as the protective and principled elder brother, Kajol was great as the spirited and innocent girl. I had a lot of fun playing Casanova Vicky who I thought was a really funny and mischievous guy! After Akshay and Kajol finally ended up together, I found a stranded Karisma Kapoor with a voluminous hairstyle zipping off into the sunset, unfixed and untraceable.
Saif looks at Yeh Dillagi with love and gratitude, “We had a lovely time. Thanks to Yash Raj Films and Aditya Chopra for my first hit film and to the lovely Naresh Malhotra who guided me so carefully.