Aamir Khan, Pooja Bhatt’s Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin turns 30, she recalls how experts said film was too risky

Pooja Bhatt took to social media to recall her debut film, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, as it completed 30 years. It starred Aamir Khan opposite her and was directed by her father, Mahesh Bhatt.

Actor Pooja Bhatt on Monday celebrated 30 years of Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin and recalled how there were people who dubbed the romantic-comedy, also starring Aamir Khan, "too risky".

Pooja Bhatt and Aamir Khan in a still from Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin.

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Gulshan Kumar, the film was a major success upon its release in 1991.

Based on the Academy Award winning 1934 Hollywood classic It Happened One Night, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin marked the big screen debut of Pooja Bhatt in her father Mahesh Bhatt's directorial.

The film featured the actor as an heiress who runs away from home to be with her movie star boyfriend (played by Sameer Chitre) but meets Aamir Khan's Raghu on the way and falls in love with him.

"30 years of #DilHaiKeMantaNahin. Gratitude to #GulshanKumar for bankrolling a film that experts said was too risky...

"Where a woman runs away from home to marry someone, then changes her mind and runs away from the mandap to marry someone else. That too, with her father's blessings," the 49-year-old actor wrote.

Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin also cemented Aamir's position in the industry as a leading man after hits like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and 1990 romantic drama Dil.

The film was known for its chartbuster soundtrack by music director duo Nadeem-Shravan, which featured hit songs like Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, Tu Pyaar Hai Kisi Aur Ka and Adayein Bhi Hain among others, penned by Sameer, Faaiz Anwar and Rani Malik.