{
  "id": 382866,
  "title": "Dil Chahta Hai Turns 25: Did You Know Saif Ali Khan Almost Rejected The Film & Was Persuaded By THIS Actress To Play Sameer?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/dil-chahta-hai-turns-25-did-you-know-saif-ali-khan-almost-rejected",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T13:15:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/dil-chahta-hai-turns-25-did-you-know-saif-ali-khan-almost-rejected-the-film-was-persuaded-by-this-actress-to-play-sameer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As Dil Chahta Hai completes 25 years on Monday, August 10, the Farhan Akhtar directorial continues to be remembered as one of Hindi cinema’s most influential films about friendship, relationships and urban youth. But one of its most recognisable characters, Sameer, almost had a different fate, with Saif Ali Khan initially turning down the role because he felt he had very little to do in the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}