The constant sense of conflict in the story is the contrast with which Ayan and Alizeh view their relationship. Alizeh and Ayan turn out to be soul mates but things get complicated when Ayan falls in love but Alizeh refuses to make their relationship a traditional romantic one. This quirky start to their acquaintance continues right through the film. The clichés are thrown out as the boy cuddles up to her and kisses her like a gold fish. The initial attraction quickly turns to a make out session where the girl Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) finds out that the boy Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) is not your typical hormone driven lad. The story starts off in the most clichéd fashion. But even then, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil does enough to convince you that love can be an exhausting experience, but even in its challenges, it is the one true emotion that can give meaning to life. In the end, it does falter a bit, the end to Ranbir Kapoor’s and Anushka Sharma’s love story feels like a cop out. The very fact that this film successfully portrays love and its various facets with such deftness and control is its true success. Some platonic, some sexual and some mature. Instead it breaks love down into several individual feelings. It just doesn’t showcase love as one singular feeling of passion and greatness. Karan Johar said he wrote the film script in thirty days.Quick take: Passionate and mature take on loveĪe Dil Hai Mushkil is a definite comment on love. Many locals in Mumbai protested against this, at Mohammad Rafi Chowk in Bandra, saying it was an insult to legend.Ĩ. Sonu Nigam also slammed Karan Johar for using such a dialogue on Rafisahab in his films. Goa's director general of police, Muktesh Chander, predicted that people would boycott Ae Dil Hai Mushkil for its "insult" to Rafisahab. Karan Johar says that he was excited to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after several unsuccessful attempts to cast her in his previous films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil received nine nominations, including Best Director for Johar, and won four awards for its soundtrack.Ħ. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan teamed up with actor Ranbir Kapoor and director Karan Johar for the first time with this film.ĥ. However, Karan Johar decided to change the female characters to Indian Muslims to avoid further trouble after the film ran into controversy over the casting of a Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.Ĥ. The two leading female characters were originally supposed to be Pakistani women. Indian Political parties were against the release of the film, due to the involvement of Pakistani actors like Fawad Khan and Imran Abbas, as there were tensions between India and Pakistan after the Uri attack on September 18, 2016.ģ. The Censor Board later deleted three intimate scenes between Aishwarya Rai and Ranbir Kapoor.Ģ. Amitabh Bachchan, the father-in-law of Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, was upset with the bold scenes she had shot for the film. Viewers' Choice Award Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoorġ.Reader's Choice Best Supporting Actress: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Jury's Choice Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh.Screen Award Best Actress Anushka Sharma.Screen Award Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor.Screen Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Screen Award Best Playback Singer - Male: Amit Mishra.Screen Award Best Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty.Critics' Award Best Music Directior: Pritam Chakraborty.Critics' Award Best Song: Pritam Chakraborty,Amitabh Bhattacharya,Arijit Singh.Critics' Award Album of the Year: Pritam Chakraborty.Critics' Award Best Singer - Male: Arijit Singh.Jury Prize Lyricist of the Decade: Amitabh Bhattacharya.Filmfare Award Best Director: Karan Johar.Filmfare Award Best Actress: Anushka Sharma.Filmfare Award Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor.Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Female: Jonita Gandhi.Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Male: Amit Mishra.Burman Award New Music Talent: Amit Mishra Filmfare Award Best Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty.Filmfare Award Best Playback Singer - Male: Arijit Singh.Popular Award Best Playback Singer - Male: Arijit Singh.Technical Award Best Costume Design: Manish Malhotra.Popular Award Best Playback Singer - Male: Amit Mishra.Popular Award Best Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty.Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (2017).Special Award IIFA BIG 20 Award for Best Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty.Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (2019).