Three years after the game-changing ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, Farhan Akhtar made a film about discovery in the form of ‘Lakshya’. The promos suggested it’s a film that chronicles the life of a slacker who transforms into a fearless army officer but nobody knew the depth with which Akhtar would make this drama. It had Preity Zinta, teaming up with the director for the second time.

What also happened for the second time was that the lady was more evolved and mature than the man. In their earlier film, Aakash was a flamboyant flirt who never believed in the notion of love before Shalini (Zinta) sermoned him about its essence. It got deeper when they both visited a theatre to watch a tragic play. Here, Romila (Zinta again), explains Karan Shergill (the character Roshan plays) about discovering a Lakshya in his otherwise aimless life.