in the 2001 film dil chahta hai suchitra pillai played the overbearing girlfriend priya to saif ali khans sameer and the actor said her character was so well defined that people still remember her performance in that short role in august dil chahta hai a comingofage romance drama will turn 20 and pillai said working on the film was a wonderful experience the film also starring aamir khan akshaye khanna preity zinta sonali kulkarni and dimple kapadia was both a critical and commercial success it was a brilliant film to be part of i know im still seen by many as priya 20 years later too the girlfriend who girls wanted to be and guys didnt want her as a girlfriend but its just about how well a character is defined in the work that you do it can be a fiveminute role and this is a case in point she said the actor whose film credits include page 3 and fashion said the then debutant director farhan akhtar asked her to play the role of priya farhan was 26 years old and was a friend of mine and he told me suchi you have to do this role i was like what he called me to the office and there was saif ali khan and he said oh by the way this is your costar said pillai that was the attitude i was like saif ali khan is my costar he then said both of you stand together and start jogging on the spot i want to see how both of you look together it was for that scene on the beach she added in the film priya and sameer eventually break up after which the latter is shown to have fallen for pooja kulkarni if priya and sameer were to meet today would they be on talking terms they will definitely talk to each other and she will definitely say oh god how foolish of you who asked you to leave me pillai said