Straight from the Heart (1999) Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (original title)

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (writer)
Amrik Gill (dialogue)
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Release Date:

18 June 1999 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

In this world... where desire rules the heart, you will discover... love is the flame that lights up the soul

Plot:

A student of classical music and his teacher's daughter fall in love. However, the young woman's family arrange for her marriage to another man. The new groom surprises everyone with his actions in handling the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Sacrifice | Suicide Attempt | Forced Marriage | Kite

Awards:

26 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Sameer Rafilini
Ajay Devgn	...	Vanraj
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Nandini (as Aishwarya Rai)
Zohra Segal	...	Dadi (as Zohra Sehgal)
Vikram Gokhale	...	Pundit Darbar
Smita Jaykar	...	Amrita
Rekha Rao	...	Kamna Pui
Rajeev Verma	...	Vikramjeet (Vanraj's dad)
Keneth Desai	...	Bhairav (as Kenneth Desai)
Ghanshyam Nayak	...	Vitthal Kaka (as Ghanshyam Naik)
Vinay Pathak	...	Tarun
Sheeba Chaddha	...	Anupama
Meenakshi Verma	...	Pushpa
Preeti Koppikar	...	Radha
Divya Jagdale	...	Sanjukta
Kanu Gill	...	Vanraj's mother
Ehsan Khan	...	Nilesh (as Ahsan Khan)
Atul Kumar Mittal	...	Kamlesh
Paresh Mokashi	...	Paresh
Jameel Khan	...	Nimesh
Dimple Inamdar	...	Shilpa
Canny Singh	...	Parul
Archana Gokhale	...	Kaushalya
Harry Paintal	...	Haresh
Akash Karnataki	...	Bharat
Amrik Gill	...	Panditji
Milind Ukey	...	Indian Musician
Helen	...	Mrs. Rafilini (Sameer's mom (special appearance)
István Wohlmuth	...	Photographer (as István Wohimuth)
Balázs Görgényl	...	Waiter
István Fekete	...	TC - 1
János Szentrimai	...	TC - 2
Magda Scheer	...	Teacher
Péter Pálfai	...	Bartender
Csilla Szabó	...	Fighting couple
János Perjés	...	Fighting couple
Coralie Roy	...	Doctor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Perjes Janos	...	Fighting couple

Directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali		writer
Amrik Gill		dialogue
Pratap Karvat		story
Kenneth Phillips		writer

Produced by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali	....	producer
Ibrahim Desai	....	executive producer
Jhamu Sughand	....	producer
André Szöts	....	executive producer: Hungary

Original Music by
Anjan Biswas
Ismail Darbar

Cinematography by
Anil Mehta

Film Editing by
Bela Segal

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai		(as Nitin Desai)

Costume Design by
Shabina Khan
Neeta Lulla

Makeup Department
Harish Wadhone	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Miklós Tóth	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sumit Kumar	....	assistant director
Vikramaditya Motwane	....	assistant director
Judit Soltész	....	assistant director: Hungary

Art Department
Dhananjay Thorat	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Jitendra Chaudhary	....	sound designer
Tanay Gajjar	....	sound editor
Suresh Kathuria	....	sound re-recording engineer
Parikshit Lalwani	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Acharya Jitendra	....	special effects
Ramesh Meer	....	special effects

Stunts
Sándor Boros	....	stunt driver
Zoltán Gulyás Kiss	....	stunts
Péter Katona	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Istvan Bolla	....	gaffer: Hungary
R.J. Gururaj	....	assistant camera
János Kiss	....	dolly grip

Music Department
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	song mixing engineer
Bardai Damayanti	....	playback singer
Jyotsna Hardikar	....	playback singer
Hariharan	....	playback singer
Kay Kay	....	playback singer
Ustad Sultan Khan	....	musician
Kavita Krishnamurthy	....	playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan	....	playback singer
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Vinod Rathod	....	playback singer
Kumar Sanu	....	playback singer
Karsan Sargathiya	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	marketing and promotions
Saroj Khan	....	choreographer
Natbar Maharana	....	choreographer
Peter Martis	....	public relations officer
M. Riaz	....	segment coordinator
Milind Ukey	....	associate director

Thanks
Dylan Gray	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Bhansali Films
• Jhamu Sughand Productions (presented by)

Distributors

• Video Sound (1999) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Video Sound (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Digital Entertainment (DEI) (1999) (USA) (DVD) (as DEI)
• Pathfinder Pictures
• STAR TV
• Sony Entertainment Television Asia
• Spark Worldwide (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Tip Top Entertainment (TTE) (1999) (UK) (DVD) (as Tip Top Video)
• Video Sound (1999) (Canada) (DVD)
• Video Sound (1999) (Canada) (VHS)
• Video Sound (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Sound (1999) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)  soundtrack (as T-Series)

Also Known As:

"Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" - India (original title)

Runtime:

UK:188 min

Country:

India | Hungary

Language:

Hindi | English | Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Company:

Bhansali Films

Trivia:

Since it wasn't possible that Kareena Kapoor could play the lead in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered her the role of Nandini in this movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Nandini cuts her wrist, falls sideways and the blood trickles into the water you can see the device attached to the back of her arm that carries the fake blood.

Quotes:

Vanraj:Can I say something?
Nandini:What?
Vanraj:I cannot live without you

Movie Connections:

Features The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

Soundtrack:

Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje

I really enjoyed it

This is a superb movie that everyone has got to see. In my opinion, Aishwarya Rai has given her best performance till now. The movie has captured the breathtaking beauty of Rajhasthan and Gujarat and you can also view the cultural settings of India. Everyone is decked in elaborate clothes and jewellery and it's huge family living in a mansion. The story begins with a famous classical singer and his family all living in this huge mansion. He has a student coming from Italy named Sameer (Salman Khan) to learn classical music from him. Sameer meets and falls in love with his beautiful and talented daughter Nandini (Aishwarya Rai). Soon, her father finds out about this affair and orders Sameer to leave and as part of his 'gurudakshina', never to see Nandini again. He leaves and Nandini becomes really depressed. Her parents arrange her marriage with a family friend whose son Vanraj (Ajay Devgan) is a lawyer. Nandini is 'cold' to her new husband and he soon finds out why when he reads Sameer's letters to Nandini. He becomes angry but soon realizes that in order to make his wife happy, he's going to have to find Sameer. He therefore sacrifices his love for her and takes her to Italy in search for Sameer which becomes tough because Nandini doesn't have a picture of Sameer. While they are searching, Nandini gets shot by theives who take all their money and jewellery. Vanraj takes good care of her. While Nandini is in the hospital, Vanraj meets Sameer but he doesn't realize that this is the guy they are looking for. Soon, they become friends. Finally, Nandini has a chance to meet Sameer but she realizes that her feelings for him have changed. So, whom will Nandini chose? To know, you've got to watch the movie! Ajay Devgan has given one of his best performances ever. It is definitely a movie worth watching. Ash looks stunningly beautiful decked in traditional Indian clothes. The songs are also extremely good.