Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Amrik Gill (dialogue)

Stars:

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn

32 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Nandini (as Aishwarya Rai)
Salman Khan	...	Sameer
Ajay Devgn	...	Vanraj
Zohra Sehgal	...	Dadi
Vikram Gokhale	...	Pundit Darbar
Smita Jaykar	...	Amrita
Rekha Rao	...	Kamna Pui
Rajeev Verma	...	Vikramjeet (Vanraj's dad)
Kenneth Desai	...	Bhairav
Ghanshyam Nayak	...	Vitthal Kaka
Vinay Pathak	...	Tarun
Sheeba Chaddha	...	Anupama
Meenakshi Verma	...	Pushpa
Preeti Koppikar	...	Radha
Divya Jagdale	...	Sanjukta

Storyline

When Sameer asks for Nandini's hand in marriage her family refuses. They have already chosen a husband for their daughter. Sameer returns to Italy. When Vanraj, Nandini's husband realizes that his new bride has been in love with someone else, he is prepared to sacrifice his love for her and take her to Italy to be reunited with her true love, Sameer.

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Plot Keywords:

sacrifice | lawyer | arranged marriage | forbidden love | tradition | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bhansali and art director Nitin Desai toured Gujarat, Bhuj and Kutch to get the perfect locales and research the lifestyles and culture extensively. Due to this research, the sets designed were so good that Desai claims he got a letter from a filmmaking team in Canada asking which part of the country the location was in.

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Goofs

All of the scenes supposedly set in Italy are in Hungary - the signs are all in Hungarian, and the locals all speak Hungarian.

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Quotes

Sameer: [to Nandini] If you keep looking at me that way, you will fall in love with me.

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Connections

Featured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Sam Rockwell/J.J. Abrams/BØRNS (2018)

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Soundtracks

Samir's Test to Pandit Darbar
Written by Mehboob
Composed by Ismail Darbar
Performed by Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

simply outstanding

Yes. Simply Outstanding. This is truly one of the best Bollywood movies to come out in a long, long time. A great commercial hit back in our India, it also swept all the major awards. Though I'm from India where Bollywood movies are compulsory watching, I dislike them for their absurdity but this film has me raving about it. Its simply fabulous.

Set in western India in a prosperous Gujarti household overflowing with people, lives Nandini, our heroine (the beautiful Ashwariya Rai), daughter of a renowned singer Pandit Durbar. Sameer (Salman Khan), a handsome young Italian who comes to learn classical music from the Pandit falls in love with his daughter. As the movie enfolds, we watch the beautifully enacted comedy of the star crossed lovers. But once the father comes to know, all hell breaks loose. Sameer is thrown out of the house, Nandini's heart is broken and she is married of to a young, respectable and well mannered suitor Vanraj (Ajay Devgan) who truly loves her but is detested by Nandini. But the husband also discovers about the affair, is heartbroken too, but decides to take Nandini to Italy to meet her lover.

As the plot moves to Italy (Hungary actually, which the director would have us believe as Italy), we are engaged in Nandini's and Vanraj's troubles of living in a foreign country, finding Sameer and living with each other. As she searches for her love, Nandini comes to know her husband and how much he truly loves her and realizes his grief and sense of loss in losing her. When she finally does find Sameer, she's torn between the two and must choose one of the them and break the heart of the other.

This is Bollywood at its best. Here the wonderful music that goes with this film, it underlines each scene with its sparkling melody. Also the set pieces are lavishly mounted and the music numbers burst upon the seen. The movie is also very beautifully shot.

This movie also captures Ashwariya Rai at her best. She is miraculously beautiful and lights up the screen whenever she's on it. All in all a must watch Bollywood affair. Iwould also recommend the same director's (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) Black, which is the story of a dumb, deaf and blind girl.

Details

Official Sites:

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Country:

India Hungary

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

18 June 1999 (India)

Also Known As:

Straight from the Heart

Filming Locations:

Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$298,769, 20 June 1999

Gross USA:

$1,007,446

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,007,446

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bhansali Films, Jhamu Sughand Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

177 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1