Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

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

18 June 1999 (India)

Genre:

Musical | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The half-Indian, half-Italian Sameer (Salman Khan) comes to India to learn classical music from Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) and falls for Darbar's daughter, Nandini (Aishwarya Rai).

Plot Keywords:

Love | Sacrifice | Suicide Attempt | Love After Marriage | Muscleman

Awards:

26 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ajay Devgan	...	Vanraj
Salman Khan	...	Sameer Rafilini
Aishwarya Rai	...	Nandini
Vikram Gokhale	...	Pundit Darbar
Smita Jaykar	...	Amrita
Zohra Sehgal	...	Dadi
Rajeev Verma	...	Vikramjeet (Vanraj's dad)
Kermati Desai	...	Bhairav
Vinay Pathak	...	Tarun
Kanu Gill	...	Vanraj's mother
Ahsan Khan	...	Nilesh
Amrik Gill	...	Panditji
István Wohlmuth	...	Photographer
Csilla Szabo	...	Fighting couple
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheeba Chaddha	...	Anupama
Helen	...	Mrs. Rafilini (Sameer's mom (special appearance)
Dimple Inamdar	...	Shilpa
Divya Jagdale	...	Sanjukta
Perjes Janos	...	Fighting couple
Akash Karnataki	...	Bharat
Jameel Khan	...	Nimesh
Preeti Koppikar	...	Radha
Sehoor Magda	...	Teacher
Atul Kumar Mittal	...	Kamlesh
Ghanshyam Naik	...	Vitthal Kaka
Harry Paintal	...	Haresh
Rekha Rao	...	Kamna Pui
Corallo Ray	...	Doctor
Canny Singh	...	Parul
Milind Ukey	...	Indian Musician
Meenakshi Verma	...	Pushpa

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 Szots	....	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

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

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

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:

Straight from the Heart (International: English 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:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Bhansali Films

Trivia:

For the lit-up acrylic floor in the garba song, Nitin Desai placed marigold flowers, which are traditionally offered in temples, under the acrylic sheets.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Universal health care is offered in Italy to all citizens and visitors: a hospital there would not have refused to treat Nadini over lack of funds after she had been shot.

Quotes:

Sameer: [to Nandini] I love your voice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sun taam (2007)

Soundtrack:

Nimbuda Nimbuda

I liked it but for unusual reasons and will probably buy it.

I missed the first half which was supposed to be the "comedy" section I suppose.There were no subtitles and since I speak no Hindi,it took me some time till the first commercial to find the title and look up what the plot was supposed to be. By that time,I was already aware that Salman Khan had broken his teacher,student relationship and been banished,that he loved Nandini,that she was allowed to break things willy nilly but not to refuse marriage with a man she didn't love. The comedy part escaped me. I was about to change channels when I realized the husband was played by the young man who did such a good job in the recent movie about a young Sikh freedom fighter. When he,playing Raj, and Nandini, left for Hungary,I thought it was for a belated honeymoon. Remember-no subtitles. But THAT was supposed to be Italy????? My only complaint was that the hotel staff on the phone spoke English with an Italian accent when they were so obviously Hungarian. Silly me. I don't understand the lure of Italy perhaps when Hungary is so distinctive and charming. Why couldn't Sameer be half Hungarian? I'll buy the movie for my kids,since they ARE half Indian and half Hungarian and it was nice to hear the language and see how well the people fit in. I loved the Hungarian dance sequence. Maybe they'll redub it and take out the reference to Italy.It just wasn't right.