Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (writer)
Amrik Gill (dialogue)

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

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:

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.

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:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh (2005)

Soundtrack:

Jhonka Hawa Ka Aaj Bhi

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.