Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

Original title

हम दिल दे चुके सनम

Directed by

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 08m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newlywed man discovers his wife still loves someone else. He decides to help her reunite with that other man.

romanticmelodramaticemotionally intensevisually ornatelushsentimentalsoapyheartfelt

What happens

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, released internationally as Straight From the Heart, is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama musical film directed, co-written, and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film stars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Aishwarya Rai. Based on Jhaverchand Meghani's play Shetal ne Kathe, the film narrates the story of a newlywed man who discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. The film has also been described as a loose adaptation of Maitreyi Devi's Bengali novel Na Hanyate, although the film itself does not credit it as a source. It was filmed throughout the Gujarat-Rajasthan border region, in addition to Budapest, Hungary, which was used to represent Italy. The film premiered in the Indian Panorama section at the 1999 International Film Festival of India. The Bengali film Neel Akasher Chandni was inspired by this movie. The film was a commercial blockbuster and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year, earning ₹510 million (US$5.3 million). It received predominantly positive reviews from critics. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam received 17 nominations at the 45th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor (Khan and Devgn), and won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Bhansali), Best Actress (Rai), and Best Male Playback Singer (Udit Narayan). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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