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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 34 wins & 9 nominations
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- Nandini
- (as Aishwarya Rai)
Kannu Gill
- Vanraj's mother
- (as Kanu Gill)
Ehsan Khan
- Nilesh
- (as Ahsan Khan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's first scene, she is seen walking across the Kutch desert. She did this barefoot and in 35 degree weather. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali later expressed his great gratitude and respect for her having done so.
- GoofsUniversal 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 45th Filmfare Awards (2000)
- SoundtracksHum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Written by Mehboob
Composed by Ismail Darbar
Performed by Kavita Krishnamurthy and Mohammad Salamat
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
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As with nearly all my viewing, this was recommended by a reader.I admit that I am not as familiar with these films as I should be. Just based on popularity and persistence, they need to be understood. Gosh, it about 1 1/2 hours straight of two people falling in love before any drama sets in. Then it shifts to Budapest posing as Italy; I guess the audience would not know the difference.
The negatives are obvious. It is just too long for the trivial story. There are cultural stereotypes whose behavior must be essential to the pleasure of the thing, stereotypes I did not know. There is a ton of singing and dancing but like an Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, it all sounded and looked much the same. The girl who is such a beauty that she causes two good men to fall in love dangerously deep... she's a petulant, selfish brat.
But the colors and the staging are so lush that I got a sugar high and was just about sad to see it end. I don't know anything like this in the west where the simple show is so dominant and so well done. And this is well done. There is a kite-flying scene that just took my breath away. I replayed it a few times. One of the few dramatic moments is when the couple has to be permanently separated. She hears about it an rushes through the house; her dress catches fire and she doesn't even notice, the dancing colors adding to the way the environment tells us what is going on.
I won't ruin the ending. Anywhere else I would gag, but here it was a reward — truly romantic. Now I have to look up more of this fellow's work. The way he uses the environment reminds me of a young Yimou Zhang.
Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
The negatives are obvious. It is just too long for the trivial story. There are cultural stereotypes whose behavior must be essential to the pleasure of the thing, stereotypes I did not know. There is a ton of singing and dancing but like an Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, it all sounded and looked much the same. The girl who is such a beauty that she causes two good men to fall in love dangerously deep... she's a petulant, selfish brat.
But the colors and the staging are so lush that I got a sugar high and was just about sad to see it end. I don't know anything like this in the west where the simple show is so dominant and so well done. And this is well done. There is a kite-flying scene that just took my breath away. I replayed it a few times. One of the few dramatic moments is when the couple has to be permanently separated. She hears about it an rushes through the house; her dress catches fire and she doesn't even notice, the dancing colors adding to the way the environment tells us what is going on.
I won't ruin the ending. Anywhere else I would gag, but here it was a reward — truly romantic. Now I have to look up more of this fellow's work. The way he uses the environment reminds me of a young Yimou Zhang.
Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,007,446
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $298,769
- Jun 20, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $1,007,446
- Runtime3 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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