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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

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Critic Rating

7.0

3 Reviews
1 Rating
100%
in favor

Audience Rating

9.0
1 Review
5 Ratings

Movie Info

Running Time

Language

Hindi

Synopsis

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is a 1999 Bollywood romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was released in the English-speaking world as Straight from the Heart. The story is adopted from Maitreyi Devi's Bengali novel Na Hanyate, and is based on a love triangle. It also reflects the influence of the German novella Immensee and the 1943 Nazi era film based on it, Immensee. It was filmed t ...  { more

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Reviews

The nicest things about this film are the songs and the cinematography. Ismail Darbar's songs are well-researched and he has relied heavily on Rajasthani folk music. The song Aankhon is gustakhiyan is beautifully picturised...Sanjay Leela Bhansali has proved again that he has mastered emotional sub ...  { more

A beautifully presented story about loving and losing, `HDDCS` does remind you of the Anil -Padmini-Naseer starrer `Woh Saat Din` but there is definitely more to the film. The music by first timer Ismail Darbar is praiseworthy and fitting to the various moods of the story. The placement of the titl ...  { more

7

...a movie that treads the beaten path and yet manages to retain some degree of freshness, and makes the audience have that satisfying paisa-vasool feeling, is indeed a rarity. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, after burning his fingers experimenting on something new in Khamoshi, has found a hit in Hum Dil De ...  { more

Audience Reviews for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

  • Shashwat Sisodia
    Shashwat Sisodia
    300 reviews
    Top Reviewer
    8

    Bhansali’s most remarkable film was a plethora of colours (the setting of Gujarat), festive mood, the spectacular performances of Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devagn with angular storytelling about idea of true love and soulmates. It was more than an introduction to the colourful Bhansali universe, an epic with a large scale of music, grandeur and story. It was a complete film with flavours delightful. I am going with 4.5 stars for 'Hum Dil...'. It is a remarkable film which easily touches upon.

    October 06, 19
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