Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (
Hindi: हम दिल दे चुके सनम) is a 1999
Bollywood film directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was released in the
English-speaking world as
Straight from the Heart. The film stars
Salman Khan,
Ajay Devgan, and
Aishwarya Rai. The story is adopted from
Maitreyi Devi's Bengali novel
Na Hanyate, and is based on a
love triangle.
It was filmed throughout the
Gujarat-
Rajasthan border region, in addition to
Budapest,
Hungary, which was used to represent
Italy.
Plot
Nandini (
Aishwarya Rai) is the daughter of Pandit Darbar (
Vikram Gokhale), renowned proponent of
Indian classical music, living in the
Rann of Kutch. Nandini has been brought up with more freedom and education than her siblings, as she is the most beloved of Pandit Darbar.
Into this carefree life enters Sameer (
Salman Khan), a boy of Indo-Italian parentage who wants to learn Indian classical music from Pandit Darbar. Sameer stays with the Darbar family, and Nandini is asked to vacate her room to give the guest the nicest room in the manor. Nandini takes a dislike to Sameer, and the two keep playing pranks on each other, but soon realise they are in love. Their love blossoms in the Darbar household around weddings, festivals and family get-togethers.
One day the pair are caught rehearsing their wedding vows and dreaming of their future together by Pandit Darbar, who becomes furious with them. He has already planned Nandini's wedding. Sameer is kicked out of the house and...
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