Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, released internationally as Straight From the Heart,^[2] is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film stars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Aishwarya Rai. Based on Rashtriyashayar 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.^[3]

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Film poster
Directed by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Screenplay by	Kanan Mani Kenneth Phillipps Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Story by	Pratap Karvat Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Based on	Shetal ne Kathe by Rashtriyashayar Jhaverchand
Produced by	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring	Salman Khan Ajay Devgn Aishwarya Rai
Narrated by	Salman Khan
Cinematography	Anil Mehta
Edited by	Bela Segal
Music by	Songs: Ismail Darbar Background Score: Anjan Biswas
Production company	Bhansali Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Networks Eros International
Release date	18 June 1999
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹16 crore[1]
Box office	₹51.38 crore[1]

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.^[4] The Bengali film Neel Akasher Chandni was inspired by this movie.^[5]

The film was a commercial success and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year, earning ₹510 million (US$6.1 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).

In 2000, Video-sound company in the United States, released the official DVD edition of the film with a "making of" segment. The main feature was presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85 and the original Dolby Digital 5.1 mix.

The second release was by Digital Entertainment Inc. This was a collectors' edition two-disc set, filled with supplementary features. These included:

• Making of the film
• IIFA 2000 and Zee Gold awards, 2000
• Television Promos
• Theatrical Trailer
• Subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Japanese and Arabic
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Audio
• Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
• Information Booklet

Shemaroo and Eros International released single-disc editions in the India market, sans supplementary features.

The movie was released under its English title Straight From The Heart. This DVD was released by Pathfinder Home Entertainment, which was a port of the Digital Entertainment Inc. edition, sans supplementary features.

Eros International holds rights to this film and has released it in VCD and DVD formats, but without any picture and sound enhancement. The high-definition version of this film is available on the Eros Now website in its uncut format, with improved picture and sound quality.

The film's television premiere was on Sony Entertainment Television.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was well received by most critics — especially for its emotional content, cinematography and soundtrack — as well as the performances of the lead actors and a surprising performance by guest star Helen.^[6][7]

Ken Eisner said "this three-hour spectacular is stuffed with songs, romance, comedy, devotional material, and color-soaked dance numbers that are huge even by Hindi standards."^[8] Michael Dequina writing for TheMovieReport.com said of the three leads "Rai, in a luminous, award-winning performance (largely considered her big dramatic breakthrough—and justifiably so), fills in the conflicted emotional shades that Khan fails to bring with his one-dimensional presence; and Devgn's soulful subtlety does its job in suggesting Sameer to be a more formidable romantic adversary than viewers would see him as being."^[9] The reviewer for Filmfare felt it was a "once-in-a-decade type of extravaganza" and wrote, "Cinematographically, the movie is flawless and by virtue of this fact alone, a must-see. It aims at capturing poetry on screen without becoming pretentious. The music by Ismail Darbar is simply enchanting. The film juxtaposes Indian thematic content with exotic foreign locales."^[10]

A huge hit at the Indian box office, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1999 with over $200 million.^[11] It also did well at the foreign box office, with ₹ 85 million.^[12]

The soundtrack had lyrics by Mehboob Kotwal and music by Ismail Darbar. Voices on the soundtrack include those of Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Hariharan, Vinod Rathod, Sultan Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, KK, and others. It received nine Filmfare Award nominations in the music and singing categories and produced some winners as well.^[13] Vikas Bhatnagar of Planet Bollywood gave the soundtrack 10 out of 10 stars and said it has "cemented it's [sic] place in the history books of greatest ever Hindi soundtracks." According to the Indian trade website, box office India the film's soundtrack sold 3.5 million units sold, this films soundtrack was the third highest selling album of the year.^[14] The song "Albela Sajan" was reinterpreted in the movie Bajirao Mastani (2015), which was also directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Bhansali composed the soundtrack of Bajirao Mastani as well. An unlisted track "Pritam Gaye Pardes" sung by Karsan Sagathia frequently features in the movie.

• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam at IMDb
• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam at Bollywood Hungama