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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam [DVD]
enlarge	Actors: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai Studio: Spark Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£7.99~~ Buy New: £6.99 as of 23/11/2009 04:19 GMT details You Save: £1.00 (13%) New (3) from £6.99 Seller: desitunes4u Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 43810 Format: PAL Language: Hindi (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 0 Number Of Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 506002317103 EAN: 0506002317103 ASIN: B00008V6Y2 Release Date: April 7, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » The most powerful love story I've ever seen November 2, 2005 Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA) 34 out of 35 found this review helpful My discovery of Indian cinema has been almost a spiritual experience. It's like going from black and white to color for the first time. Compared to a movie like this, American and European films have no heart, no vitality, no color, and no passion. And I've never seen any love story that could compare to the one in this film. I've never seen the true definition of love expressed as deeply as it is here - and it is love in its purest form. I know I'm old-fashioned, but, for me, Hollywood ruins every good love story it manages to produce by making everything about sex. You don't have that in India cinema - you don't even have kissing; what you do have, though, are the depths and power of love expressed in ways Hollywood can't even comprehend.pHum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Straight From the Heart) has everything you could want in a movie - romance; comedy; fantastic music, singing, and dancing; elaborate set designs and magnificent locations; stellar performances; and, of course, the most beautiful woman in the world, Aishwarya Rai. I'm trying to get my hands on all of her movies as quickly as I can. She's incredible in this 1999 classic, as are the two leading men who form the other two sides of the most poignant of love triangles. Salman Khan plays Sameer, a free spirit who comes to India from Italy to study music under Nandini's father. Nandini (Rai) isn't happy about this at all, but she and Sameer are soon engaged in some serious flirting. A strong love grows up between the two, only to be torn asunder by Nandini's father, who sends Sameer away with a promise to never meet his daughter again. A heartbroken Nandini is compelled to marry a young lawyer named Vanraj (Ajay Devgan). She doesn't love Vanraj, but he is an exceedingly good man who loves her dearly. For all her continued grieving over Sameer, it is Vanraj who eventually shows her what true love really is. The ending is just exquisite, a true emotional climax that brings both pain and joy to your heart at the same time. pThe movie runs a little over three hours (which is pretty much the norm in India), but it is in no way too long. If you have a heart, it will be swept away during the second half of the film. The story and the passionate performances by Rai, Khan, and Devgan would be more than enough on their own to make this a stellar film - but Indian cinema gives you so much more than that. Music plays an integral part in the film, and every single musical scene is amazing (and, besides chapters, you can also jump directly to any musical number on the DVD). The one performance that really stands out, for me, is Nimbooda, which features Rai in a beguiling song and dance routine. Subtitles are always an issue with a foreign language film, but the English subtitles here are really rather good and certainly allow you to follow the film closely. pI'm having a hard time trying to convey the sheer magic of this incredible film. The love story puts Hollywood romances to shame, the performances are heart-felt and virtually guaranteed to make you laugh and cry, the cinematography is extraordinarily vivid, and I just can't get over how powerfully the film conveys the essence of true love. And even if you took all of that away, the mere opportunity to watch Aishwarya Rai for over three hours makes the DVD well worth the price. She is as talented as she is gorgeous. Great style November 17, 2008 Cinephile Man (Sheffield) In year 2001 in Leicester I went to one of the Indian cinemas of the city which used to promote films in Sunday midday for £ 1.00 only. I was 1 or 2 minutes late. The film was Sanjai Leela Bhansali's hum dil de chuke sanam (1999) and when I was looking for a seat in the dark I got already fascinated by the film in looking the chandelier scene in the beginning of the film: Samir, the male leading character of the film, (Salman Khan), comes from far to learn the song with a great master. Nandini (Aishwaria Rai) is the master's daughter. He just arrives to the master's home in this scene, and meets the girl for the first time. br / br /Here two times the girl leaves the chandlers dropping. The visual devices are excellent: cuts, fast editing, different sizes of shots and all underlined by music... Bhansali creates here strong effects to show the chandler dropping as he does all along the film. He is a master and an aesthete. He seems to be enjoying in doing that way: exercise of style, beauty of forms... br / br /Aishwaria Rai, the leading actress was Miss World in 1994 and member of jury in the Festival of Cannes in 2003. br /Devdas [2002] a film truely from the heart.... November 1, 2004 9 out of 9 found this review helpful this is director sanjay leela bhansali's second film after 'khamoshi', a very low budget film. it can be seen that bhansali is aiming for a more commercial audience through this with a very pleasing, enjoyable, romantic film. amazing sets, breath taking location, and distinctive music score, makes this Bhansali's second best film, first being the internationaly acclaimed love tragedy, 'Devdas. all actors perform very well in their roles, but ajay devgan steals the show hands down with his performance of 'Vanraj'..... enjoy the romance of a typical bollywood film, which reflects the world of indian cinema. Keeps you guessing till the end December 23, 2008 Lyn (Melbourne Australia) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I support the comments of other reviewers. It isnt 'the best romance ever' for me but it was very satisfying. br /What was really good is that you werent really sure which guy she was going to end up with (even if you had your suspicions). They took great pains to keep the balance up with 2 good men. Often in a love triangle movie you get a lot of information about why one really doesnt deserve to have her - or will be headed towards another love possibility. This time they didnt do that and it maintained the poignancy of the choice (which was a lot more real too). br /Salman Khan was very good at the beginning but didnt bring the angush moments off quite as well. When you have seen the expansive surrendering to emotion that someone like SRK can play (albeit over the top at times) he does look a bit constricted in opening this up. Overall very good though. br /Ajay Devgan does an excellent job with his conflicted honest and loving character and brought solidity to the movie. br /Ashwariya's character was highly irritating in its histrionic, immature, princess characteristics in the beginning and I thought her husband deserved better! With Salmon's character being moody, stubborn and sulky at times then too they seemed well-matched! Fortunately this turned (though later than I would have liked). br /It is a satsisfying well shot movie with some good music so definitely one to recommend. Great film, lousy print September 23, 2008 N. L. Esq We bought this off one of the Amazon sellers. It has a slightly different cover, from the one shown here, so may be a different disk. Unfortunately the quality of the print is very poor with lots of compression artifacts. The film itself, as mentioned by other reviewers, is glorious. Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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