Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is Aishwariya Rai's best effort towards performing arts to date. Sanjay Leela Bhansali who earlier tried his hands at an offbeat film Khamoshi, has made a good film.
The story of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is based on a Bengali novel titled 'Nahanyate' by Maitreyi Devi.
It is a story of a happy joint family of classical singer Pandit Darbar (Vikram Ghokle), his wife (Smita Jaykar) and their beautiful, young and intelligent daughter Nandini (Aishwarya Rai). The joint family also has a grandmother (Zohra Seghal) and uncles and aunts and plenty of children.
The family resides in a huge mansion located somewhere in Gujarat. Samir (Salman Khan) lives in Italy. He wants to learn classical singing. So, on Diwali he comes to learn classical singing from Pandit Darbar. He is a fun loving guy but has a strange habit of speaking to his father who has long died. He keeps looking at the sky while 'speaking' to his father.
Nandini falls in love with Samir. Nobody in the house knows about the affair. During a wedding ceremony in their house, Vanraj (Ajay Devgan) sees Nandini and falls in love with her.
Pandit Darbar who always wanted a singer husband for his daughter agrees at the proposal by his lawyer friend (Rajiv Verma). Meanwhile, Samir and Nandini's romance comes out in the open.
Vanraj loves Nandini very much but is puzzled by her indifference to his love and affection. Soon he discovers the reason. He chances upon the letters that Samir had sent her. He loses his temper at the discovery. But his goodness overcomes his passion. Vanraj decides to sacrifice his love. Vanraj and Nandini decide to go to Italy to find Samir.
While in Italy robbers tries to loot them and shoots at Nandini. Nandini is admitted into hospital. While in the hospital, Nandini comes to know about Vanraj's large heartedness. She starts liking him.
Incidentally, Samir and Vanraj meet each other. They become good friends. They pray for Nandini together. Samir teaches Vanraj a few notes of classical songs. But Vanraj does recognize Samir.
Finally, the time comes for the two lost lovebirds to meet. Samir is giving his first grand show at the Opera House. His Italian mother (Helen) tells him about Nandini. But when Samir comes to hug her, he finds her very cold. She tells him about her husband Vanraj. Now it is turn of the hero to see reason. Samir decides to 'free' Nandini. Nandini meanwhile has already fallen in love with Vanraj.
One of the main highlights of the movie is its music.
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