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Dhadkan (lit. 'Heart-beat') is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Ratan Jain.[2] It stars Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty and Mahima Chaudhry.[3][4] Being inspired by the novel Wuthering Heights, it also features Parmeet Sethi, Kiran Kumar, Sushma Seth and Manjeet Kullar in supporting roles.[5] The story follows, Anjali and Dev are in love with each other and plan to marry, but her family gets her married to Ram. Years later, Dev shows up to reunite with Anjali, however, she has fallen in love with Ram. The music was composed by Nadeem–Shravan.

Dhadkan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dharmesh Darshan
Written by	Naseem Mukri Dharmesh Darshan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Naseem Mukri Raj Sinha
Produced by	Ratan Jain
Starring	Akshay Kumar Shilpa Shetty Suniel Shetty Mahima Chaudhry
Cinematography	W. B. Rao
Edited by	Bharat Singh
Music by	Songs: Nadeem–Shravan Score: Surinder Sodhi
Production company	Venus Records & Tapes
Distributed by	B4U Films
Release date	11 August 2000 (2000-08-11)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est.₹9 crore[1]
Box office	est.26 crore[1]

Dhadkan was delayed for almost 4 years for certain reasons. It finally released on August 11, 2000 during the Independence Day weekend and garnered generally positive reviews. It emerged as a commercial success grossing ₹26 crore worldwide. The music album became a big hit among the mass audience. It was the second best-selling album of the year and of the decade after Mohabbatein.[6]

At Filmfare Awards, It was nominated in eight category, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Music Director, won two for Best Villain to Suniel Shetty and Best Female Playback Singer to Alka Yagnik.

Plot

3 Years Ago

Anjali is the young and beautiful daughter of her rich and influential father Narendra who is a renowned businessman. Anjali is dating the poor Devlal, who cannot even afford to clothe himself properly but loves her fiercely. When Anjali asks her father for Dev's hand in marriage, he skeptically and unwillingly decides to meet Dev. After meeting him, Narendra doesn't like his extremely arrogant and outlandish attitude and rejects him and kicks him out of his house.

Anjali unwillingly leaves Dev to keep her parents happy. Heartbroken, Dev relates this to his mother, Jhanvi who instantly dies in shock as she liked Anjali a lot. Anjali marries Ram, whom Narendra believes will be the perfect match for her. Ram is a charming man of great ideals, who believes in giving a rightful place to Anjali and respects her boundaries and sensibilities and gives her ample space to cope with her loss.

After seeing the magnanimity of Ram's heart in accepting her, Anjali realizes she has fallen in love with him. They confess their deep love for each other. The two often go on holidays and spend romantic moments together.

Present day

Ram and Anjali celebrate their 3rd wedding anniversary. Dev returns and is now a wealthy businessman. Anjali is stuck at a crossroad on where she would stand — for Ram or Dev. She stands for Ram (whom she deeply loves) and refuses to return to Dev (who still wants to unite with her), even though it pains her to know how hurt Dev is and will be in his future.

Dev cannot stand rejection for a second time and sets out to ruin Ram's life which shows just how evil and vile he is. Anjali gets pregnant with Ram's child and tell dev about it and begs Dev to leave her alone. Dev is heart broken again and starting crying but ram come with anjali and persuad dev. In all of a sudden turns dev become good and decides to leave anjali and ram in their happy matrimonial life and return to london and marry his business partner Sheetal, his new companion who secretly loved him for a long time. He departs with her to London as Anjali and Ram look on.

Cast

• Shilpa Shetty as Anjali Chauhan Verma
• Akshay Kumar as Rambhan "Ram" Verma
• Suniel Shetty as Dev Ranjan Chopra
• Mahima Chaudhry as Sheetal Varma
• Sushma Seth as Vibha Verma
• Parmeet Sethi as Bobby "Bob" Verma
• Manjeet Kullar as Nikki Verma
• Kiran Kumar as Narendra Chauhan
• Anjana Mumtaz as Veena Chauhan
• Neeraj Vora as Babban Miyan
• Sharmila Tagore as Jhanvi Chopra
• Anupam Kher as Digvijay Varma
• Kader Khan as Pandit Hariharan in the song "Dulhe Ka Sehra"

Music

Dhadkan
Soundtrack album by Nadeem–Shravan
Released	2 July 2000
Recorded	1997-1999
Genre	Filmi
Length	59:14
Language	Hindi
Label	Venus
Producer	Nadeem–Shravan
Nadeem–Shravan chronology
Sirf Tum (1999) Dhadkan (2000) Kasoor (2001)

The music of the album has been composed by Legendary duo Nadeem–Shravan in the span of three years. "Dulhe Ka Sehra" sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was composed in 1997. The other songs were also recorded in 1997–98, with the exception of "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein", which was recorded in 2000 at London. "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" and "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein" became legendary love tracks and "Dulhe Ka Sehra" a popular wedding song till date. The other successful songs are "Aksar Is Duniya Mein" and "Na Na Karte Pyaar". The album was listed at second position in the yearly music charts. It became a big hit among the masses. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, around 4.5 million units were sold making it the second highest-selling album of the year after Mohabbatein.[7]

Reception

Taran Adarsh wrote of the film:

Dhadkan is an intense love story and director Dharmesh Darshan has handled it with the sensitivity it deserves ... Despite the flaws, one has to acknowledge the fact that Dharmesh Darshan succeeds in melting the heart at several places. The entire marriage song-sequence in the initial reels, prior to it the scenes involving Sharmila Tagore, Sunil's portions in the second half, clearly indicate that the director knows his job well. He relies more on close-ups to capture expressions, which is the hallmark of a seasoned technician.

Adarsh described Shilpa Shetty as the "life of the enterprise", adding that she "looks good, delivers her lines effectively and emotes with utmost conviction."He said Sunil Shetty's performance is one of his best, especially the scenes between Sunil and Shilpa are fabulous." He also remarked "Akshay Kumar shows vast improvement as an actor. He is very controlled and handles this difficult role with sincerity."[8]

Padmaraj Nair of Screen felt the film had a "nostalgic feel to it, what with the effect of watching social drama from the good ol' 60s." He added that the film was "fairly interesting in the first half, with its slick screenplay, But the director does seem to lose his grip towards the end, as the film climaxes rather tamely. It seems as if he developed cold feet as far as justifying the grey role of Sunil Shetty is concerned, and ends up portraying him on a positive note." He felt, performance-wise, Shetty "scores over the rest", while adding, "Shilpa gets the best role of her career and doesn't disappoint. Akshay Kumar, in the role of the cool-headed husband, is impressive." On other departments of the film, he concluded writing, "Nadeem-Shravan's music is the very lifeline of the film, and all the tracks are melodious and situational. Cinematography by W. B. Rao is outstanding."[9]

Awards

46th Filmfare Awards:

Won

• Best Villain – Suniel Shetty
• Best Female Playback Singer – Alka Yagnik for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se"

Nominated

• Best Film – Ratan Jain
• Best Director – Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Supporting Actress – Mahima Chaudhry
• Best Music Director – Nadeem–Shravan
• Best Lyricist – Sameer for "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Main"
• Best Male Playback Singer – Udit Narayan for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se"

2nd IIFA Awards:

Nominated

• Best Film – Ratan Jain
• Best Director – Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Actor – Akshay Kumar
• Best Actress – Shilpa Shetty
• Best Supporting Actress – Mahima Chaudhry
• Best Villain – Suniel Shetty
• Best Music Director – Nadeem–Shravan
• Best Lyricist – Sameer for "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Main"
• Best Male Playback Singer – Abhijeet for "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Main"
• Best Female Playback Singer – Alka Yagnik for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se"
• Best Story – Dharmesh Darshan

Screen Awards

Won

Category	Winner(s)
Best Publicity Design	Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda
Best Negative Role Film Fare Award	Sunil Shetty

Nominated

Category	Nominees	For
Best Lyricist	Sameer	"Dil Ne Ye Kaha Hai"
Best Music Director	Nadeem–Shravan	Best Music Director
Best Female Playback	Alka Yagnik	"Dil Ne Ye Kaha Hai"
Best Male Playback	Abhijeet	"Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan"
Best Male Playback	Udit Narayan	"Dil Ne Ye Kaha Hai"
Best Supporting Actress	Mahima Chaudhry	Best Supporting Actress

Box office

The film was released on 11 August 2000 at 250 screens. Dhadkan had a worldwide theatrical release on August 11, 2000 during the Independence Day weekend and garnered predominantly positive reviews.[10] It emerged as a commercial success grossing ₹26 crore in global markets.The film’s music, composed by Nadeem - Shravan, went on to break records.[11]

Remake

This film was unofficially remade in Bangladesh in 2001, titled as Hridoyer Bandhon.

References

External links

• Dhadkan at IMDb

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