This film of Aishwarya Rai was rejected by both Shahrukh and Aamir, when it won 4 National Awards, everyone was stunned.
Entertainment News Desk – Aishwarya Rai and Shahrukh Khan have been seen together on screen many times, but their chemistry with Aamir was not seen. There was a time when both Shahrukh Khan and Aamir were offered Aishwarya’s film, but both could not do the film. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s romantic film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, released in 1999, featured Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ajay Devgan in the lead roles. Upon release, the film received praise from both audiences and critics and has since become one of the most powerful romantic films of Bollywood.
This film was first offered to these stars
Bhansali was keen to work with Salman Khan again after working with him in his directorial debut ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ in 1996. The result was that he chose Salman Khan for the role of Sameer in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. The filmmakers were so fascinated by Aishwarya’s beauty that they chose her to play the lead role of Nandini. However, they faced some difficulties in finding their third lead Vanraj. Bhansali had earlier offered the role to many other actors including Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor, but all of them turned down the film for one reason or the other. Finally Ajay Devgan agreed to do the film.
The songs of the film were superhit
Made with a budget of around Rs 15 crore, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ proved to be a blockbuster and earned Rs 50 crore worldwide. A major reason behind its success was the many title tracks like ‘Chand Chupa Badal Mein’, ‘Nimbooda’, ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’, ‘Tadap Tadap’, ‘Dholi Taro’, ‘Man Mohini’ and ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. There were beautiful songs. People still like these songs and are called chartbuster songs.
This film won four National Awards. Ismail Darbar won the National Award for Best Music Direction. Sameer Tanna and Arsh Tanna were awarded the National Award for Best Choreography, Anil Mehta for Best Cinematography and Nitin Desai for Best Production Design.
