Dhadkan (Hindi: धड़कन, Urdu: دھڑکن) (English: Heartbeat) is a Bollywood movie which deals with the love triangle of Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty and Sunil Shetty. Sunil Shetty won a Filmfare Best Villain Award for his performance.

Synopsis[link]

Dhadkan is about Anjali (Shilpa Shetty), a young woman who hails from an extremely rich and influential family. Her father Mr. Chauhan (Kiran Kumar) is a renowned businessman and has many dreams for his daughter. Anjali is in love with Dev (Sunil Shetty) who is very poor and often cannot even afford to clothe himself properly. Dev loves Anjali and wants to marry her — so has to meet her father.

When Anjali puts forward to her parents the proposal of marrying Dev, she is rebuked and gets an outright refusal. Moreover, her parents have chosen for her a wealthy suitor from Delhi. Not wanting to hurt her parents Anjali finally gives in and marries Ram (Akshay Kumar) who her parents believe will be a perfect match for her.

Ram is a man of great ideals, who believes in giving a rightful place to his wife and respects her sensibilities. Despite this, he is unable to win Anjali’s love at first and their marriage remains on the edge. However, after seeing the magnanimity of her husband’s heart in forgiving and accepting her, she realises she has fallen in love with him.

Anjali leads a life of bliss and becomes an ideal wife. But suddenly, at their third wedding anniversary party, Dev returns and reveals his intent of winning Anjali back. Dev is now a wealthy businessman, and Anjali finds herself at a crossroads where she has to fight for her husband with her former love. Anjali is in love with her husband and has no wish to return to her former lover. When she tells him this, he sets out to ruin Ram's business. But the truth wins in the end when Anjali tells Dev she is pregnant with Ram's child. Dev realises his folly and decides to marry his friend and business partner Sheetal Varma (Mahima Chaudhary) who has secretly loved him for a long time.

Cast[link]

• Akshay Kumar ... Ram
• Shilpa Shetty ... Anjali
• Sunil Shetty ... Dev
• Mahima Chaudhry ... Sheetal Varma
• Sharmila Tagore ... Dev's mother (Special Appearance)
• Sushma Seth ... Ram's stepmother
• Parmeet Sethi ... Bob (Ram's stepbrother)
• Manjeet Kullar ... Nikki (Ram's stepsister)
• Kiran Kumar ... Anjali's father
• Anjana Mumtaz ... Anjali's mother
• Anupam Kher ... Sheetal's father (Special Appearance)
• Kader Khan ... Singer (Special Appearance in song "Dulhe Ka Sehra")

Crew[link]

• Director:: Dharmesh Darshan
• Story: Raj Sinha and Naseem Mukri
• Dialogue: Dharmesh Darshan and Naseem Mukri
• Producer: Ratan Jain
• Music: Nadeem-Shravan
• Art Direction: Bijon Das Gupta
• Editor: Bharat
• Lyrics: Sameer
• Costume Designer: Vikram Phadnis and Navin Shetty

Music[link]

Review[link]

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 also said "Akshay Kumar shows vast improvement as an actor. He is very controlled and handles this difficult role with sincerity." ^[1]

Awards[link]

Filmfare Awards

• Best Female Playback - Alka Yagnik - "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai".
• Best Villain - Sunil Shetty

Nominated

• Best Choreography
• Best Director - Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Movie - Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein".
• Best Music Director - Nadeem Shravan
• Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan - "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai".
• Best Supporting Actress - Mahima Chaudhry

International Indian Film Academy Awards

Nominated

• Best Actor - Akshay Kumar
• Best Actress - Shilpa Shetty
• Best Supporting Actress - Mahima Chaudhry
• Best Movie - Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Story - Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Director - Dharmesh Darshan
• Best Female - Alka Yagnik - "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai".
• Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai".
• Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein".
• Best Male Playback - Abhijeet- "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein".
• Best Music Director - Nadeem-Shravan
• Best Villain - Sunil Shetty

Screen Awards

Won

• Best Publicity Design - Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda

Nominated

• Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Dil Ne Ye Kaha Hai".
• Best Music Director - Nadeem Shravan
• 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

References[link]

1. ^ Dhadkan : Movie Review by Taran Adarsh

External links[link]

• Dhadkan at the Internet Movie Database

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