The final showdown takes place on a bridge where Nandini runs towards Vanraj and basically tells him how now that the chase is over, so is her interest and that she is ready to play wife again. Now, after a 2-and-a-half-hour buildup for THIS very moment, while talking to Sameer, Nandini changes to declare that she loves Vanraj instead! Who is her one true meal-ticket through Europe and could probably take her to meet more of her lovers if need be. Before he could say anything, even a 'thanks' to her for ruining his life, she is hurried off by Helen. Nearing the end, as Vanraj realises he has no scope of even a pity hug from the woman, let alone anything else, he takes her to the show to unite her with Sameer. An over-excited Helen greets them and invites Nandini to attend her son’s big show and profess her love. Some effort she was putting into finding him.Īfter a lot of awkward and near-miss encounters with Sameer, the couple that had better chances of coming across as brother and sister, find Sameer’s mother. Nandini giddy’s up for her honeymoon/quest and arrives in Italy without so much as an ounce of remorse for Vanraj, or a picture of Sameer. Because in Bhansali productions and Indian society alike, only sacrifice = true love. Upon finding the truth about his wife and her Italian beau, being the nice and spineless guy he is, he decided to unite them. As he recovers from the hurt of KLPD he received on the wedding night, he walks in on Nandini reading Sameer’s love letters. Over at Vanraj’s house, he realises what big bag of poop he has stepped into. At the same time, remember the cousin who had an affair but got married to someone else? Yeah, she comes back home and screws up the game for poor Nandini.Ī lot of drama, family politics and an unhealthy speech about how ‘women must get married according to their parents and once they do, become a slave to their husbands’ later, Nandini tragically gets married to Vanraj while Sameer is banished from the house.Īll this while, Nandini's father acts as the one whose life has been ruined, because #MisogynisticFatherComplex. Which obviously doesn’t matter because all chattees gun have matched with Vanraj. Guess who wouldn’t want to be the one using the washroom after he does?Īfter Nandini fears getting pregnant merely after a kiss with Sameer, he promises to ask her hand. Meanwhile, a still butthurt Sameer in a desperate attempt to seek some attention, starts eating chillies. Going by the ‘love at first sight’ logic, he asks his sister to send a rishta to Nandini’s parents. Oh but, how dare she!Įnter our second protagonist Vanraj aka Ajay Devgn who can’t stop drooling over Ash as she jams on nimbooda. Things go south when Sameer tries to grab Nandini in the middle of a celebration, despite her resisting it, and ends up getting slapped by her. Obviously, he passed the test.Īs the hormonally raging chemistry between Sameer and Nandini grows, at family functions of all places, Sameer even uses the Italy card to satisfy his foot fetish after reading Nanidini’s foot instead of her hand. Pundit Darbaar puts Sameer to a random singing test at the dinner table, where he screams HEY till the audience goes deaf. One that involved some nasty nimbooda talk. However, within the first 5 seconds of their meeting, Sameer manages to woo her with his pathetic Gujarati and indulges in what can only be called as some weird a** flirting.
Meanwhile, Nandini is busy throwing a fit about giving up her room to Sameer for the duration of his stay.
No really, it should be declared a zilla parishad. After a pretty dramatic showdown between him and the thin air that he calls dad, he finally reaches the house of Pundit Darbar and is greeted by his family which is actually the size of an entire village. While Ajay Devgn (Vanraj) is also there.Įnter Sameer, walking through the middle of a desert, accompanied by the spirit of his dad.
The movie is a clear cut love triangle between Salman Khan (Sameer), Aishwarya Rai (Nandini) and a khatta nimbooda.
In simple words - how some women back in the day could take a free Euro trip to meet their boyfriends while having their husbands pay for it. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, one of the highest-grossing Indian films in Indian cinema, has often been described as a story of unrequited love.īut if we’re being reaaally honest, it is a lot more than that.