Dhadkan Dvd

Dhadkan (English: Heartbeat) is a 2000 Indian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Ratan Jain. Starring Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty, and Mahima Chaudhry it tells the story of a woman who leaves her boyfriend to marry a kind-hearted man, who is chosen for her by her father. Gradually, she falls in love with him. 3 years later, she bumps into her boyfriend, who is now a business tycoon and still wants to reunite with her.

Plot

Anjali Chauhan (Shilpa Shetty) is a young woman who hails from an extremely rich and influential family. Her father, Narendra Chauhan (Kiran Kumar), is a renowned businessman. Anjali is in love with Dev Chopra (Suniel Shetty) who is the poor son of Narendra’s late rival Ranjan Chopra, and often cannot even afford to clothe himself properly. Dev also loves Anjali and wants to marry her. When Anjali puts forward to Narendra and her mother Veena (Anjana Mumtaz) the proposal of marrying Dev, she is rebuked and gets an outright refusal. Because Narendra does not like Dev for his bad manners and arrogant outlook. When Anjali tells Dev about this, he says that he cannot live without her. But Anjali leaves Dev. Upset by Anjali’s betrayal, Dev tells all this to his mother Jhanvi (Sharmila Tagore), who dies after listening this. On the other hand, Narendra and Veena have chosen for her a wealthy suitor from Delhi; and the boy is very religious minded. Not wanting to hurt her parents, Anjali finally gives in and marries Rambhan “Ram” Verma (Akshay Kumar), the boy 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 Ram’s heart in forgiving and accepting her, Anjali realizes that she has fallen in love with Ram and they happily enjoy their life as a married couple.