Mann (film)

Plot

Dev Karan Singh (Aamir Khan), a casanova and ambitious painter deep in debt, agrees to marry Anita (Deepti Bhatnagar), the daughter of Singhania (Dalip Tahil), a rich tycoon. Priya (Manisha Koirala), a music teacher for children, is engaged to Raj (Anil Kapoor), whom she has agreed to marry because he had helped her when she was in need. Priya and Dev meet on a cruise and fall in love. However, due to them already being engaged to other people, they agree to work everything out and meet in 6 months on Valentine's Day to get married.

During the 6 months, Dev breaks off his engagement with Anita and starts working hard. Driven by his love, he creates and auctions beautiful paintings, and becomes very successful. On the other hand, Priya realizes that leaving Raj will be wrong and sadly writes a letter to Dev, explaining everything. When Raj gets the letter instead, he supports Priya and convinces her to go to Dev. Things take a bad turn when, on her way to meet him, Priya gets hit by a car and gets her legs amputated. Dev, who waited all night for Priya, believes she has rejected him, as he does not know of her accident. Priya forbids Raj from telling Dev, not wanting to become a burden on him. However, both Dev and Priya still love and pine for each other.

Though heartbroken, Dev continues his career and goes on to become a famous painter. One day, Priya attends his art exhibition and wishes to buy a painting of his, a sentimental picture of her speaking to his beloved grandmother, whom Dev had introduced to her during the cruise. Dev had said that he would not sell the painting as it was only for Priya, but upon hearing that the girl who wanted it understands the emotion behind the picture and is disabled, he tells the host of the exhibition to give the painting to her for free.

One day, he visits Priya to give her an anklet that his grandmother, who recently died, had wished for Priya to have when she became Dev's bride. Initially unaware of Priya's condition, Dev realizes the truth when he sees the painting in another room. The two embrace tearfully and he assures Priya that he will love her no matter what. Dev and Priya then get married and live happily ever after.

Cast

Box office

The film was an average grosser at box office.

Casting

Originally, the lead role of Priya in the film was offered to Aishwarya Rai, who had to decline due to prior commitments. Subsequently, Manisha Koirala was cast in the role. Coincidentally, during the same period, "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam," featuring Aishwarya Rai, was released and unexpectedly became a hit.

Soundtrack

The music for the movie was composed by the composer duo Sanjeev Darshan while lyrics were by Sameer.The songs were very popular among the masses. It remains third selling soundtrack of the year 1999. The songs like 'Nasha yeh pyar ka' 'Khushiyon aur gham' 'Mera nann' were chartbusters . Most of the songs were copied from another singers famous songs without their copyright also not credited like The song 'Nasha yeh pyar ka' is based on the melody of the Italian song L'Italiano by Toto Cutugno and "Tinak Tin Tana" Lifted from song "Yang Sedang Sedang Saja" by Malaysian singer Iwan.