Mann

About the film

Mann (transl. The Psyche) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Indra Kumar. The film starred Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, pairing them for the second time, and also features Anil Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Neeraj Vora with Rani Mukerji in a special appearance. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Koirala since Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995). The film is mainly based on the 1957 American film An Affair To Remember. Mann received positive reviews upon release. The soundtrack by Sanjeev–Darshan has been well received but criticised for allegedly plagiarising other songs.

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), She has agreed to marry him because he helped her when she was in need. Priya and Dev meet on a cruise. Dev becomes fond of Priya. He is a fun-loving, flamboyant Casanova. He tries to get close to her. Initially unimpressed, she later falls in love with him. However, as they were both already engaged to other people, they agreed to sort things out and meet on Valentine's Day in six months' time to get married.

Over the next six months, Dev calls off his engagement to Anita and starts working hard. Driven by his love for her, he creates and auctions off beautiful paintings, becoming very successful with the support of his friend Natu (Neeraj Vora). Meanwhile, Priya realises that leaving Raj would be wrong, and sadly writes a letter to Dev explaining everything. However, Raj receives the letter instead and supports Priya, convincing her to go to Dev. However, things take a turn for the worse when Priya is hit by a car on her way to meet Dev and has to have her legs amputated. Dev, who has been waiting all night for Priya, believes that she has rejected him because he does not know about the accident. Priya forbids Raj from telling Dev the truth, not wanting to become a burden to him. Now, Priya runs a music academy for young children.

Although heartbroken, Dev continues his career as a painter and goes on to become famous. One day, Priya attends one of his art exhibitions and wishes to buy a painting, a sentimental picture of her speaking to his beloved grandmother, whom Dev had introduced her to during the cruise. Dev said that he wouldn't sell the painting because it was intended for Priya. However, upon hearing that the girl who wanted it understood the emotion behind the picture and was disabled, he told the exhibition host to give the painting to her for free.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was "composed" by the duo Sanjeev–Darshan, while the lyrics were by Sameer Anjaan. Most of the tracks were allegedly plagiarised from other artists' songs without crediting them. "Nasha Yeh Pyar Ka" is based on the melody of "L'Italiano" by the Italian singer Toto Cutugno, "Tinak Tin Tana" is lifted from "Yang Sedang Sedang Saja" by the Malaysian singer Iwan, "Chaha Hai Tujhko" is based on the Tamil song "Edho Oru Paatu" composed by S. A. Rajkumar from Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998), "Khushiyan Aur Gham" was lifted from "Come Vorrei" by the Italian pop group Ricchi e Poveri, and "Kali Nagin Ke Jaisi" was lifted from "Ya Rayah" by the Algerian singer Dahmane El Harrachi. The first 40 seconds of "Kehna Hai Tumse" were sampled from "Liquid" by Jars of Clay. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2,800,000 units sold the soundtrack became the sixth highest-selling album of the year.

Vocals for Aamir Khan were supplied by Udit Narayan.

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