''Haal – E – dil'', shortened as HED, (translation: ''The State of Heart''), directed by

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, is a 2008

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film starring

Adhyayan Suman Adhyayan Suman (born 13 January 1988) is an Indian actor and singer who appears in Hindi language films. He debuted in 2008 with '' Haal–e–dil''. His second film was '' Raaz – The Mystery Continues'' was a semi-hit. Suman's was praised f ...

and Amita Patak. Story wise, it was the debut of actor, Adhyayan Suman, who is the son of retro-actor

Shekhar Suman Shekhar Suman (born 7 December 1962) is an Indian actor, anchor, producer, director, and singer. Personal life Shekhar Suman married Alka Suman on 4 May 1983, and has a son Adhyayan Suman, a Bollywood film actor. An older son, Aayush, died ...

. The film deals with issues of the "love within" the human psyche and how it manifests itself. It is based on the love stories of three people. The movie, also stars Nakuul Mehta, who plays a painter, named Shekhar, who woos Sanjana (Amita Phatak), but only to find she has a long-lost boyfriend, Rohit (

), who she believes, is no more. The film opened to theatres on 20 June 2008. Although it received generally mixed reviews, the movie was declared as the first big flop of 2008.

Plot

While traveling by train Shekhar Oberoi attempts to woo Sanjana Sharma, but finds out she had given her heart to a former boyfriend, Rohit, who is no more. Both share some misadventures en route to Simla, and upon arrival Shekhar openly declares his love for her knowing fully that this decision will bring nothing but heartbreak for him

Cast

as Rohit Bakshi * Amita Pathak as Sanjana Sharma *

Nakuul Mehta Nakuul Mehta (born 17 January 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2012 with '' Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' portraying Aditya Kumar. He earned wider recognition with hi ...

as Shekhar Oberoi *

Himani Shivpuri Himani Bhatt Shivpuri (born 24 October 1960) is an Indian actress known for her character roles in Bollywood films and Hindi soap operas. Her films include '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994), ''Raja'' (1995), ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1 ...

as Stella *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. and few Tamil films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie '' China ...

as Speedy Shing *

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as Aunty in train *

Tanuja Tanuja Samarth, known mononymously as Tanuja, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and producer Kumarsen Samarth, and w ...

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... Special Appearance *

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... Special Appearance * Sanjay Mishra

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 22 May 2008. It consisted of 9 tracks composed by

Anand Raj Anand Anand Raaj Anand is an Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer in the Hindi film industry. He was nominated for the Best Music Director Filmfare Award for ''Kaante'' (2003). Early life Anand Raj was born on 8 November 1961 in Delhi in ...

Vishal Bhardwaj Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bha ...

Raghav Sachar Raghav Sachar (born 24 July 1981, in India) is an Indian singer, composer and film scorer. Early life and career Sachar was born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar in Calcutta . He is the youngest of three children. He started ...

Pritam Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. ...

Track listing

Reception

Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India rated the film 2 out of 5 and stated, "The movie is based on one line – Magic starts where logic ends. But magic alone can't carry a film. You got to add logic too!"Haal e Dil – Movie Review – AOL India Bollywood
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haal-E-Dil Films scored by Anand Raj Anand 2008 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2008 romantic comedy films Films featuring songs by Pritam Films scored by Vishal Bhardwaj Films scored by Raghav Sachar Indian romantic musical films