Reception
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was well received by most critics, especially for its emotional content, cinematography and music; as well as the performances of the lead actors, and a surprising performance by guest star Helen.
Ken Eisner writing for Variety said "this three-hour spectacular is stuffed with songs, romance, comedy, devotional material (both Christian and Hindu), and color-soaked dance numbers that are huge even by Hindi standards." Michael Dequina writing for TheMovieReport.com sais of the three leads "Rai, in a luminous, award-winning performance (largely considered her big dramatic breakthrough--and justifiably so), fills in the conflicted emotional shades that Khan fails to bring with his one-dimensional presence; and Devgan's soulful subtlety does its job in suggesting Sameer to be a more formidable romantic adversary than viewers would see him as being."
The film was a hit at the Indian box office, becoming the third highest grossing of the Bollywood films of 1999 with 32.5 crore. It also did well in the foreign box office with 11.1 crore.
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