Heartbeat) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Ratan Jain.

[4][5] It also features Sharmila Tagore, Parmeet Sethi, Kiran Kumar, Sushma Seth and Manjeet Kullar in supporting roles.

Delayed for almost four years for various reasons, Dhadkan finally released on August 11, 2000, coinciding with the Independence Day weekend.

It received positive reviews from critics upon release, and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing ₹26 crore worldwide.

At the 46th Filmfare Awards, Dhadkan received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Darshan), Best Supporting Actress (Chaudhry) and Best Music Director (Nadeem–Shravan), and won 2 awards – Best Villain (Suniel Shetty) and Best Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se").

Anjali is dating the poor Dev (Suniel Shetty) who cannot even afford to clothe himself properly.

Dev says if Narendra doesn't give his consent to the wedding, he will take away Anjali forcefully) and rejects him.

Anjali wanted to leave her house, but her dad threatens to commit suicide if she takes this step.

Heartbroken, Dev tells this to his mother, Jhanvi (Sharmila Tagore) who dies in shock as she liked Anjali a lot.

Ram is a man of great ideals, who believes in giving a rightful place to Anjali and respects her sensibilities.

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, around 4.5 million units were sold making it the second highest-selling album of the year after Mohabbatein.

All lyrics are written by Sameer Anjaan; all music is composed by Nadeem–ShravanTaran Adarsh wrote of the film: Dhadkan is an intense love story and director Dharmesh Darshan has handled it with the sensitivity it deserves ...

The entire marriage song-sequence in the initial reels, prior to it the scenes involving Sharmila Tagore, Sunil's portions in the second half, clearly indicate that the director knows his job well.

He relies more on close-ups to capture expressions, which is the hallmark of a seasoned technician.Adarsh described Shilpa Shetty as the "life of the enterprise", adding that she "looks good, delivers her lines effectively and emotes with utmost conviction.

"[9] Padmaraj Nair of Screen felt the film had a "nostalgic feel to it, what with the effect of watching social drama from the good ol' 60s."

It seems as if he developed cold feet as far as justifying the grey role of Sunil Shetty is concerned, and ends up portraying him on a positive note."

He felt, performance-wise, Shetty "scores over the rest", while adding, "Shilpa gets the best role of her career and doesn't disappoint.

Dhadkan had a worldwide theatrical release on August 11, 2000 during the Independence Day weekend and garnered predominantly positive reviews.

[11] It emerged as a commercial success grossing ₹26 crore in global markets.The film’s music, composed by Nadeem – Shravan, went on to break records.