'' Dhadkan '' received 11 nominations at the 46th Filmfare Awards , including Best Film , Best Director for Darshan , and Best Supporting Actress for Chaudhry . It won two awards , including Best Villain for Suniel Shetty . Both Shilpa Shetty and Mahima Chaudhry ’s performance were critically acclaimed and are to considered be amongst their best performances . The films music was a huge rage at the time and is still remembered even today ; the hit songs were one of the major reasons for the success of the film . Anjali Chauhan ( Shilpa Shetty ) is a young woman who hails from an extremely rich and influential family . Her father , Mr. Chauhan ( Kiran Kumar ) , is a renowned businessman . Anjali is in love with Dev ( Suniel Shetty ) , who is very poor and often can not even afford to clothe himself properly . Dev also loves Anjali and wants to marry her . When Anjali puts forward to her parents the proposal of marrying Dev , she is rebuked and gets an outright refusal . Because her father does not like Dev for his bad manners and arrogant outlook . When Anjali tells Dev about this , he says that he can not live without her . But Anjali leaves Dev . Upset by Anjali 's betrayal , Dev tells all this to his mother Jhanvi ( Sharmila Tagore ) , who dies after listening this . On the other hand , Anjali 's parents have chosen for her a wealthy suitor from Delhi ; and the boy is very religious minded . Not wanting to hurt her parents , Anjali finally gives in and marries Rambhan " Ram " Verma ( Akshay Kumar ) , the boy who her parents believe will be a perfect match for her . Ram is a man of great ideals , who believes in giving a rightful place to his wife and respects her sensibilities . Despite this , he is unable to win Anjali 's love at first and their marriage remains on the edge . However , after seeing the magnanimity of her Ram ’s heart in forgiving and accepting her , Anjali realizes that she has fallen in love with Ram . At the third wedding anniversary party of Ram and Anjali , Dev returns . He is now a business tycoon . Anjali finds herself at a crossroads on where she would stand &ndash; for her husband Ram ( with whom she is deeply in love ) or with her former love Dev ( who still wants to reunite with her ) . Anjali chooses to stand for Ram and has no wish to return to Dev , even though it pains her to know how hurt Dev is and will be in his future . When Anjali tells Dev that she is deeply in love with Ram , Dev can not stand rejection for a second time and sets out to ruin Ram 's life . This goes on for some time , causing turbulence and turmoil in Ram and Anjali 's life . In the end , when Anjali tells Dev that she is pregnant with Ram 's child , Anjali begs him to leave her alone . Dev realizes his folly and becomes good . He then decides to marry his current friend and business partner , Sheetal Varma ( Mahima Chaudhry ) , who is his new companion and had secretly loved him for a long time
46th Filmfare Awards
46th Filmfare Awards
Dhadkan