Sirf Tum (transl. Only You) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Agathian. It was released on 4 June 1999. The film features Sanjay Kapoor, Priya Gill, Sushmita Sen, Jackie Shroff and Mohnish Behl. The film was filmed in Nainital, Kerala and Houston. It is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Kadhal Kottai.[2][3] It was a commercial success at the box office.

Sirf Tum
Directed byAgathiyan
Written byAgathiyan
Anees Bazmee (dialogues)
Story byAgathiyan
Based onKadhal Kottai
by Agathiyan
Produced byBoney Kapoor
StarringSanjay Kapoor
Priya Gill
Sushmita Sen
Jackie Shroff
Mohnish Behl
CinematographyThangar Bachan
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Music byNadeem-Shravan
Production
companies
Narsimha Entertprises
Eros International
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 4 June 1999 (1999-06-04)
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget3 crore[1]
Box office11 crore[1]

Plot

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Deepak Rai comes across a purse that contains educational certificates belonging to a woman named Aarti. He finds out that she lives in Nainital and mails her stuff back to her; this starts an enduring correspondence through letters.

Even though the couple has never seen each other, there is a mutual attraction. Aarti's older sister and brother-in-law Nirmal are encouraging to a certain extent. While Nirmal suggests she marry a Mr. Prem, a renowned young businessman in his neighborhood and business-partner, Aarti's older sister wants Aarti to choose her own life partner.

One day, Aarti starts out on her journey to locate and meet Deepak without informing him that she is on her way. He is currently living in Delhi as he has a job contract with his boss Neha there temporarily. Not helping matters is Neha, who is romantically inclined to him too, but Deepak is not. His heart pines for Aarti. Due to this reason, he resigns and desperate to make ends meets, starts to drive an auto rickshaw at the behest of Pritam whom he befriended when he respected him as a human when he first arrived in Delhi and Pritam helped him when he did not have a place of his own.

During the correspondence, a few months back, Aarti had gifted Deepak a woollen sweater with an image of a "lit diya" knitted over it. When Aarti arrives in Delhi, she looks for Deepak's address and workplace hoping she can meet him unaware and surprise him with her presence and see what he is really like. She fails to find Deepak and decides to go back because a week had passed and time was running out. She might not get a chance to come and meet him again. Sadly, she reaches the train station to return home.

Unbeknownst, when Aarti first arrived in Delhi and her rickshaw broke down, she had hired Deepak's auto and had been traveling with him the whole day. While Deepak drops her at the station, someone mistakenly spills coffee over Deepak's shirt. Deepak removes his shirt revealing the woollen sweater beneath. Aarti recognizes it, calls out Deepak name loudly and both recognize each other and how they had been looking for each other the whole time.

The Film ends with Aarti and Deepak embracing each other while Pritam and Jency look at them in joy.

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Soundtrack

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Sirf Tum
Soundtrack album by
Released1999
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length1 hour, 8 min
LabelT-Series

All songs are composed by Nadeem-Shravan, with lyrics penned by Sameer. Cassettes and CDs are available on T-Series and Eros Music.

The Sirf Tum soundtrack album sold 2.2 million units, and was ninth best-selling Bollywood music album of 1999.[4] "Dilbar" was remade in Satyameva Jayate, where it was recreated by Neha Kakkar.[5]

# Title Singer(s)
1. "Pehli Pehli Baar Mohabbat Ki Hai" Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu
2. "Sirf Tum" Anuradha Paudwal & Hariharan
3. "Dilbar Dilbar" Alka Yagnik
4. "Panchi Sur Main Gaate Hai" Udit Narayan
5. "Ek Mulakat Zaruri Hai Sanam" Ameen Sabri & Fareed Sabri
6. "Uparwala Apne Saath Hai" Kumar Sanu
7. "Dekho Zara Kaise Balkhake Chali" Gurdas Maan
8. "Sirf Tum" Anuradha Paudwal
9. "Ek Mulaqat Zaruri Hai Sanam" (Reprise) Ameen Sabri & Fareed Sabri & Jaspinder Narula

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sirf Tum – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "5 best movies of Sanjay Kapoor". 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: The Sirf Tum review". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Music Hits 1990-1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Iconic 'Dilbar' song to be recreated in 'Satyameva Jayate'". Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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