Dhadkan is a 2000 Hindi-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Dharmesh Darshan, Naseem Mukri and Raj Sinha. The movie is directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Ratan Jain. Wealthy Anjali falls in love with poor Dev, both want to get married, but Anjali's family objects and instead get her married to equally wealthy Ram.. Dhadkan features Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Sunil Shetty and G.p. Singh. The screenplay is written by Naseem Mukri and Raj Sinha. The music was composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi along with Nadeem Shravan and Surinder Sodhi. Cinematography was done by W. B. Rao and editing by Bharat Singh. The motion picture has a running time of 160 minutes. It was released on 11th August 2000. Dhadkan was made on a budget of ₹1 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹10 lakh.