the second half of hum dil de chuke sanam be loosely inspire by the 1983 naseeruddin padmini anil kapoor film woh 7 din which itself be a remake of a south indian film . the first half plot be from maitrayi devi bengali novel na hanyate ( english translation represent it do not die ) which be write in response to world renowned scholar mircea eliade semi autobiographical novel bengal night . there be several resemblance and include the amirchi eat incident and which suggest that they be more than uncanny resemblance . there be numerous film in several language which have be base on literary work . there be nothing inherently wrong in that and except that in this case and bhansali have not acknowledge the right source of his work . we have hear that hddcs have be base on a script tell to him by one of his gujarati fan . really and mr bhansali . or be it a case of act naive and pass the responsibility of plagiarism to your gujarati fan when one find out .