Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!
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| Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! | |
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| Directed by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Produced by | Ajit Kumar Barjatya Kamal Kumar Barjatya Rajkumar Barjatya |
| Written by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Starring | Madhuri Dixit Salman Khan |
| Music by | Raamlaxman |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kinagi |
| Editing by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
| Distributed by | Rajshri Productions |
| Release date(s) | 5 August 1994 |
| Running time | 206 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | INR 45,000,000 |
Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (Hindi: हम आपके हैं कौन, Urdu: ہم آپ کے ہیں کون, translation: Who Am I to You?) is a 1994 Bollywood film directed by Sooraj Barjatya and one of the most successful Bollywood films ever. The film is a story of two Indian families and the relationships between them, celebrating Indian culture using modern production values. It is noted for its lavish depictions of North Indian wedding ceremonies. Its soundtrack, including an unusually large number of 14 songs, was scored by Raam Lakshman. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, two of the top Bollywood stars of the 1990s. The film was very influential and inspired young filmmakers such as Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar. It was dubbed into Telugu as Premalayam. Madhuri Dixit won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and was also nominated in the same category for her critically acclaimed performance in Anjaam which was released that same year.
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[edit] Plot
The story was adapted from the film Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) also made by Rajshri Productions. It tells the story of two lovers, Prem (Salman Khan) and Nisha (Madhuri Dixit) who are very fun loving, cheerful and full of mischief. Prem's elder brother, Rajesh (Mohnish Behl), is married to Nisha's elder sister, Pooja (Renuka Shahane). Prem's father (Alok Nath) and Nisha's parents (Anupam Kher and Reema Lagoo) were college friends and when they meet, they arrange Rajesh's and Pooja's marriage. During the marriage a lot of fun and mischief happens, but later it is time for Pooja to leave. Prem gets along well with his sister-in-law well and soon they discover that Pooja is pregnant. Pooja's parents are unable to come to the ceremony marking the arrival of the baby so they send Nisha to Pooja. While she is there, she and Prem fall in love with each other. Later, Nisha's parents come over to Pooja's house for a few days and when they have to go, everybody persuades them to stay over for a day. Then when the day for them to leave comes, everybody is sad, especially Prem as he has become very close to Nisha. Then one day Pooja goes to stay at her parents' house and Prem follows her there. Once they reach the house, Pooja finds out that Prem and Nisha love each other. She promises to get them married and gives Nisha the family necklace. Then the phone rings and Pooja goes to answer it. She is very happy and is hopping down the stairs when her foot accidentally slips and she dies after falling off the stairs. Everybody is sad about the accident. Nisha takes good care of Pooja's child and everybody thinks that she will be a great mother to the baby and so Prem's father and Nisha's parents talks about a marriage between Rajesh and Nisha. Nisha overhears them and parents talking about her being the daughter-in-law of the house that her sister was from and she thinks that she is getting married to Prem. Later at a ceremony, she finds out that she is marrying Rajesh. Prem and Nisha agree to sacrifice their love for Rajesh and the baby. At the wedding, Nisha gives Tuffy (Prem's dog) the necklace that her sister had given her together with a letter, to pass it to Prem. Tuffy gives the necklace and letter to Rajesh and he realises that Prem loves Nisha. In the end, he confronts them and Nisha and Prem marry each other.
[edit] Cast
- Madhuri Dixit as Nisha Chaudhary
- Salman Khan as Prem
- Mohnish Behl as Rajesh
- Renuka Shahane as Pooja Chaudhary
- Laxmikant Berde as Lalloo Prasad
- Priya Arun as Chameli
- Anupam Kher as Prof. Siddharth Chaudhary
- Reema Lagoo as Mrs. Chaudhary
- Alok Nath as Kailash Nath
- Bindu as Aunt
- Ajit Vachani as Aunt's Husband
- Satish Shah as Doctor
- Himani Shivpuri as Razia (Doc's wife)
- Sahila Chaddha as Rita
- Dilip Joshi as Bhola Prasad
[edit] Awards
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun won several awards that year, including:
- Filmfare Award for Best Film
- Filmfare Award for Best Director - Sooraj R. Barjatya
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress in a leading role - Madhuri Dixit
Lata Mangeshkar, who sang more than 10 songs in the movie, had long retired from accepting awards, but the public demand for the song "Didi Tera Devar" was such that Filmfare gave her a special award that year.[citation needed]
[edit] Box office
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun is one of the biggest grossers ever in the history of Hindi cinema. Made on a budget of around Rs. 60 million, it went on to collect over Rs. 650 million in India and over Rs. 150 million overseas.[1][2]
If figures are to be calculated in the year 2006 by adjusting the inflation factor, the film raked in more than Rs. 1,500 million worldwide.[citation needed] Not only did the film have immense success, it was also one of the biggest blockbusters of Indian cinemas, even in the era of short movies where time length reduced to generally 2.5 hours (the movie being almost four hours long and the longest of the 90s.[citation needed]
[edit] Soundtrack
| Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! | |
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| Soundtrack by Raam Laxman | |
| Released | 1 June 2004 |
| Genre | Hindi film soundtrack |
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma |
| Producer | Raam Laxman |
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
| 1 | Maye Ni Maye | Lata Mangeshkar | 4:21 |
| 2 | Didi Tera Devar Deewana | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 8:01 |
| 3 | Mausam Ka Jaadu | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 5:01 |
| 4 | Chocolate Lime Juice | Lata Mangeshkar | 4:29 |
| 5 | Joote Dedo, Paise Lelo | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 4:35 |
| 6 | Pehla Pehla Pyar | S. P. Balasubramaniam | 4:25 |
| 7 | Dhiktana (Part 1) | S. P. Balasubramaniam | 5:19 |
| 8 | Babul | Sharda Sinha | 3:44 |
| 9 | Mujhse Juda Hokar | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 6:01 |
| 10 | Samdhi Samdhan | Lata Mangeshkar, Kumar Sanu | 5:50 |
| 11 | Hum Aapke Hain Koun | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 3:58 |
| 12 | Wah Wah Ramji | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam | 4:14 |
| 13 | Lo Chali Main | Lata Mangeshkar | 2:54 |
| 14 | Dhiktana (Part 2) | Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Udit Narayan, Shailendra Singh | 8:08 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Box Office 1994". BoxOffice India. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=200&catName=MTk5NA==. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Overseas Earnings". BoxOffice India. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=overseas_earners. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- Ganti, Tejaswini. Bollywood, Routledge, New York and London, 2004.
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| Preceded by Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke |
Filmfare Award for Best Film 1994 |
Succeeded by Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge |
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