Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!

Infobox Film
name = Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!


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director = Sooraj R. Barjatya
producer = Ajit Kumar Barjatya
Kamal Kumar Barjatya
Rajkumar Barjatya
writer = Sooraj R. Barjatya
starring = Madhuri Dixit
Salman Khan
music = Raamlaxman
cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
editing = Mukhtar Ahmed
distributor = Rajshri Productions
Eros Entertainment "(DVD)"
Digital Entertainment "(VCD)"
released = 1994
runtime = 206 min.
language = Hindi
budget = INR 45,000,000
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imdb_id = 0110076

"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 popular soundtrack, including an unusually large 14 songs, was scored by Raam Lakshaman. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, two of the top Bollywood stars of the 1990s. HAHK was very influential and inspired young filmmakers such as Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar. This movie was dubbed into telugu as "Premalayam".

Plot

The story was originally adopted in the film "NADIYA KE PAAR" of Rajshri Productions and again in this film HAHK. It tells the story of two lovers, Prem (Salman Khan) and Nisha (Madhuri Dixit). Their older siblings, Rajesh and Pooja get married. After Pooja has her baby, the elders decide to get Prem married with a girl like Pooja. Prem and Nisha slowly fall in love with each other. Prem tells his sister-in-law, Nisha's older sister, Pooja, that he loves Nisha.Pooja binds the two with her blessings and a necklace. Before Pooja can tell anyone the good news, she falls down the stairs, and dies. Everyone feels they lost their life after Pooja dies, because she had a magic touch that even the dog, Tuffy, notices. Rajesh finds life hard without Pooja, and he finds it especially hard to raise their son. The parents decide to get Rajesh married to Nisha so that he won't feel so lonely, and his son will get a mother. Nisha unknowingly accepts because she thinks that she is going to marry Prem. When she finds out she is marrying Rajesh, the two lovers decide to sacrifice their love for Rejesh's happiness. The servant that Pooja treated like a brother prays to God to stop the wedding and have Prem and Nisha get married. The dog decides to do something and takes the necklace Pooja gave to Nisha to wear to her wedding with Prem. Nisha writes a note saying that she is giving Pooja's bind back to Prem. The dog takes the necklace and note and instead of giving it to Prem, he gives to Rajesh. Rajesh finds out that Nisha and Prem love each other, and steps aside so that his younger brother can marry Nisha. They live happily ever after.

Cast

*Madhuri Dixit ... Nisha Choudhury
*Salman Khan ... Prem
*Mohnish Bahl ... Rajesh
*Renuka Shahane ... Pooja Choudhury
*Anupam Kher ... Prof. Siddharth Choudhury
*Reema Lagoo ... Mrs. Choudhury (as Rima)
*Alok Nath ... Kailashnath (as Aloknath)
*Bindu ... Aunt
*Ajit Vachani ... Aunt's Husband (as Ajit Vachhani)
*Satish Shah ... Doctor
*Himani Shivpuri ... Razia (Doc's wife)
*Sahila Chaddha ... Rita
*Dilip Joshi ... Bhola Prasad
*Laxmikant Berde ... Lalloo Prasad
*Priya Arun ... Chameli

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.

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. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com Source:BoxOfficeIndia.Com] .

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.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 4 hours long and the longest of the 90s decade.

Music

* Maye Ni Maye - Lata Mangeshkar
* Didi Tera Devar Deewana - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Mausam Ka Jaadu - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Chocolate Lime Juice - Lata Mangeshkar
* Joote Dedo, Paise Lelo - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Pehla Pehla Pyar - SP. Balasubramaniam
* Dhiktana - SP. Balasubramaniam
* Babul - Sharda Sinha
* Mujhse Juda Hokar - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Samdhi Samdhan - Lata Mangeshkar, Kumar Sanu
* Hum Aapke Hain Koun - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Wah Wah Ramji - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam
* Lo Chali Main - Lata Mangeshkar
* Dhiktana - Lata Mangeshkar, SP. Balasubramaniam, Udit Narayan, Shailendra Sin

References

* Ganti, Tejaswini. "Bollywood", Routledge, New York and London, 2004.

ee also

*List of highest-grossing Bollywood films

External links

*imdb title|id=0110076|title=Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!

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title=Filmfare Award for Best Film
years=1994
before="Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke"
after= "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge"