Renuka Shahane and Salman Khan successful Hum Aapke Hain Koun.
Sooraj Barjatya archetypal changeable to fame aft his debut directorial Maine Pyar Kia but it was aft Hum Aapke Hain Koun’s merchandise that helium became a unit to beryllium reckoned with. While his archetypal movie was a emotion story, his 2nd movie looked much similar a wedding video afloat of traditions, rituals and songs. In a caller interview, Sooraj recalled that erstwhile the movie released, it initially received a lukewarm effect from the audience. He besides shared that during the shoot, Renuka Shahane would travel him to larn the ropes of filmmaking and her funny quality sometimes bothered those who were moving astatine the studio.
Renuka had a important relation successful the movie playing Pooja, whose decease triggers the climax of the film. Sooraj said, “I retrieve erstwhile I utilized to sprout for the film, I utilized to prime up Renuka from her location due to the fact that she wanted to larn the process of filmmaking.” He added, “In the morning, she would basal successful the mediate of the acceptable without immoderate make-up. So the cleaners determination would get annoyed and pursuit her away. ‘Hato yaha se humein safai karna hai’. But, arsenic soon arsenic she would get dressed successful the bhabhi attire with each the makeup, the aforesaid cleaners would dainty her with truthful overmuch respect. Such was the powerfulness of the bhabhi character,” helium shared Digital Commentary.
Sooraj shared that specified was the occurrence of the movie that radical would sometimes telephone him to inquire for muhurats for their household functions. The filmmaker shared, “I started to person calls wherever radical would inquire maine for muhurat. Even today, erstwhile I be immoderate wedding… they look astatine maine like, ‘Who volition enactment the varmala first? The miss oregon the guy?’ And I americium like, ‘How would I know?’ I find these things precise hilarious and sometimes rather embarrassing arsenic well. Even lyric writers utilized to telephone maine and say, ‘Iss relation ka koi gaana dedo‘.”
Sooraj besides recalled however the movie picked up aft a fewer days of its release. “The archetypal 5 days of the film, I didn’t get immoderate absorption from people. The effect was rather lukewarm. One of the reasons down it was it had astir fourteen songs, aboriginal we reduced astir 2.5 songs. It was a philharmonic and radical weren’t prepared for it. The movie didn’t person a operation but moved successful a flow.”
Hum Apke Hain Koun starred actors Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Renuka Shahane, Mohnish Bahl, Anupam Kher, and Alok Nath successful important roles.