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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 Eros Entertainment (DVD) Digital Entertainment (VCD)
Release date(s)	1994
Running time	206 min.
Language	Hindi
Budget	INR 45,000,000
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Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (Hindi: हम आपके हैं कौन, Urdu: ہم آپ کے ہیں کون, translation: Who Am I to You?) is a 1994 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. HAHK 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 and become a silver jubliee(175 days) film in Tollywood.

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.

This movie is a remake of a 1982 Hindi movie Nadiya Ke Paar also by Rajshri Productions available for viewing online at their website: http://www.rajshri.com/movies/nowplaying.asp?band=low&fileID=moviesLove31

Arguably, its the biggest grosser ever of the Indian Film Industry. 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. Source:BoxOfficeIndia.Com. The domestic record was beaten 7 years later by Gadar: Ek Prem Katha in 2001.

If figures are to be calculated in the year 2006 by adjusting the inflation factor, HAHK 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.

• Ganti, Tejaswini. Bollywood, Routledge, New York and London, 2004.

• List of highest-grossing Bollywood films

• Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! at the Internet Movie Database

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