Interesting Facts of Movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994)

Summary of Story of Movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun

Prem and Nisha meet and fall in love at the wedding of their elder siblings, but their plans to be together are put in jeopardy when Nisha's sister dies, leaving behind a baby.

Interesting Facts of Hum Aapke Hain Koun Movie

  • Hum Aapke Hain Koun released in Liberty cinema in Mumbai and ran for 125 weeks, which is quite an achievement for a Hindi movie to run that long in theaters at that time.
  • A special screening of the movie was even held at the president house for the President of India at the time, Sri Shankar Dayal Sharma.
  • Madhuri's Fee Madhuri was paid a salary of Rs. 27,535,729 for the role of Nisha which was quite a high fee during the time.
  • First To Make 1 Billion Hum Aapke Hain Koun was the first movie to cross 1 billion mark. In 1994 for a film to collect this much was a big achievement.
  • 14 Songs Hum Aapke Hain Koun also has the highest number of songs, there were 14 songs in this movie and all of them were super hit songs of the decade.
  • It is a remake of old Bhojpuri film Nadiya Ke Paar (1982). The film was made under Rajshri Productions. The film starred Sachin, Sadhana Singh, Inder Thakur, Mitali in lead roles. Inder Thakur, who played the role of Sachin’s elder brother in the movie Inder Thakur, died in the crash of Air India Flight 182.
  • Movie Mistake: In the song “Didi tera devar dewana”, Madhuri starts with her sari in Gujarati style. Then while she pretneds to be pregnant, its in another style. Then as soon as she pulls the pillow out, it become Gujarati style again.
  • The late and acclaimed painter M.F. Hussain had seen the film 85 times. MF Hussain’s inclination towards Madhuri was a well known fact. Infact MF Hussain was so charmed by Madhuri after watching Hum Aapke Hain Koun that he made a film which starred Madhuri in lead role. The film titled ‘Gajagamini’ was a box office disaster. MF Hussain also made many paintings on Madhuri.
  • Game Of Cricket During the off time at the shoot, the crew would play cricket so as to remain stress free and have fun.
  • ‘Didi Tera Devar’ emerged as the most popular wedding number of the season. But very few know that the song is inspired by ‘Saare Nabian’. The song ‘Saare Nabian’ was sung by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The film in total had 14 songs which was much beyond the average number of songs in any film. Songs like Maye Ni Maye, Joote De Do, Hum Aapke Hain Koun became quite popular with the masses. The album emerged as one of the top selling albums of the year.
  • Ooty Though the name Ooty has never been mentioned in the movie, Hum Aapke Hain Koun was actually shot amidst the scenic beauty of Ooty.
  • International Success In Bellevue theater, London, the film ran successfully for 50 weeks, it was booked only for 3 weeks as it was going to get renovated, but seeing the collection of the movie, they postponed the renovation plan. Even in Toronto's Albine cinema, the movie ran for 75 weeks, something even many Hollywood movies could not accomplish.

Interesting Facts of Movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun

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