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| Drool @ Salman Khan ! |
If you haven’t watched these two Rajshri classics, then I assume you have been living under a rock. Every person I have come across has absolutely fallen in love with Hum Apke Hai Kaun (HAKHK) and Hum Saath Saath Hai (HSSH). I still have difficulty deciding (after watching both a million times) which one I like more. Rajshri Productions have a history of churning out family dramas which one can watch over and over again. With HAKHK, Rajshri generated the biggest commercial hit of 1994 (All Time Blockbuster). Madhuri Dixit was labeled as the first female superstar. Salman Khan turned into the ‘coveted’ romantic hero. On the other hand, HSSH didn’t create the same magic with its box office collections. However, it still remains a supreme favorite for many Bollywood buffs (like wistful old me). At times when action films were considered more bankable than drama, these films re-wrote the unwritten rules of Indian Cinema. HAKHK also gave us one of the best onscreen jodis of all times: Salman and Madhuri. In Hum Saath Saath Hai, most of the actors from HAKHK were recast. These included Salman Khan (Yippy), Monish Behl, Alok Nath, Satish Shah, Ajit Vachani and Himani Shivpuri. Furthermore, it’s the message which these two films have that touches your heart. They both teach us how to keep our ghar ke rishteys intact.
