| Hum Saath-Saath Hain | |
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| Directed by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Written by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
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| Music by | Raamlaxman |
Production companies | Rajshri Productions Amber Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Rajshri Productions Zee International |
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Running time | 177 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹10 crore[2] |
| Box office | ₹81.71 crore[3] |
Hum Saath-Saath Hain (transl. We are together), also abbreviated asHSSH, is a 1999 IndianHindi-languagefamily drama film written and directed bySooraj Barjatya under the production and distribution ofRajshri Productions.[4] The film stars anensemble cast withMohnish Behl,Tabu,Salman Khan,Sonali Bendre,Saif Ali Khan,Karisma Kapoor,Neelam,Mahesh Thakur withAlok Nath,Reema Lagoo,Satish Shah,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Shammi,Rajeev Verma,Ajit Vachani andHimani Shivpuri in supporting roles. The story centers on a joint family and its values and togetherness, who grow apart after a misunderstanding.[5]
Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United is the third film to feature Salman Khan with Rajshri Productions.Principal photography took place in Mumbai and various locations inRajasthan. The film's cinematography was done by Rajan Kinagi.Raamlaxman composed its music and lyrics are written by Dev Kohli.[6]
Hum Saath Saath Hain was released on 5 November 1999, and eventually became thehighest-grossing film of the year and one of biggest blockbusters of the decade,[7] with a worldwide gross of₹81.7crore (US$18.98 million).[3] It received predominantly positive reviews from critics. It was also the firstBollywood film to be played in Canadian theatres, with six screenings inToronto. The film was also dubbed inTelugu and released with the titlePremanuragam.[8]
At the45th Filmfare Awards, Bahl received aBest Supporting Actor nomination.[9] At the3rd Zee Cine Awards, the film earned 12 nominations includingBest Actor for Salman Khan, and won two awards. Also, at the1st IIFA Awards, the film won theBest Makeup for Jayanti Shevale.[10]
In the past, Ramkishan Chaturvedi, a rich businessman, lost his first wife, Lakshmi. They have a one-year-old son, Vivek. Ramkishan remarries the kind Mamta, and Vivek also accepts and respects her as his mother. Later, the two have three kids: Prem, Sangeeta, and Vinod. Seven years later, while trying to save Prem and Vinod from a probable accident, Vivek is injured, which leaves his right arm partially paralyzed.
Nineteen years later, Prem returns home fromUS after completing his studies and getting trained in the family business. Sangeeta is happily married to her husband Anand, and they have a daughter, Radhika. Vinod is busy with studies and preparing for his training in the family business. Vivek is still undergoing treatment for his hand and takes care of the family business. At Ramkishan and Mamta's anniversary function, the four siblings wish them with respect.
Seeing Vivek's love for them, Ramkishan's business associate Adarsh's daughter Sadhna likes him at first sight. Adarsh sends a marriage proposal to Ramkishan's family. Vivek agrees and marries Sadhna. Prem and Preeti, Ramkishan's friend, Pritam's daughter, have been in love secretly since childhood, and they get engaged. Vinod is secretly in love with Sapna, who is the daughter of Ramkishan's former neighbor in his ancestral village, Dharamraj Bajpai. Eventually, Prem and Preeti find out about Vinod and Sapna during a family outing and Vivek's and Sadhna's honeymoon atRampur, where they both get engaged as well. Ramkishan makes Vivek the managing director of his company.
A bitter turn comes when Anand's brother Anurag cheats him out of inheritance and share in the family business, and Anand & Sangeeta should look for a separate business and a separate home for themselves, so they decide to shift to Bangalore for the growing computer industry. This incident triggers insecurity in Mamta's mind. Meanwhile, her three friends and Dharamraj fill her head with thoughts as to why Vivek should be in charge of the family business and the company as the managing director. If so, then Vivek may throw Prem and Vinod, along with Preeti and Sapna, out of the house. This thought makes Mamta very paranoid.
She questions Ramkishan's decision and wants the division of the business equally among all their children. He disagrees as it will divide the family. Heartbroken, after finding out about it, Vivek asks Ramkishan to put Prem in charge of the family business and the company as the managing director and moves back to their ancestral villageRampur with a pregnant Sadhna to take care of the new factory. Vinod accompanies them.
Prem refuses to replace Vivek as head of the family business and the managing director. Vivek convinces him to go along with the plan in the interest of preventing further conflict within the family. Prem tells Mamta that he won't marry and can't replace Vivek and Sadhna like she wants. Eventually, Anurag realizes his mistake and unites with Anand and Sangeeta.
Sangeeta asks Mamta to bring back Vivek. Mamta realizes her mistakes and visits Rampur with Ramkishan. In the hospital, Sadhna delivers a baby boy. Vivek and Mamta reconcile. Later, Prem and Vinod marry Preeti and Sapna, respectively. Dharamraj apologizes and realizes that ill manners cannot end the love in the family. Vivek, with his right arm now healed, returns as the managing director of the company and takes charge of the family business again. And they all live happily ever after for Vivek-Sadhna, Prem-Preeti, Anand-Sangeeta, and Vinod-Sapna.
Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United's concept was conceived by Sooraj Barjatya, who wanted to make a family drama.[11][12][13] The film is produced under his bannerRajshri Productions, the 48th film under the banner and Barjatya's third film as a director. The film was a modern-day adaptation of the epicRamayana.[14][15] LyricistRaghvendra Singh worked as an assistant director for the film.[16]
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Reema Lagoo (as Mamta),Alok Nath (as Ramkishan),Himani Shivpuri (as Neenakshi),Satish Shah (as Pritam) andAjit Vachani (as Pranab) were cast.[17] It marks their second film with Barjatya afterHum Aapke Hain Koun..!. For Salman, Lagoo, Nath, Bahl, and Vachani, it was their third film with Barjatya afterMaine Pyar Kiya.[18]
Salman Khan was cast as Prem, marking his eighth film with the same character name. Salman at that point, found the character to be "similar to him" in real life.[19][20] For Preeti's role, Barjatya first approachedRaveena Tandon, who refused the part due to it being a multi-starrer.[21] Later,Sonali Bendre was cast as Dr. Preeti. It marked Bendre's only film opposite Salman Khan.[19] Bendre said that she knew exactly what she was "supposed to do" for her character, after the narration.[22]
Vivek's role was first offered toAnil Kapoor and later toRishi Kapoor but after their refusal,Mohnish Bahl was cast as Vivek. Bahl made it a habit to keep his right hand in his pocket, as per the role's requirement.[23] Bahl called Vivek's character "an opportunity of a lifetime".[20] Barjatya approachedMadhuri Dixit for Sadhna's role, who declined.Manisha Koirala was offered the role, who refused due to filming of her filmMann.[24][25] FinallyTabu was cast as Sadhna.[23]
Later,Karisma Kapoor (as Sapna),Saif Ali Khan (as Vinod) andNeelam (as Sangita) were cast.[26][27] Kapoor called working with Barjatya a "dream come true" experience.[20] The makers offered Rishi Kapoor, Anand's role, but he again refused, it was then offered toNitish Bhardwaj, who refused too. FinallyMahesh Thakur was cast as Anand.[28][29]
Zoya Afroz was cast as Sangita and Anand's daughter Radhika.[30] Also,Shakti Kapoor (as Anwar),Sadashiv Amrapurkar (as Dharamraj),Rajiv Verma (as Adarsh),Sheela Sharma (as Jyoti) andDilip Dhawan (as Anurag), were cast in other prominent roles.[31][32]
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Theprincipal photography commenced in 1998. A major portion of the film was shot at theFilm City,Mumbai.[33][34] The filming of other scenes of the film including the song "Mhare Hiwade Mein Naache Mor" was done inJodhpur,Rajasthan.Mandore Gardens,Mehrangarh Fort, andJaswant Thada, were some of the locations in Jodhpur where the film was shot.[35] The rain sequence of "Mhare Hiwade", was also shot atChennakeshava Temple,Somanathapura.[36]
During the post-production stage of the film, the filmmaker announced a unique campaign for its promotions. The team ofHum Saath-Saath Hain andCoca-Cola launched a nationwide marketing programme called 'Coca-Cola Hum Saath Saath Hain'.[37] The common ad campaign laid equal focus on both the soft drink brand and the film.[38] The Barjatyas were quite press-friendly during the making of their previous films, but forHum Saath-Saath Hain, the press screening was restricted to an elite few.[31]
During the Jodhpur film schedule in 1998, some members of the cast, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam Kothari, Tabu, and Sonali Bendre, were involved in a case of shooting of an endangeredblack buck on a hunting expedition, on the outskirts of Kankani village inJodhpur district ofRajasthan.[39][40][41] The incident generated significant press coverage and Salman Khan spent a week in Jodhpur jail in 2007, before the court granted him bail.[42] In 2018, the Jodhpur court convicted him and acquitted the others.[43][44] In 2019, Rajasthan High Court issued a notice challenging the acquittal of Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Saif.[45]
| Hum Saath-Saath Hain | ||||
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| Released | October 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 44:16 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Saregama | |||
| Producer | Ajit Kumar Barjatya Kamal Kumar Barjatya Rajkumar Barjatya | |||
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Raamlaxman composed the music, teaming up with Sooraj Barjatya for the third and the last time. Raamlakshman had composed as many as 27 tunes, out of which the soundtrack of the film features seven songs and playback singers:Kavita Krishnamurthy (forKarishma Kapoor),Alka Yagnik (forSonali Bendre),Anuradha Paudwal (forTabu),Kumar Sanu (forSalman Khan),Udit Narayan (forSaif Ali Khan),Hariharan (forMohnish Behl),Sonu Nigam (forShakti Kapoor),Hema Sardesai (forNeelam),Roop Kumar Rathod (forAjit Vachani) and Pratima Rao (forHimani Shivpuri).[46]
Raamlaxman plagiarised the melody for the song "A B C D" from the Spanish singerJeanette's 1974 song "Porque te vas".[47] The remaining songs on the album include the title track "Hum Saath Saath Hain", the wedding tracks "Chhote Chhote Bhaiyon Ke" and "Sunoji Dulhan", "Yeh To Sach Hai Ki Bhagwan Hai", "Mhare Hiwda" and "Maiyya Yashoda".[48]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Maiya Yashoda" | Anuradha Paudwal,Kavita Krishnamurthy &Alka Yagnik | 6:24 |
| 2. | "Mhare Hiwra Mein Nache Mor" | Hariharan, Anuradha Paudwal,Kumar Sanu,Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Alka Yagnik | 6:20 |
| 3. | "Chhote Chhote Bhaiyon Ke" | Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Kumar Sanu | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Hum Saath-Saath Hain" | Hariharan, Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Alka Yagnik | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Ye Toh Sach Hai Ke Bhagwan" | Hariharan, Milind Ingle, Santosh & Pratima | 6:50 |
| 6. | "A B C D E F G H I" | Hariharan, Udit Narayan,Shankar Mahadevan,Hema Sardesai &Saif Ali Khan | 4:36 |
| 7. | "Sunoji Dulhan Ek Bat Sunoji" | Roop Kumar Rathod, Pratima Rao, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy &Sonu Nigam | 12:21 |
| Total length: | 44:16 | ||
At the2000 Zee Cine Awards, Raamlaxman received a nomination forBest Music Director. At the same event, he won the award forBest Background Score.[49]
Savera R Someshwar ofRediff.com said "..It is time for Barjatya to look out for a new music director. Even the lyrics – barring "Maare Hidwa Ma Naache Mor" and "Mayya Yashoda" – are banal...".[50]
The music topped the charts on several platforms in India. According toBox Office India, the soundtrack ofHum Saath-Saath Hain went on to sell 18lakh (1.8 million) units, becoming the twelfth best-selling album of the year.[51]
Hum Saath-Saath Hain was released earlier but the music directorRaamlaxman took time to check the soundtrack album for the second time to not make any mistake.[52][33] Following all thepost-production,cinematography,choreography and other things were completed, the film finally hit the theatre screens on 5 November 1999 duringDiwali. It became the first Bollywood film to be played in Canadian theatres, with six screenings inToronto.[53]Eros Entertainment released the film on over 60 screens inNorth America, the biggest opening for any film then.[54] The film was also dubbed in Telugu and released with the titlePremanuragam.Hum Saath-Saath Hain was later made available onNetflix andZee5.[55][56]
Anupama Chopra ofIndia Today noted, "A time-warped patriarchal fantasy, but somehow HSSH glows with Barjatya's conviction. Despite the diabetic sweetness, it has some wonderfully crafted moments. It's maudlin and regressive but he believes in it. And at least partially, he makes you believe in it too."[57]
Savera R Someshwar ofRediff.com stated, "Barjatya's film is pure escapism, very feel-good. While you are ensconced with the moving images, you smile, laugh, feel sad, and maybe even a little angry.Hum Saath-Saath Hain is an enjoyable experience, especially if you contain yourself from comparing it toHum Aapke Hain Koun..!"[50]
Alok Kumar ofPlanetBollywood.com wrote, "Hum Saath-Saath Hain is repetitive, sickeningly sweet, and sappy. Though, the performances were pretty good from the whole cast. If you're a Barjatya fan, you should watch this, as it's almost guaranteed you will love it."[58]
Hum Saath-Saath Hain became thehighest-grossing film of the year, with a worldwide gross of₹81.71 crore (US$18.98 million). It became one of the biggest blockbusters of the decade.[7][59] It is one of the top earners of the decade in India and at the foreign box office.[3][60] When adjusted for inflation,Hum Saath-Saath Hain is still among the highest grossers worldwide.[61]Rediff.com termedHum Saath-Saath Hain, a "Super Hit" and the "biggest hit" of 1999.[62] The film is also among the highest grossing Diwali releases in India.[63]
| Award[a] | Date of ceremony[b] | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| Filmfare Awards | 13 February 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | Mohnish Behl | Nominated | [64] |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | 24 June 2000 | Best Story | Sooraj Barjatya | Nominated | [65][66] |
| Best Makeup | Jayanti Shevale | Won | |||
| People's Choice Awards India | 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | Mohnish Behl | Nominated | [67] |
| Saif Ali Khan | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Reema Lagoo | Nominated | |||
| Zee Cine Awards | 11 March 2000 | Best Director | Sooraj Barjatya | Nominated | [68][69] |
| Best Actor - Male | Salman Khan | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male | Mohnish Behl | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female | Neelam Kothari | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Comic Role | Saif Ali Khan | Nominated | |||
| Best Music Director | Raamlaxman | Nominated | |||
| Best Choreography | Jay Borade for "Maiyya Yashoda" | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Mukhtar Ahmed | Won | |||
| Best Art Direction | Bijon Dasgupta | Nominated | |||
| Best Background Score | Raamlaxman | Won | |||
| Best Sound Recording | Narinder Singh | Nominated | |||
| Best Re-Recording | Kuldip Sood | Nominated |
Hum Saath-Saath Hain remains one of the most popular family drama film of Indian cinema.[70][71] It is also considered among the best ensemble cast films byFilmfare.[72]India Today added it in its list of "10 evergreen Hindi films".[73]The Indian Express named it Barjatiya's one of the "most family-friendly" flicks.[74] The film is also listed among the best films made on siblings relationship.[75][76]
Navya Kharbanda ofHindustan Times termed it a "cinematic masterpiece" and stated, "The film continues to captivate audiences with its themes of family bonds, love, and traditions."[77] Aakriti Anand ofFilmfare stated that the film justified its title "to the fullest" and termed it an "out-and-out family entertainer".[23][78] Vibha Maru fromIndia Today noted, "The film set a template of how family films are to be made.Hum Saath Saath Hain was also a rare film that saw so many popular actors together on the big screen; something that is hard to imagine today."[79] The songs of the film are highly popular. Songs like "Sunoji Dulhan", "Mhare Hiwda" and "Maiyya Yashoda" have become synonym with the wedding, monsoon and festive seasons.[80][81][82] ActorVicky Kaushal admitted to being a fan of the film and said that it is "etched in his mind".[83] The film also has over 1.9 billion views onYouTube.[84]
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