Hum Saath-Saath Hain

Hum Saath-Saath Hain (transl. We are together), also abbreviated as HSSH, is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language family drama film written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya under the production and distribution of Rajshri Productions.[4] The film stars an ensemble cast with Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre, and Mohnish Bahl, alongside Neelam, Mahesh Thakur, Reema Lagoo and Alok Nath. The story centers on a joint family and its values and togetherness, who grow apart after a misunderstanding.[5]

Hum Saath-Saath Hain
Film poster
Directed bySooraj R. Barjatya
Written bySooraj R. Barjatya
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Rajan Kinagi
Edited by
  • Mukhtar Ahmed
Music byRaamlaxman
Production
companies
Rajshri Productions
Amber Entertainment
Distributed byRajshri Productions
Zee International
Release date
  • 5 November 1999 (1999-11-05)
Running time
177 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹19 crore[2]
Box office₹81.71 crore[3]

Hum Saath Saath Hain is the third film to feature Salman Khan with Rajshri Productions. Principal photography took place in Mumbai and various locations in Rajasthan. The film's cinematography was done by Rajan Kinagi. Raamlaxman composed its music while Dev Kohli wrote the lyrics.

Hum Saath Saath Hain was released on 5 November 1999, and became the highest grossing film of the year and one of biggest blockbusters of the decade,[6] with a worldwide gross of ₹817.12 million (US$18.98 million).[3] It received predominantly positive reviews from critics. It was also the first Bollywood film to be played in Canadian theatres, with six screenings in Toronto. The film was also dubbed in Telugu and released with the title Premanuragam.[7]

Behl received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 45th Filmfare Awards.[8] Salman Khan's performance earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 2000 Zee Cine Awards. At the 1st IIFA Awards, the film won the Best Makeup for Jayanti Shevale.[9]

Plot

In the past Ramkishan Chaturvedi, a rich businessman loses his first wife Lakshmi. They have a 1-year-old son Vivek. Ramkishan remarries the kind Mamta, and Vivek also accepts and respects her as his own mother. Later the two have three kids: Prem, Sangita and Vinod. Seven years later, while trying to save Prem and Vinod from a probable accident, Vivek is injured which leaves his right hand partially paralysed.

19 years later, Prem returns from US after completing his studies. Sangita lives with her husband Anand and daughter Radhika. Vinod is busy in studies. Vivek is still in treatment for his hand. On 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 wedding proposal for her. Vivek agrees and marries Sadhna. Vinod is secretly in love with Sapna (daughter of Ramkishan's colleague Dharamraj Bajpai).

They show the love of Prem and Preeti (daughter of Ramkishan's friend Pritam). Everyone agrees to engage them. Eventually, Prem and Preeti find out about Vinod and Sapna who get engaged too. Ramkishan makes Vivek the managing director of his company.

A bitter turn comes when Anand's brother Anurag cheats on him from inheritance and share in the family business. 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 inheritance. This makes Mamta very paranoid.

She questions Ramkishan's decision, and wants division of the business equally between all sons. He disagrees as it will divide the family. Heartbroken after finding out, Vivek asks Ramkishan to put Prem in charge of family empire and moves back to their ancestral village Rampur with Sadhna. Vinod accompanies them.

Prem refuses to replace Vivek as head of the family. Vivek convinces him to go along with plan in the interest of preventing further conflict within the family. Prem tells Mamta that he won't marry and can't replace Vivek if she wants so. Eventually, Anurag realizes his mistake and unites with Anand.

Sangita asks Mamta to bring back Vivek. Mamta realizes her mistakes and visits Rampur with Ramkishan. In the hospital, Sadhna delivers a boy. Later, Prem and Vinod marry Preeti and Sapna. Dharamraj apologises realising ill-manner cannot end the love in family. All live happily ever after.

Cast

Production

Development

Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United's concept was conceived by Sooraj Barjatya, who wanted to make a family drama.[10] The film is produced under his banner Rajshri Productions, the 48th film under the banner and Barjatya's third film as a director. The film was a modern day adaptation of the epic Ramayana.[11]

Casting

Reema Lagoo (as Mamta), Alok Nath (as Ramkishan), Himani Shivpuri (as Neenakshi), Satish Shah (as Pritam) and Ajit Vachani (as Pranab) were cast. It mark their second film with Barjatya after Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!. For Salman, Lagoo, Nath, Bahl and Vachani, it was their third film with Barjatya after Maine Pyar Kiya.[12]

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.[13][14]

Vivek's role was first offered to Anil Kapoor and later to Rishi Kapoor but after their refusal, Mohnish Bahl was cast as Vivek. For the role, he made it a habit to keep his right hand in pocket, as per the role's requirement.[15] Bahl called Vivek’s character "an opportunity of a lifetime".[14]

Barjatya approached Madhuri Dixit for Sadhna's role, who declined. Later, Manisha Koirala was offered the role, who refused due to filming of her film Mann.[16] Finally Tabu was cast as Sadhna.[15]

For Preeti's role, Barjatya first approached Raveena Tandon, who refused the part due to it being a multi starrer.[17] Later, Sonali Bendre was cast as Dr. Preeti. It marked Bendre's only film opposite Salman Khan.[13] Bendre said that she knew exactly what she was "supposed to do" for her character, after the narration.[14]

Then Karisma Kapoor (as Sapna), Saif Ali Khan (as Vinod), Neelam (as Sangita) were cast.[18][19] Kapoor called working with Barjatya a "dream come true" experience.[14] The makers offered Rishi Kapoor Anand's role, but he again refused, it was then offered to Nitish Bhardwaj, who refused too. Finally Mahesh Thakur was cast as Anand.[20] Zoya Afroz was cast as Sangita and Anand's daughter Radhika.[21]

Filming
A portion of the film was shot at the Mandore Gardens

The principal photography commenced in 1998. A major portion of the film was shot at the Film City, Mumbai.[22] The filming of other scenes of the film including the song "Mhare Hiwade Mein Naache Mor" was done in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Mandore Gardens, Mehrangarh Fort and Jaswant Thada, were some of the locations in Jodhpur where the film was shot.[23]

Controversy

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 endangered black buck on a hunting expedition, on the outskirts of Kankani village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan.[24][25][26] The incident generated significant press coverage, and Salman Khan spent a week in Jodhpur jail in 2007, before the court granted him bail.[27] In 2018, the Jodhpur court convicted him and acquitted the others.[28] Although Bendre, Tabu and Saif was acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case on 5 April 2018, the Rajasthan High Court issued them with a notice, challenging their acquittal on 11 March 2019.[29]

Soundtrack
Hum Saath-Saath Hain
Soundtrack album by

Raamlaxman
Released1999
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length42:48
LanguageHindi
LabelSa Re Ga Ma
ProducerRaamlaxman

Raamlaxman composed the music, teaming up with Sooraj Barjatya for the third time. The soundtrack features seven songs and playback singers Kavita Krishnamurthy (as Sapna), Kumar Sanu (as Prem), Alka Yagnik (as Preeti), Udit Narayan (as Vinod), Anuradha Paudwal (as Sadhna), Hariharan (as Vivek), Sonu Nigam (as Anwar), Hema Sardesai (as Sangita), and Roop Kumar Rathod (as Pranab). Raamlaxman plagiarised his track "A B C D" from the Spanish singer Jeanette's 1974 song "Porque te vas".[30] Savera R Someshwar of Rediff.com said that "..It is definitely 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...".[31] It went on to sell 1.8 million units, becoming the twelfth best-selling soundtrack for a 1999 Hindi film.[32]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Hum Saath Saath Hain"Hariharan, Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy3:57
2."Yeh To Sach Hai Ki Bhagwan Hai"Milind Ingle, Hariharan, Pratima Rao, Ghanshyam Vaswani, Santosh Tiwari, Ravinder Rawal6:33
3."Chhote Chhote Bhaiyon Ke"Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu4:15
4."Sunoji Dulhan"Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, Pratima Rao12:11
5."A B C D"Udit Narayan, Hariharan, Hema Sardesai, Shankar Mahadevan4:32
6."Mhare Hiwda"Kavita Krishnamurthy, Hariharan, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal6:22
7."Maiyya Yashoda"Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal6:19
Total length:42:48

Release

Hum Saath-Saath Hain had released earlier but the music director Raamlaxman took time to check the soundtrack album for second time to not suffer any mistake.[22] Following all work including post-production, cinematography, choreography and other things was completed followed by promotions, Hum Saath-Saath Hain finally hit the theatre screens on 5 November 1999 during Diwali. It became the first Bollywood film to be played in Canadian theatres, with six screenings in Toronto.[33][34]

Reception

Critical reception

Anupama Chopra of India 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."[35] Savera R Someshwar of Rediff.com stated, "Barjatya's Hum Saath-Saath Hain is an enjoyable experience, especially if you contain yourself from comparing it to Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!"[31]

Box office

Hum Saath-Saath Hain became the highest grossing film of the year, with a worldwide gross of ₹817.12 million (US$18.98 million). It became one of biggest blockbusters of the decade.[6][3] It is one of the top earners of the decade in India and at the foreign box office.[36] When adjusted for inflation, Hum Saath-Saath Hain is still among the highest grossers worldwide.[37]

Accolades
Award[lower-alpha 1] Date of ceremony[lower-alpha 2] Category Recipient Result Ref.
Filmfare Awards 13 February 2000 Best Supporting Actor Mohnish Behl Nominated [38]
International Indian Film Academy Awards 24 June 2000 Best Story Sooraj Barjatya Nominated [39][40]
Best Makeup Jayanti Shevale Won
People's Choice Awards India 2000 Best Supporting Actor Mohnish Behl Nominated [41]
Saif Ali Khan Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Reema Lagoo Nominated
Zee Cine Awards 11 March 2000 Best Director Sooraj Barjatya Nominated [9][42]
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

Legacy

Hum Saath-Saath Hain remains one of the most popular family drama film of Indian cinema.[43] It is also considered among the best ensemble cast films by Filmfare.[44] India Today added it in its list of "10 evergreen Hindi films".[45] Indian Express named it Barjatiya's one of the "most family-friendly" flicks. It listed it among the best films made on siblings relationship.[46]

Aakriti Anand of Filmfare stated that the film justified it's title "to the fullest" and termed it an "out-and-out family entertainer".[15] Vibha Maru of India 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."[47] 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.[48][49][50] Actor Vicky Kaushal admitted to being a fan of the film and said that it is "etched in his mind".[51]

See also

Notes
  1. Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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