Hum Aapke Hain Koun

Awards

Album Awards:
• 1994 - Filmfare Awards - Special Jury Award - Lata Mangeshkar
Song Awards:
• 1994 - Screen Awards - Best Female Playback Singer - Maye Ni Maye - Lata Mangeshkar

Trivia

Album

• Writer, director Sooraj Barjatya took almost two years to write the screenplay of this film. He had started writing the film as another version of "Maine Pyar Kiya" (1989) and then given up and started from scratch. It was on the suggestion of his father, Rajkumar Barjatya, that he decided to adapt Rajshri Productions' own film "Nadiya Ke Paar" (1982) for this film.[1][2][3]
• Aamir Khan was offered this film but he turned it down because he didn't like its script. The film was a blockbuster hit and worked wonders for the career of Salman Khan, who got the film instead.
• This film was adapted for theatre by the musical play "Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings & A Funeral" (1998).[4]
• After winning the Filmfare Award for the fourth time for "Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage" ("Jeene Ki Raah", 1969), Lata Mangeshkar had started declining it in order to give other singers a chance to win the award. On popular demand, she made an exception for this film, in which she sang 11 of the 14 songs, and accepted Filmfare's Special Jury Award.[5][6]
• Sooraj Barjatya had received adverse comments about the length of the film and the number of songs in it. A few days after the film's release he had edited some of the songs to shorten the film's duration. However, encouraged by the audience response to the full version, he had reverted to it in subsequent prints.
• M.F. Hussain became a fan of Madhuri Dixit after watching this film. He was said to have watched it more than 60 times. He went on to make her a subject of many of his paintings and even directed a film starring her, "Gaja Gamini" (2000).[7]
• The music label T-Series had released a cassette with a title very similar to the title of this film. It contained version recordings of the songs of this film and its cover design was similar to that of this film's audio release. T-Series' cassette also had the pictures of this film's stars, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit. The Gramophone Company of India had taken T-Series to court over this for copyright infringement. The court had ruled in favour of The Gramophone Company of India and asked T-Series to change the title and design of their cassette while adding a prominent disclaimer that it was a version recording.[8]

Song

• Didi Tera Devar Deewana - The tune of this song was inspired by the qawwali "Saare Nabiyan Da Nabi" by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.[9]
• Didi Tera Devar Deewana - The outfit Madhuri Dixit wore in this song - a purple saree and a backless blouse designed by Anna Singh - became very popular. Farah Khan wore a similar outfit in the film "Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi" (2012).[10][11]
• Joote De Do Paise Le Lo - The interludes of this song used the tunes of two hit songs from director Sooraj Barjatya and music director Raamlaxman's previous collaboration, "Maine Pyar Kiya" (1989). The first interlude used the tune of the song "Kabootar Ja Ja Ja" and the second interlude used the tune of "Aaja Shaam Hone Aayi".[12]
• Dhiktana - Part 1 - The Rajshri Productions patriarch, Tarachand Barjatya, had liked this song so much that he had suggested that the film be titled "Dhiktana Dhiktana" after it.
• Mujhse Juda Ho Kar (Sad) - This song was used in the film but not included in its audio release, which only had its happy version.

1. ^ A song for every season
2. ^ Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)
3. ^ Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)
4. ^ Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings & A Funeral musical sells out
5. ^ Diamonds are forever
6. ^ Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage (Jeene Ki Raah, 1969)
7. ^ Gaja Gamini (2000)
8. ^ The Gramophone Company Of India vs Super Cassette Industries
9. ^ Saare Nabiyan Da Nabi - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
10. ^ Colour me purple
11. ^ Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (2012)
12. ^ Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)