Hum Aapke Hain Koun @ 20: Lesser Known Facts

Bollywood's most celebrated love story, Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! turns 20 today. The first Bollywood film to collect over 1 billion, Hum Aapke Hain Koun is still remembered as one of the purest and most innocent love stories of all times. The film explored Indian values, traditions, romance and presented it in a grand way on screen. As the film completes 20 years today, let's take a look at some of the lesser known facts of the movie.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! was a remake of 'Nadiya Ke Paar'. Released in 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. The film was basically a rural love story. The film was later dubbed into Telugu as Premalayam.

As per a report in IMDB, 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.

As per a report in Indian Express, Madhuri was paid a salary of Rs. 27,535,729 for the role of Nisha. It was the first Hindi film to have made a collection of over 1 billion at the box office. Box Office India described it as "the biggest blockbuster of the modern era." It won a Filmfare Award for the Best Film. Sooraj Barjatya bagged Best Director award that year. Madhuri Dixit won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in a leading role. The film also won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

'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.