"Hum Saath-Saath Hain" is a heartwarming Bollywood family drama featuring an ensemble cast, cherished for its portrayal of familial bonds and values.
"Hum Saath-Saath Hain" is a heartwarming Bollywood family drama featuring an ensemble cast, cherished for its portrayal of familial bonds and values.
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Hum Saath-Saath Hain
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Directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya
Written by Sooraj R. Barjatya
Produced by
Ajit Kumar Barjatya
Kamal Kumar Barjatya
Rajkumar Barjatya
Starring
Salman Khan
Karisma Kapoor
Saif Ali Khan
Tabu
Sonali Bendre
Mohnish Bahl
Cinematography
Rajan Kinagi
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Edited by
Mukhtar Ahmed
Music by Raamlaxman
Production
companies
Rajshri Productions
Amber Entertainment
Distributed by Rajshri Productions
Zee International
Release date
5 November 1999
Running time 177 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹19 crore[2]
Box office ₹81.71 crore[3]
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
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Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre, 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: We Stand United 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
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composed its music and lyrics are written by Dev Kohli.[6]
Hum Saath Saath Hain was released on 5 November 1999, and eventually became the highest grossing film of the year and one of biggest blockbusters of the decade,[7] with a worldwide gross of ₹81.7 crore (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
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with the title Premanuragam.[8]
At the 45th Filmfare Awards, Behl received a Best Supporting Actor nomination.[9] At the 3rd Zee Cine Awards, the film earned 12 nominations including Best Actor for Salman Khan, and won two awards. Also, at the 1st IIFA Awards, the film won the Best Makeup for Jayanti Shevale.[10]
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 realises his mistake and unites with Anand.
Sangita asks Mamta to bring back Vivek. Mamta realises her mistakes and visits Rampur with Ramkishan. In the hospital, Sadhna delivers a boy. Later, Prem and Vinod marry Preeti and Sapna, respectively. Dharamraj apologises realising ill-manner cannot end the love in family. All live happily
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ever after.
Cast
Salman Khan as Prem Chaturvedi
Karisma Kapoor as Sapna Bajpai Chaturvedi
Saif Ali Khan as Vinod Chaturvedi
Tabu as Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi
Sonali Bendre as Dr. Preeti Shukla Chaturvedi
Mohnish Bahl as Vivek Chaturvedi
Neelam as Sangita Chaturvedi Pandey
Mahesh Thakur as Anand Pandey
Reema Lagoo as Mamta Awasthi Chaturvedi
Alok Nath as Ramkishan Chaturvedi
Shakti Kapoor as Anwar Khan
Satish Shah as Pritam Shukla
Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Dharamraj Bajpai
Rajiv Verma as Adarsh Sharma
Ajit Vachani as Lawyer Pranab Awasthi
Himani Shivpuri as Neenakshi Awasthi
Shammi as Durga Devi
Dilip Dhawan as Anurag Pandey
Sheela Sharma as Jyoti Pandey
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Kunika as Shanti Goel
Jayshree T. as Krishna Verma
Kalpana Iyer as Shobha Gupta
Huma Khan as Rehana Baig
Jatin Kanakia as Dr. Rajiv Sen
Dinesh Hingoo as Raghuveer Singh
Zoya Afroz as Radhika Pandey
Achyut Potdar as Asif Ali Baig
Zaki Mukaddam as Rajeev "Raju" Pandey
Hardik Tanna as Aditya "Bablu" Pandey
Production
Development
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 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.[14][15] Lyricist Raghvendra Singh worked as an assistant director for the film.[16]
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