Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Saath Saath Hain was an enormous hit when it launched in 1999 and continues to be a well-liked movie on satellite tv for pc tv. The story of a joint household, it starred Salman Khan in one of many lead roles however Sooraj had a tough time casting a feminine actor to play Salman’s bhabhi (brother’s spouse) within the movie. Sooraj just lately recalled that Madhuri Dixit, who labored with him in Hum Aapke Hain Koun, was able to play the position however he refused as he wasn’t “snug” with it.
In a chat with Radio Nasha, Sooraj was requested about approaching many feminine actors, together with Madhuri, earlier than casting Tabu and he shared that it was Madhuri who referred to as him to precise her curiosity within the movie. “I instructed her ‘Madhuri, I’m making a male dominated image and if I forged you reverse Salman, then it’s a very small position for you and if I forged you reverse Mohnish Bahl, then you’ll be enjoying bhabhi to Salman Khan. She is such a stunning girl, she mentioned ‘it doesn’t matter, it’s a pleasure to work collectively’. However then I mentioned I can’t be snug,” he recalled.
Sooraj had this concern as a result of in his earlier movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Madhuri and Salman performed romantic leads and the movie’s success had established them as a well-liked on-screen couple. Sooraj shared that casting for this half was particularly tough as he needed to get an actor who didn’t have an affiliation with Salman. “The entire debate was that Salman is a star so I needed to forged somebody who could be accepted as a bhabhi I so we forged Tabu, as a result of Tabu got here with none picture,” he mentioned. Sonali Bendre performed Salman’s love curiosity within the movie.
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Hum Saath Saath Hain additionally starred Saif Ali Khan and Karisma Kapoor. It was through the shoot of this movie in Rajasthan that Salman, together with a number of different forged members, was accused of searching blackbucks. In 2024, photographs have been fired at Salman’s residence in Mumbai by an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, who has been threatening the actor for killing the blackbucks, that are thought-about holy by the Bishnoi group.
