''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' () is a 1993 Indian

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, directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by

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, with screenplay written by

Aamir Khan Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi films. Through his career spanning over 30 years, Khan has established himself as one of the most notable actors of Indian ci ...

and

Robin Bhatt Robin Bhatt is a writer in Bollywood. He is the half-brother of Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and son of Nanabhai Bhatt. He has written many films and was nominated thrice and won an award for '' Baazigar''. He is honoured with Lifetime Achi ...

, and with a musical score by Nadeem-Shravan. It stars Aamir Khan and

Juhi Chawla Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress, film producer and entrepreneur. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and v ...

in the lead roles, with Sharokh Bharucha and Kunal Khemu in supporting roles. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards Chawla's performance, for which she won the

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at the 39th Filmfare Awards. The film has also garnered the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film), and the

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. The film's plot is heavily inspired by the 1958 film ''

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''. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Bhale Maavayya'' starring Suman.

Plot

Rahul Malhotra is the caretaker of a garment company that has a pending order of one

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shirts to Mr Bijlani. Rahul is also the guardian of his deceased sister's mischievous kids: Sunny, Munni, and Vicky. He finds it hard to control the kids, as he is new to this. When the kids cause trouble, Rahul punishes them by locking them in their room. However, the children escape and head for a carnival in town. Vyjayanti is the bubbly daughter of a South Indian businessman and music-lover. Her father wants her to marry Natarajan, a South Indian music legend, who is somewhat creepy. Vyjayanti refuses to marry him; as punishment, she is also locked up and escapes. She meets the three kids at the carnival and they become friends. Vyjayanti explains that she has no home so the children invite her to stay with them. The children go to great lengths to hide Vyjayanti from Rahul. In a row of hilarious sequences, they are always one step ahead of Rahul before he can discover Vyjayanti. Two nights later however, Vyjayanti is revealed. Initially angry, Rahul sees that the children love her so he gives her a job as the children's governess. Vyjayanti begins to live with Rahul and the kids and slowly falls in love with him. And then there enters seductive, glitzy Maya, Bijlani's daughter, who is obsessed with Rahul. She wants to marry Rahul, and Rahul approves, deciding that it would benefit the children. When Vyjayanti and the children find out about Maya and Rahul's upcoming engagement ceremony, Vyjayanti is heartbroken and the kids are upset, as they dislike Maya. On the day of the engagement, Vyjayanti explains to the kids that she loves Rahul and wants to marry him. The kids come up with a plan to stop the engagement. They crash the party with a dramatic act, which successfully postpones the engagement but angers Rahul. Back home, he scolds Vyjayanti and she admits that she loves him, shocking him. The next morning, Bijlani comes with Maya to offer Rahul a second chance. Rahul defends Vyjayanti against their insults, thereby expressing his own love for her. The mischievous kids chase Bijlani and Maya out of the house with rotten eggs and tomatoes. As revenge, Bijlani and Maya set on auctioning Rahul's house. Rahul asks his workers to work overtime to make up for the shirt orders, which the supportive workers agree to. A successful two lakh shirts are made and loaded onto a truck to be delivered to Bijlani. Bijlani hires some thugs to ensure that the truck doesn't arrive on time. Much to their distaste, Rahul arrives on time with the order, and Bijlani and Maya are arrested. Vyjayanti is reunited with her father, who disapproves of her marrying anyone outside the Iyer clan. All the factory workers, Rahul's colleagues, and the children ask him to allow Rahul and Vyjayanti to marry. With so much persistence, he accepts and Vyjayanti and Rahul are married in a South Indian ceremony.

Cast

as Rahul Malhotra *

as Vyjayanthi Iyer *

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as Bijlani, Maya's father. *

Navneet Nishan Navneet Nishan (also known as Navnit Nishan, Navnit or Navnit Singh) (born 25 October 1965) is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Tara in the soap opera '' Tara'', and '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. She has also worked in the TV ...

as Maya Bijlani * K.D. Chandran as Mr. Iyer, Vyjayanti's father. *

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as Natrajan Iyer *

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as Advocate Homi Wadia *

Mushtaq Khan Mushtaq Khan is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' (1993), '' Jodi No.1'' (2001) an ...

as Bhagwati Prasad Mishra "Mishraji" * Javed Khan as Chhotya *

as Host and Manager of East West Airlines. * Master Kunal Khemu as Sunny Chopra *

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as Munni Chopra * Sharokh Bharucha as Vicky Chopra

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by the music duo

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and lyrics were contributed by

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. Songs like 'Ghunghat Ki Aad Se', 'Kaash Koi Ladka Mujhe Pyaar Karta', 'Woh Meri Neend Mera Chain Mujhe' and 'Bombai Se Gayi Poona' became extremely popular. The song "Yunhi Kat Jaayega Safar Saath" is based on "Endhan Nenjil" from ''

Kalaignan ''Kalaignan'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by G. B. Vijay and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. It stars Kamal Haasan and Farheen while Sivaranjani, Sindhuja, Nirmalamma and Chi. Guru Dutt play supporting ...

''.

Box office

''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' was a 'superhit' at the box office. It was also one of the biggest hits of 1993. The performances of Juhi Chawla and Aamir Khan were critically acclaimed. Juhi Chawla became the box office queen of 1993, with multiple consecutive hit films like Lootere, Aaina, Shatranj, Izzat ki Roti & Darr becoming big box office successes, thus solidifying her career as the top actress of the 1990s.

Awards & nominations

41st National Film Awards: Won * Special Jury Award – Mahesh Bhatt * Best Female Playback Singer – Alka Yagnik for "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se" 39th Filmfare Awards: Won *

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–

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* Best Lyricist –

for "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se" Nominated *

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– Mahesh Bhatt * Best Actor –

* Best Music Director – Nadeem-Shravan * Best Female Playback Singer – Alka Yagnik for "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan Hindi films remade in other languages Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt Special Mention (feature film) National Film Award winners Indian romantic comedy-drama films 1990s romantic comedy-drama films 1993 comedy films 1993 drama films