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HUM APKE HAI KAUN ? tomes can be written on analysis of this film, my present approach will be just touch and go for the review body, This film is about family relations, a very decent and well respected production house made this film. They are RAJSHREE PRODUCTIONS, this house specialize in making good clean family films, their main focus has be rituals and traditions prevailing in India. The presentation here is of culture of values in joint big families.
Instead of talking about other films from this reputed production house, I will jump right into the story of this film, it has 2 families busy in arrangements of engagement between a girl and boy. Now a series of ceremonies take place between the wedding families.
There is a younger brother to the prospective groom, Salman Khan, there is a younger sister to the prospective bride, Madhuri Dixit, mind you this film was made before Salman Khan met the Body building guru of Sanjay Dutt who transformed his body into present shape, that is where Salman Khan got his muscles and bare chest followed.
There are no bare chest on display in this film, a short description of the wedding families, there are parents, house workers, pets and many close cousins, relatives of both bride and groom families. Many pre nuptial ceremonies are shown in very minute details in a fun and appealing way, In India every marriage has all these ceremonies, in fact these celebrations are held to bring closer and expose to understanding all important family elements to future 2 big joint families, its an indirect way of studying friction points or future compatibilities.
There is engagement, then visiting of groom’s family to see the girl and test her, then there is clothes measurement and shoes measurement ceremony, then there is date fixing ceremony, I maybe quoting some events in wrong sequence, me being light hearted person do not bother with too much nit picking, but please do not mistake my light hearted writing to be a reflection of these ceremonies, all these events are dead serious requirements of marriage, there is a lot at stake to be grasped during these functions and mixed with all these there is teasing, singing, dancing , eating, cooking and a stage for young generation of both families to show themselves off.
The weddings are a platform open to both old age and young age members of family to display their talents, hosting abilities, art, creativity, performance, naughtiness, stress management, jesting, testing future conflict areas and over all and above all, get to know each and everybody thoroughly within the context of ceremonies in a cultured and controlled functions.
The evolution of these rituals took a long time to perfect, but swear me this is one way bride and groom will know completely everything about each other and the environment they are going to face in their future married world.
The 2 families go thru to marriage day, all joint family members are exposed openly and completely for the reading and study of everyone wise or otherwise on both sides. This film was a run away success, not because the audience was reliving their marriage experience or taking a peek into their would be marriage experience. No this film was hugely successful and it broke records of earnings and it was one film which was seen by every resident of body INDIA.
This vast viewer ship was because everybody was happy to see the wisdom these ceremonies gives the marrying families, it is artistically highlighted thru the genius of producer, director, story writer, the vastly talented actors and other important production sections of RAJSHREE PRODUCTIONS HOUSE.
Forget the romance of Salman Khan with Madhuri Dixit or any other thing this film you think offered, this film did not succeed because of all that, but maybe there is some minor credit goes to the lead pair, but the biggest reason for the success of this film stands tall : THE WISDOM AND THE STUDY OF MORE THAN 1000 YEARS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THESE RITUALS IN INDIA, forming our society to the country called India today.
This is just one aspect of Indian society and it was made beautiful by Salman Khan and queen of dancing Madhuri Dixit. Biggest measure of success is the money meter, but this film has greater credit than just money, the visual retention of this film in the memory of audience is very strong, every one of us
stored each song, each sequence, each scene of this good film into our long term memory, recalled on demand any time any where. This is a very big achievement.
Yo marrying is easy living together unto grave is difficult !!!