‘I am ready to be Salman’s sister -in -law …’ When Madhuri Dixit said, why did the director go unconfirmed?

Last updated:January 30, 2025, 09:53 IST

In the casting of the film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, Suraj Barjatya suspected to cast Madhuri Dixit. He told why he did not take the girl in the multistarrer film.

The pair of Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit are well liked.

New Delhi. 23 years ago, it was the time of Diwali .. The festival of lamps was shining in the bride. A multi -starrer film Hum Saath Saath Hain, released on 5 November 1999. In order to show family values, this film of Famous Rajshree Productions made such a heart to the audience that the highest -grossing film of that year became. Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Mohnish Bahl, Sonali Beendra and Neelam Kothari starrer The film achieved tremendous success but later got caught in controversies. Madhuri Dixit wanted to work in this film.

‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ is a film in which every member of the family is ready to surrender to each other. The multi -starrer film shows the love of siblings. At the same time, Suraj Barjatya has also tried to show that when the family grows up, every person of the family has to adjust. When this film was released, the black deer hunting was in the news in the afternoon as much as it was in the discussion. Because at the time of the shooting of this film, Salman Khan got caught up badly in the black deer hunting case.

Secrets opened after 25 years
This film of Suraj Barjatya has become a Calt classic today. Recently in a conversation with radio intoxication, Suraj Barjatya revealed that Madhuri Dixit wanted to be a part of the film and was ready to play Salman Khan’s ‘Bhabhi’. However, the director did not agree with this idea. He revealed the reason behind this after 25 years.

What happened to the director with Madhuri Dixit
Suraj Barjatya mentioned that conversation of himself and Madhuri Dixit. He told, ‘I told him Madhuri, I am making a mail dominated film and if I cast you opposite to Salman, then it will be a very small role for you and if I cast you opposite Monish Bahl, then you You will be the sister -in -law of Salman Khan.

Madhuri was not compelled by praising Madhuri
He further praised Madhuri and said, ‘She is such a lovely woman, she said,’ Never mind, is happy to work together. ‘ But then I said that I will not be comfortable.

‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun Kaun’ was the reason
Madhuri and Salman became a successful on-screen pair after the tremendous box office success of ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’. Actually, Suraj wanted to cast an actress who has no connection with Salman in any film first.

Why did the cast to Tabu
He said that the matter was that Salman is a star. So I had to cast someone who should be accepted as sister -in -law. So we cast Tabu, because Tabu came without any image.

Raveena Tandon, Anil Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor rejected the film
Raveena Tandon was given the first offer to play the role of ‘Preeti’ in the film ‘Hum Saath Saath’ Hai. However, Raveena did not want to do a multistarrer film at that time. In such a situation, Sonali Bendre was later cast. At the same time, before Mohnish Bahl, Vivek’s role was offered to Anil Kapoor and later Rishi Kapoor. Both of them rejected this role, then Mohnish came to the onboard.

Why chose Shahid for ‘marriage’?
At the same time, when it came to casting for ‘marriage’, he chose Shahid Kapoor. The reason for this was that he wanted such actors who look innocent and young. So finally he was cast for Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao for the film.

Salman called and said ‘Let’s do some work’
In a conversation with digital commentary, Sooraj Barjatya had told that when ‘I was a love of Prem Ki Deewani’, Salman called and said ‘Let’s do some work’. But at that time, I had no story for Salman. The film was a story of Vivah which my father gave me. He further said, ‘When I decided that I wanted to make it, I knew that Salman would not fit in it because he was a big star. This role required naivete, age was needed and no one will stop. So Shahid and Amrita were casting in the film.

The film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’ was engulfed in controversies
The case is in the year 1998, when the film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ was being shot in Jodhpur and nearby areas, during that time Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Beendra were accused of hunting black deer Put. Since the people of Vishnoi society of Rajasthan are very sensitive to deer, they took the matter to court and made headlines for years. Salman was registered on three cases of hunting, although Saif, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre were acquitted.