#Hum Aapke Hain Koun

[fictional-sluts-blog]

I would kill and die to experience a love story like 90s and 00s bollywood movies<3

#90s bollywood #srk #hum aapke hain koun #ddlj #dilwale dulhania le jayenge #kabhi khushi kabhie gham #k3g #salman khan #desi blr #desiblr #amitabh bachchan #90s movies #90s aesthetic #90s bollywood movies #90s srk #dil to pagal hai #kajol #bollywood #kuch kuch hota hai #jab we met #shahid kapoor #chup chup ke

[pariaritzia]

Queerness in Indian Media

↳Film: DIDI TERA DEVAR DEEWANA from HUM AAPKE HAIN KOUN (1994, Hindi), dir. SOORAJ BARJATYA

Sooraj Barjatya films are known for their (often unintentionally comedic) portrayals of traditional family values, which is why it was so surprising that a song like Didi Tera Devar Deewana somehow made it into what was, at the time, the biggest Indian blockbuster. The character Rita (Sahila Chaddha), who has no prominent role in the film otherwise, crossdresses to role-play as Prem (Salman Khan). She teases the women, romances Nisha (Madhuri Dixit) and conducts herself with a confident masculinity that was, and still is, virtually unheard of in mainstream Indian cinema across all languages.

Commentary on this song by Professor Gayatri Gopinath, from her book Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures, was posted by Desbian Herstory here.

This song was only the beginning of Madhuri Dixit's involvement in queer media, as she would go on to feature in multiple gay and gay-coded media, both as a supportive character and as the gay character herself. She has also been supportive in real life of the LGBTQ community.

#bollywood #hum aapke hain koun #queerness in indian media #as a child my family always skipped to the end of the song when salman khan takes over as the 'proper man' #bc they thought the rest of the song was indecent lmao #extremely fun things to hear as a tiny lesbian who already would wear boys/neutral clothing and played the masc role in games #with friends at school and at the park #so funny to look back and be like. maybe the fact that both I and the other girls decided it'd be best if I played the #role of knight/prince/husband/father in our playing pretend games....meant something. what a surprise!

[glutaminase]

MADHURI DIXIT in Hum Aapke Hain Koun

#hey guys. still here rn #madhuri dixit #bollywood #bollywoodedit #southasiansource #smudgedhenna #dailywoc #dailyworldcinema #worldcinemaedit #hum aapke hain koun #gif

[mrinalini810]

Kaate nahi kat-te hain lamhe intezaar ke, Nazarein jama ke baithe hain raste pe yaar ke, Dil ne kaha dekhein jo jalwe husn-e-yaar ke, Laaya hai koun inko, phalak se utaar ke.

काटे नहीं कटते हैं लम्हे इंतज़ार के,  नज़रें जमा के बैठे हैं रस्ते पे यार के, दिल ने कहा देखें जो जलवे हुस्न-ऐ-यार के,  लाया है कौन इनको, फलक से उतार के।

#hum aapke hain koun #hahk #salman khan #madhuri dixit #sooraj barjatya #salmanmadhuri #bollywood #indian cinema #classic bollywood #blockbuster

[toiletpotato]

has anyone thought about the diegesis of music in bollywood/south asian masala movies? there's no doubt that it functions differently than in western musicals... but HOW exactly? in most western musical theatre the music seems to non-diegetic (as in, the characters and those around them are unaware that they are singing) unless it is a performance, then it is diegetic/source music (they are singing in the story- everyone knows they're singing).

perhaps the difference comes from the fact that masala movies are movies first and (to my knowledge) are often not adapted from musical stage productions (though the movies CAN be adapted into musicals in the case of mughal-e-azam, hum aapke hain koun, and dilwale dulhania le jayenge). but in masala movies the line between "this is a performance in the story" and "i am singing to express my feelings" seems somewhat blurred. Señorita from ZNMD is a performance, they are singing, everyone knows it. Bum Bum Bole from Taare Zameen Par, they're singing, Aamir Khan is a funny little dude singing a funky clown song. But then what about Kashmiri Main Tu Kanyakumari from Chennai Express? Singing in a car... okay, that's a performance! But the choreographed dance number? Is that happening or is it symbolizing their journey across India? Mere Khwabon Mein from DDLJ is definitely (probably?) Simran expressing her dreams and such, and she's not singing in universe. But then what about Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna? Raj singing at Simran would make sense as a performance at a mehndi, but what about Simran singing back?

OH and since the popularity of film/musical songs works differently in South Asia than it does in the States... how does continuity work in that? Such as the medley from Mujhse Dosti Karoge, in which Hrithik's character sings Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Rani's character... does this mean that KKHH exists in this universe?? Does Rani Mukherjee the actress then exist in this universe and her character in this movie have a doppleganger?? What about all of Shahrukh Khan's movies... especially with the antakshari scenes in Chennai Express? Does Om Shanti Om exist in that universe? Does SRK the actor exist? If not then how did these songs come about? Is it similar to the NSU (Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe) in which there are gray parts of one's mind when it comes to crossover events? This FASCINATES me to no end you don't understand.

side note. i want to see someone that has directed a masala movie tackle one of these american musical to movie adaptations. no more tom hooper. i want farah khan or karan johar or ss rajamouli to direct cats and see how THAT looks. if tom hooper had directed k3g it would not have been as fantastical (such as the "my son is here" super sense) as it was.

let american movie musicals have as much fun as south asian masala films do.

there seem to be some (paywalled) academic papers on the matter but it'd be interesting to hear anyone's thoughts on it!

#oh gosh how do i tag THIS one #desi tag #desiblr #rambling #farah khan #karan johar #musicals #broadway #ddlj #chennai express #znmd #kkhh #kuch kuch hota hai #kabhi khushi kabhie gham #hahk #hum aapke hain koun #cats 2019 #musical theatre

[cressida-jayoungr]

Coeli's Picks: Purple, part 2

(Multiple movies listed left to right.)

One Dress a Day Challenge

May: Purple Redux

Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne) (1970) / Delphine Seyrig as the Lilac Fairy

The Wrecking Crew (1968) / Elke Sommer as Linda Karensky

Vanity Fair (2004) / Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp

Doctor Who (season 16, "The Androids of Tara") / Mary Tamm as Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana)

Hello, Dolly! (1969) / costume for Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi

Hum Aapke Hain Koun! (1994) / Madhuri Dixit-Nene as Nisha Choudhury

The Muppet Show (episode 424) / Diana Ross as Herself

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) / Zoë Kravtiz as Leta Lestrange

The Hunger Games (2012) / Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket

Scooby Doo (2002) / Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne

Casino Royale (2006) / Eva Green as Vesper Lynd

Star Trek: The Original Series (s3e1, "Spock's Brain") / Marj Dusay as Kara

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s2e16, "Q Who?") / Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) / Lina Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

#one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #donkey skin #Peau d'âne #the wrecking crew #vanity fair #doctor who #the androids of tara #romanadvoratrelundar #Hum Aapke Hain Koun #hello dolly #the muppet show #scooby doo #the hunger games #casino royale #star trek tos #star trek tng #pride and prejudice and zombies #spock's brain #q who

[lastfridgemagnetleft]

What are we...?

#romtom #roman roy #tom wambsgans #succession #tomroman cinematic universe #fridge memes #hum aapke hain koun

[salmankhanholics]

★ Celebrating *29 Years Of Hum Aapke Hain Koun…?*

-August 5, 1994

#salman khan #video #hahk #hum aapke hain koun

[greenbabyofficial]

watching hum aapke hain koun and the opening credits, which are just close-ups of salman and madhuri’s faces in black-in-white, lip syncing the title song with placid and vacant smiles, and I am perturbed

#hum aapke hain koun #bollywood

[vintagechanelz]

i miss old school sundays when you'd wakeup and watch hum saath saath hai or hum aapke hai koun on zeetv

#movies #hum saath saath hain #hum aapke hain koun #classics #old school

[rayatouillee]

hii i am raya!! my pronouns are she/ her. i'd love to interact with more people with similar interests as mine <333

these are pretty much all the media pieces that makes me ME:

one tree hill

succession

folklore

evermore

speak now

norman fucking rockwell

magdalene

how to get away with murder

killing eve

new girl

the office

fleabag

charulata

anne with an e

midsommar

10 things i hate about you

whisper of the heart

kiki's delivery service

20th century women

hum aapke hain kaun

taare zameen par

masaan

jab we met

abbott elementary

banshees of inisherin

the palace of illusions

macbeth

"forever is the sweetest con"

#hum aapke hain koun #jab we met #fleabag #how to get away with murder #one tree hill #brooke davis #charulata #harry potter #macbeth #10 things i hate about you #the office #new girl #killing eve #20th century women #kiki's delivery service #whisper of the heart #midsommar #seven #Spotify #abbott elementary #the banshees of inisherin #folklore #evermore #speak now #succession

[mainsamayhoon]

Why do people hate all the films I like 😭😭😭

Like I have the best time of my life watching them and I come online and everybody is hating on them and I feel like I have bad taste

#samrat prithviraj #hum aapke hain koun #panipat #kalak #desiblr

[glutaminase]

#OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I PROMISE..... #maybe #love this fuckin dog + she looks incredible here #madhuri dixit #hum aapke hain koun #bollywood #southasiansource #smudgedhenna #dailyworldcinema #dailywoc

[lirulii]

No but one of my biggest gripes with Hum Aapke Hain Koun is that Pooja straight up DIES, they have a funeral scene for her, and then the entire family unit is like. Oh no!! Anyway. Rajesh marry her *sister* of all people 

#LIKE???? WHAT #BRO THAT'S HER WIDOWER AND HER LITERAL SISTER. HELLO? #methinks he should be allowed to. ykno. grieve a little longer #it's redeemed slightly by the fact he does stay single by the end but good lord #ALSO THE ONE #W THE REALLY OVERBEARING LADY AND HER HUSBAND #where her husband snaps and goes you are why we do not have children #what the HELL yall #i have a v complicated dynamic w hahk as a film because it was my introduction to indian cinema and it has an absolute banger of a soundtrac #buuut also. has Scenes Like This #i vaguely remember nisha having an entire COMPUTERS degree and its never brought up again because ? #but then again this is a 90s movies made by a very family value driven company #the same mixed feelings i have w hahk are the same i have w hum saath saath hain #it's a Lot #I AM ALSO NOT DESI I SHOULD CLARIFY. I am very much Peruvian so maybe there's a bit of cultural nuance or context I'm missing? #but anyway. #hum aapke hain koun #THEY HAD DHIKTANA 1 AND 2 DEDICATED TO POOJA IM STILL BITTER #why'd they move on from her so fast. i will never recover

[elif-ants]

tuffy just carried the entire movie on his back didn't he

#adri is not making sense #hum aapke hain koun #hahk #OUR FLUFFY KING

[cressida-jayoungr]

Coeli's Picks: Weddings, part 1 (Indian Film Edition)

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

Indian movies do love their wedding scenes! Here are some more terrific costume examples, in order from the oldest film to the newest. Lots of good men's costumes in this batch.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) / Madhuri Dixit as Nisha Choudhury

Devdas (2002) / Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi

Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) / Hrithik Roshan as Raj Khanna

Bride and Prejudice (2004) / Namrata Shirodkar as Jaya Bakshi and Naveen Andrews as Balraj (top); Martin Henderson as Will Darcy and Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi (bottom)

(Okay, this one isn't technically an Indian movie, being an international co-production. But it definitely belongs with the Indian movies costume-wise.)

Vivah (2006) / Shahid Kapoor as Prem 'Bholu' and Amrita Rao as Poonam 'Bitto'

Rockstar (2011) / Nargis Fakhri as Heer Kaul

2 States (2014) / Alia Bhatt as Ananya Swaminathan

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) / Salman Khan as Prem Dilwale (or maybe Yuvraj Vijay Singh; he plays a double role and I'm not sure which this is!)

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018) / Sunny Nijar as Titu Sharma 

#coeli's picks #wedding costumes #movie costumes #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #bollywood costumes #indian movies #indian film #indian cinema #wedding dresses #Hum Aapke Hain Koun #devdas #Mujhse Dosti Karoge #rockstar #vivah #2 states #bride and prejudice #Prem Ratan Dhan Payo #Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety