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Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji’s Hum Tum is considered one of the most cherished films in their career. This rom-com continues to remain cult classic today. Till date, its songs is adored widely by audiences. The film had released in 2005 and had cameo appearances of Abhishek Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor.
Rishi Kapoor who played Saif’s father in the film was initially hesitant to do the role due to less scenes. In a recent interview with Aleena Dissects, director Kunal Kohli recalled how he cast Rishi Kapoor in Hum Tum. “I am not doing this’. When I asked why, he said, ‘Guest appearance hai, mujhe nahi karna, kya hai? Bakwas hai. Saat toh scene diye tune mereko, nahi karna mujhe (It’s just a guest appearance. I don’t want to do this. Nonsense. You gave me just seven scenes, I don’t want to).” Kohli said.
However, Kunal somehow managed to convince Rishi Kapoor to at least listen the scenes and then decide. “Then he went, ‘This is nice, this is also nice.’ He said, ‘Give me some more scenes. Why should I do a guest appearance?’ I said, ‘Sir, I can have you in more scenes, you will just be hanging around. Here, every time you come, there is an impact.’ I said, ‘Every scene of yours… there is an impact, every dialogue has an impact. I said I can add ten more scenes but they won’t have an impact. Then he said ‘Haan theek hai chalo karte hain (Let’s do it).”
During the same conversation, Kunal Kohli revealed that Yash Chopra just gave him and Aditya Chopra around Rs 7-8 crore to make Hum Tum. Kunal’s previous film Mujhse Dosti Karoge was made on a big budget and starred Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor. The film failed to perform well at the box office and hence, for his another film, the budget was quite less to make. However, Hum Tum turned out to be huge hit.
Made in Rs 8.5 crore, Hum Tum grossed over Rs 42 crore at the domestic box office, an impressive number then. The film became a milestone in Saif Ali Khan’s career as it was his first project as solo hero.
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