{"id":5175,"date":"2016-06-11T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T11:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2016-06-11T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T11:49:50","slug":"25-years-of-hum-aapke-hain-koun-stairs-killed-bhabhi-biggest-baddie-of-90s-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=5175","title":{"rendered":"26 Years of Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!: The Stairs that Killed Bhabhi Are the Biggest Baddie of \u201990s Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p>\n\n<span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>\n\n<\/div>\nwenty-five years ago, Sooraj Barjatya gave us <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a three-hour- long film with \u201c14 songs, two <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/muslim-family-weddings-nikaah\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weddings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a funeral\u201d that became the highest grossing Hindi film of all time.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A modern adaptation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadiye Ke Paar \u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rajshri Productions\u2019 own 1982 blockbuster <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mined its unprecedented success from two of the country\u2019s biggest obsessions: the idea of the selfless <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/modern-family\/the-great-indian-family-vacation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian family<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and weddings. If you\u2019re someone who grew up on a staple diet of Hindi films in the \u201990s, chances are that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dilwale Dulhaniye Le Jayenge, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, and Maine Pyaar Kiya<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formed not just your introduction to Bollywood, but was also a rite of passage. All of us have a favourite <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> memory, whether it is dancing to \u201cDidi Tera Dewar Deewana\u201d at weddings, lusting over Madhuri Dixit\u2019s purple <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/how-i-broke-up-with-the-perfect-sabyasachi-wedding-saree\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and backless blouse, laughing over the caps that announce\u201cBoy\u201d and \u201cGirl\u201d without a touch of irony, or marvelling at Tuffy, pet dog, morally upright umpire at family cricket matches, and resolver of the ultimate romantic miscommunication.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the nostalgia for the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the people we were when we watched it for the first time <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">might<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">override its watchability, But it\u2019d be remiss to not acknowledge that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided a lexicon for the larger-than-life commercial Hindi cinema that relied on exalting ritualistic family values, melodrama, and song-and-dance routines that were made in the years since. The themes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effectively offered a snapshot into the aspirations, priorities, and concerns of post-liberalisation India: overprotective siblings, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/culture\/manmarziyaan-wrong-modern-love-tinder-arranged-marriage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arranged marriage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, young romance almost thwarted by unspeakable tragedy, individual sacrifices for the greater good of a family, and an emphasis on the duty of a maternal figure (in this case, the \u201cbhabhi\u201d).\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revolves around two families <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Naths and the Chowdhurys <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who seal their decade-long friendship by arranging a marriage between their elder children: Rajesh (Mohnish Behl) and Pooja (Renuka Shahane). Orphaned at a young age, Rajesh and his younger brother Prem (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/bharat-review-salman-khan-katrina-kaif-ali-abbas-zafar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salman Khan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) are raised by their unmarried uncle (Alok Nath) who wholeheartedly believes that the arrival of a daughter-in-law will make up for the lack of maternal love in the lives of his two nephews. It\u2019s during their wedding and the celebrations that ensue, that Prem and Nisha (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/madhuri-papas-first-crush\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madhuri Dixit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the younger siblings of the two families also secretly fall in love. A raging all-consuming courtship that comprises car rides, song and dance, more song and dance, and some sanskaari old-school sexting follows, as does Pooja\u2019s pregnancy.\u00a0<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">From a cultural standpoint, it\u2019s this tragedy I believe, that defines the cult of HAHK, having metamorphosed into something that is more than just a plot point.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before the two lovebirds can reveal to their families their desire to get married to each other, an accidental death almost tears them apart, brokering Nisha\u2019s fate against her wishes. That is, until Tuffy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arguably one of the most intelligent characters in the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> single-handedly saves the day, giving stiff competition to the pigeon from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maine Pyar Kiya\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reputation as a trusted messenger.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a cultural standpoint, it\u2019s this tragedy I believe, that defines the cult of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, having metamorphosed into something that is more than just a plot point. In the film, a few weeks after delivering her boy, Pooja, along with Prem in tow, pays a visit to her parent\u2019s home. It\u2019s the day that Prem and Nisha confide in Pooja <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in line with the film reinforcing an Indian value system; that a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/bhabhiji-ghar-par-hai-shilpa-shinde-savita-bhabhi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bhabhi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and a \u201cdewar\u201d share an inimitable bond <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about their feelings for each other. The idea is to have Pooja as the spokesperson for their love and also as a middle-man, who would convey to their families that they want to get married. An elated Pooja calls up her husband Rajesh to deliver the news, but as luck would have it, Rajesh is busy at work and unavailable and Pooja is assured that he will call her back.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ill-fated call, which comes a few minutes later, forms the basis of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAHK\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chief conflict. The trio are upstairs when the phone rings and Pooja runs hurriedly down a flight of stairs to receive it: On the way, she trips that results in a ghastly tumble down the stairs. The scene itself, arrives in the film\u2019s penultimate 30 minutes, and is one of the perfect evidence of how \u201990s filmmakers didn\u2019t skimp on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/game-of-thrones-got-spoilers-torrents-fans-melodrama\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">melodrama<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or camp; instead they happily went all out. The sequence is accompanied by Pooja\u2019s piercing scream and an ominous background score, designed to predict the severity of the situation.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her fall in particular, is nothing short of epic: Pooja goes down a couple of stairs like an overanxious kid would go down a slide, embarking on one of Hindi\u2019s cinemas most dramatic and back-breaking twist, before ending up on the ground with a bloodied forehead. A hilarious hospital scene (that exists for no reason but as a warning to never trust <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/violence-nrs-hospital-doctors-laws-service-abuse\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doctors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) later, where Pooja flits in and out of a coma, she is declared dead. Pooja\u2019s death can be seen as a clever plot point, a continuation of the family jinx: Rajesh, who grew up without a mother\u2019s love, will now have to contend with bringing up an orphaned son who will suffer the same fate.<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">It takes something as inconsequential as a flight of stairs and gives it top billing as a hateful villain.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But more than anything, what I personally love about this endlessly rewatchable sequence, is that it doesn\u2019t take itself seriously at all. It mixes comedy, tragedy, helplessness, and an impending feeling of doom to create an all-consuming investment in a cinematic death. It takes something as inconsequential as a flight of stairs and gives it top billing as a hateful <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/mumbai-pothole-death-traffic-rain-monsoon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">villain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my friends, an incurable HAHK fan, has a conspiracy theory; he is of the opinion that HAHK is actually a sneaky three-long PSA about the unpredictability of stairs and essentially, a glowing ad for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/indian-lifts-elevator-neighbours-society-culture-stories\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elevators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Even if you disagree with his over-imaginative mind, it wouldn\u2019t be wrong to admit that Pooja\u2019s death is now a cultural commodity, having also gotten the honour of becoming a meme. In the age that we live in, this is the\u00a0 ultimate flattery. Bollywood may have given us many deaths in the years before and after, but with the exception of perhaps Aman in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kal Ho Na Ho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there\u2019s no death that has managed to service the memory of a film this effectively. Even Tuffy would approve.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest plot twist in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! is the death of the adorable, ever-smiling Pooja bhabhi. Twenty-six years on, this endlessly rewatchable sequence is a cultural phenomenon \u2013 it\u2019s now a meme. 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