Actress Renuka Shahane whose is remembered for her remarkable role in ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, 23 years ago, she feels that if the film is remade now, the people would want to watch the character in a modern way. As the film is family oriented and she also reveals that she would like to watch as Prem and Nisha.
The actress said, “Revisiting Hum Aapke Hain Koun would surely bring something different this time around. If it’s remade for the younger generation, I think they’d like to see the characters in a modern sort of way. Hum Aapke Hain Koun is a very family-oriented film, where everyone loves each other. It started this whole plethora of sangeet, mehendi functions at all family weddings. And that has not gone out of fashion yet, so, definitely, a Hum Aapke Hain Koun remake would still work. And I’d love to see Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan play the new-age Nisha and Prem.”
She further added, “Now with mobile phones, Facebook and Twitter, I don’t know how the makers would show the whole Tuffy (the family pet in the original film) thing. The climax scene, where Tuffy brings the letter to Mohnishji (Bahl) and he finds out about Nisha’s real feelings for Prem, would not be the same. But yeah, it’s worth revisiting and would be so much fun.”
When asked if she would like to act in the film, Renuka said, “Oh yes! I am always open to working with Rajshri Productions. It’s like my mykaa [parents’ home]. They are dream producers to work with. Sooraj [Barjatya] is such a fine gentleman. But my character is already dead in the film. So I don’t think I’ll have much to do if at all there’s a remake. I know it’s sad.”
Talking about work and her upcoming projects, the actress said, “I’m open to getting scripts where Bollywood is concerned, as long as it suits my taste and the filmmakers are good. I have done a film that will release soon and my character is really interesting, something that’s completely different from the image that everyone has of me.”
