Renuka Shahane Recalls Being Typecast After Hum Aapke Hain Koun; Says, “The Roles That Came To Me…”

Salman Khan starrer Hum Aapke Hain Koun continues to remain cult film even today. The film was liked for it’s storyline, Salman-Madhuri  chemistry and Renuka Shahane’s death scene among others. In a recent interview, Renuka Shahane recalls shooting for her scene and shares how she got typecasted after Hum Aapke Hain Koun.

Renuka Shahane on getting typecasted after Hum Aapke Hain Koun

While speaking with Filmy Shilmy, Renuka Shahane recalled how the character restrivted filmmakers to see her beyond girl-next-door image. She shares, “People who cast actors could never think I could ever play anything with grey shades or anything which was unkind. So in that sense, it was very restrictive because as an actor I would like to play all sorts of characters. The impact of that role was so big that even the roles that I got on television were pretty much of girls who were relatable, who were very much part of Indian value system. The roles that came to me did not go beyond that. But to tell you frankly, I didn’t mind being typecast,” she said and added, “I didn’t miss the grey shades at all.”

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She also recalled shooting her death scene and said that, “Everyone was there, and they were very very serious and I went to the set to see how the shoot is going, and I was just smiling and watching the whole thing, watching everyone cry their hearts out. When they saw me, they were like ‘she is sitting here and laughing at us.’ They shooed me away that ‘you go away from the set, we are trying to do our job.”

The actress recalled how Reema Lagoo was deeply affected after the sequence. “After the scene in the hospital, when Pooja passes away, Reema Lagoo was inconsolable. This affected her so deeply. It took her quite some time to come back to normal and to accept the fact that this is a character and this character has died.”

Hum Aapke Hain Koun, directed by Sooraj Barjatya also starred Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead roles.

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