Among the two biggies of the year, 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' has already released, scoring ‘big’ in its opening weekend and 'Dilwale' is soon to hit the screens throwing another challenge for sure, in terms of box office returns. Interestingly there is one common feature in both these mega ventures led by the two Khans, Salman and Shah Rukh, and it’s the way they remind us of the dynamic director Mukul S. Anand’s 'Hum' (1991) featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikant, Govinda and Kimi Katkar as its lead characters.
Taking up 'Dilwale' first, its trailer gives us a glimpse of a calm and cool elder brother, who has a shady past with a broken romantic relationship not known to many. As the story progresses, the demanding circumstances force him to go through an unwanted transformation recalling his forgotten violent days, exactly like the character of Shekhar (Amitabh) of 'Hum', who gets compelled to visit his dark hidden past of a spirited dockyard worker known as Tiger, in love with his Jumma, played by Kimi Katkar.
Next, coming to 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', the basic theme of planting an easy-going theater artist in place of a royal prince straight away reminds you of Kader Khan’s double role in 'Hum', wherein again it’s a funny theater artist who gets picked, trained and then planted in place of the military General ‘Sinha’ as a planned conspiracy. The most amazing similarity in both the films is of the trainer, who happens to be the same man Anupam Kher, playing two similar yet completely contrasting characters after a gap of almost 25 years.
Having said that, the other undeniable truth remains that it's quite hard to recreate the magic and enigma of 'Hum' conceived by the visionary director Mukul S. Anand who unfortunately left us all at an early age. Still taking it positively, hope the present generation gets to rediscover all the worth-watching hits of the past through such uncanny resemblances in these films featuring their loving icons.
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