We all have watched the iconic film 'Hum Apke Hai Kaun' right? The film bought many families together to the cinema halls in 1994. The one scene which break hearts is when Renuka Shahane's character, Pooja falls from the stairs and dies. The scene was difficult to shoot not because the actress, Renukaji was affraid to fall but because the filmmaker Sooraj Barjatiya kept apologising her and also it wasn;t easy for Reema Lagoo who played the role of her mother. 

In a few interviews, Renukaji has shared fascinating stories from the shoots of the film. She told Rajshri in an interview that Barjatya apologised to her throughout the day when they had to shoot the scene where she falls from the stairs after the song “Lo Chali Main”.

The actress narrated, “The day we had to shoot for the scene where I fall from the stairs, Sooraj Barjatya kept apologising to me. I told him, ‘Sir aap itna sorry kyun keh rahe hain, ye film ka hissa hai. It is not real’. He gave sponge stairs to fall on as he didn’t want anyone to get hurt on his set. It was funny that he kept apologising for something which was part of the script.”

She revealed that the death scene wasn't east for her, “Dying on-screen is very difficult.” She shared, “Sooraj ji wanted my face to look gentle and have an expression of satisfaction. But my eyes kept fluttering. He was repeatedly telling me to breathe calmly. If you look at it in the movie, you won’t see my eyes shut completely as they couldn’t show that.”

However, after the scene was shot everyone on the sets that day was left in tears. Reemaji couldn't stop crying much after Soorajji called 'cut'. Renukaji revealed, “Reema tai was touched by that scene. Sometimes an actor is so involved…and she was involved with her character of a mother. She couldn’t stop crying. She was crying even after going back in the makeup room.”

These are the emotions which made the film so close and heart touching for the audience, don't you think so?