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In the 1990s when Bollywood was busy making romantic dramas crime thrillers and comedy entertainers a family drama came along and wreaked havoc at the box office. The film with 14 songs and a length of 3 hours 26 minutes ran for over 135 weeks in various theatres. It sold around 135 million tickets making it the first Bollywood film to gross Rs 100 crore. Not Ghajini this is Bollywoods first 100 crore film Aamir Khans Ghajini was released in 2008 was said to be the first Bollywood film to join the 100 crore club. However according to a DNA report 14 years before Ghajini Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit starrer Hum Aapke Hain Kaun was the first Bollywood film to earn Rs 100 crore. Madhuri Dixit Salman Khans chemistry was a hit On 5 August 1994 director Sooraj Barjatya came up with his second directorial venture Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. This was his second film with Salman Khan after Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). In this film he repeated most of the cast of Hum Aapke Hain Kaun except the lead actress. After giving Bhagyashree a successful debut Sooraj paired Madhuri Dixit with Salman. How did Hum Aapke Hain Kaun earn Rs 100 crore? Made on a small budget of Rs 6 crore the film had a net box office collection of Rs 72.5 crore in India. Its gross box office collection from India was Rs 117 crore and it also earned Rs 11 crore from overseas taking its worldwide collection to Rs 128 crore. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun set new benchmarks According to reports Hum Aapke Hain Kaun sold 75-125 million tickets. It ran in theatres for around 135 weeks and was screened on 4350 screens worldwide. The film celebrated its Golden Jubilee (50 weeks) across India and ran for 100+ weeks with housefull boards for months. What Hum Aapke Hain Kaun did was nothing short of a box office miracle.