Hum Aapke Hain Koun was a landmark film for the Indian film industry and it changed the fortune of many who were associated with it. For Renuka Shahane, who was fairly new in the industry at the time, this was a turning point as from then on, Renuka came to be known as the ‘perfect girl next door.’ In a recent interview, Renuka opened up about being typecast after the film and how she wouldn’t be offered any other parts that went beyond the idea of the ‘good Indian girl.’In a chat with Filme Shilmy, Renuka said that while the role never “trapped” her, the people casting for movies could not see her in anything beyond that. “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,” she said and added that it took casting directors a very long time to cast her in roles that were unlike Pooja, her character in Hum Aapke Hain Koun.“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.”ALSO READ | ‘Outsider’ Danny Denzongpa ‘was teased like a puppy’ till Jaya Bachchan suggested a solution, eventually found his place in movies as a ‘generic Indian’Recalling some memories of the Hum Aapke Hain Koun days, Renuka Shahane said that the scene with her character’s funeral made her laugh as she saw everyone getting emotional in front of her photo. “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,'” she recalled with a laugh.She also recalled shooting her death scene and said that Reema Lagoo, who played her mother in the film, was inconsolable during the hospital scene. “After the scene in the hospital, when Pooja passes away, Reema Lagoo was inconsolable. This affected her so deeply,” she recalled and shared, “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, starred Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead roles.Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Hum Aapke Hain KounRenuka Shahane