Born in 1994

Hum Aapke Hain Koun became the most successful Hindi film ever made, a wholesome celebration of family, weddings, and togetherness that felt like a nation exhaling after years of trauma. Cable television was arriving rapidly in Indian cities — Star TV, Zee TV, and MTV were transforming what Indian families watched and how they thought about themselves. The liberalised economy was creating new wealth, and a generation of young Indians was beginning to dream of things their parents never dared.