Saathiya (2002)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Shaad Ali

Writers:

Gulzar (dialogue)
Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 December 2002 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

An A.R. Rahman musical

Plot:

The tale of a young couple in love who elope and marry, but soon find that that marriage is not the bed of roses it is made out to be.

Plot Keywords:

Remake

Awards:

13 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Rani Mukherjee	...	Dr. Suhani Sharma (as Rani Mukerji)
Vivek Oberoi	...	Aditya Sehgal
Tanuja	...	Shobhana
Satish Shah	...	Om Sehgal, Aditya's Father
Sharat Saxena	...	Chandraprakash Sharma, Suhani's Father
Swaroop Sampat	...	Shanti Sehgal, Aditya's Mother
Veerendra Saxena	...	Jeevan Uncle (Phonewala) (as Virendra Saxena)
Sandhya Mridul	...	Dina Sharma
Ujjwal Rana	...	Raghu (Rahunath Pandit)
Anju Mahendru	...	Prema
Tinnu Anand	...	Mr. Daruwala, the Landlord
Shehnaz Anand	...	Radha
Anu Ansari		(as Annu Ansari)
Chandrashekhar Gautam	...	Zafar
Karl Katgara	...	Homi

Runtime:

138 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U

Company:

Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

In the train sequences, a reference is made to "Chaiyya Chaiyya", from Mani Ratnam's previous film, _Dil Se (1998)_.

Quotes:

Aditya Sehgal: I love you.
Suhani Sharma: What is that?
Aditya Sehgal: I Love you...means I love you.
Suhani Sharma: Means what?
Aditya Sehgal: Means that I am in love with you, I can do anything for you.
Suhani Sharma: Anything? Can you jump off this train?
Aditya Sehgal: Sure! i'll jump as soon as it stops.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Alai Payuthey (2000)

Soundtrack:

Saathiya

A romantic movie with a soft realistic tone to it!!!

Saathiya, a movie that i wanted to see because of its beautiful songs. I never expected that the story would be as enjoyable as the songs. This movie is made as simple as they could and yet made it look nice without any huge sets, or without of having characters in the story who are like supposely equivalent to Bill Gates. This is a movie which most of the people could relate to especially considering most of the indian population living in india lives through middle class values which is addressed in the movie. The romance is not overexaggerated. Basically, talking about the movie a viewer would not be disappointed. The direction was very veteran like considering it was Shaad Ali's first film. He did a fabulous job at the climax point. To bring out the performances worthy of awards and praises from the leading actors, Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukherjee. Rani Mukherjee has done her part better then her male counterpart but I would not dare take anything away from Vivek Oberoi. Vivek lends a good support but it is clear that movie's driving force was Rani Mukherjee, movie belonged to Rani Mukherjee arguably her best performance ever till date. Overall, it is a good heartwarming experience with good tunes to hummm in isolation. Characters will easily relate to you, it is that beautifully played out.