''Saathiya'' (English: ''Companion'') is a 2002 Indian

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romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by Shaad Ali and produced by

Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...

and

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under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The film stars

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and

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, with

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and

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appearing in special appearances. The soundtrack was composed by

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and the lyrics are penned by Gulzar. It is a remake of the

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'' Alaipayuthey'' whose climax was reported to be inspired by the 1998 film ''

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'' and which was also directed by Mani Ratnam with music composed by Rahman as well. ''

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'' declared the film a ''Hit''. Additionally, the film won 6

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Plot

Aditya Sehgal and his friends are searching for Aditya's wife Suhani Sehgal. She has been missing for hours, a few days after having a fight with Aditya about their failing marriage. But Aditya now realizes that he loves her more than anything and is devastated that he can't find her. The film goes into a flashback, where it is seen that Aditya and Dr. Suhani meet each other at a wedding. Aditya immediately falls in love with her and pursues her. Suhani at first believes that he is simply flirting with her but later, both realize that they love each other. However, Aditya's rich lifestyle and Suhani's middle-class lifestyle creates a rift between their parents where Aditya's father Om Sehgal insults Suhani's father. Aditya and Suhani

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and get married in a small ceremony. At first, they live in their respective homes and keep their marriage a secret. However, when a proposal comes for Suhani's elder sister, the truth comes out. Aditya and Suhani then cut ties with their parents and move to a dilapidated house and start their married life together. Soon, marital problems threaten to drive them apart. A misunderstanding causes Suhani to think Aditya is having an affair and they get into a major argument. Suhani then gets involved in a car accident. As she is crossing the street, a car hits her, almost fatally injuring her. Aditya has no idea of this and waits for her to return home, happily thinking that they will patch up. Later Aditya realizes that Suhani is missing and starts looking for her. It is revealed that Savitri is the one who hit Suhani with her car. Scared to own up, Savitri calls her husband, who is an IAS officer. Her husband, Yeshwant Rao, arrives at the hospital and tells the doctor that Suhani is his wife and he wants her operated. Aditya finds out about the incident and reaches the hospital. Suhani falls into a coma. Yeshwant explains to Aditya, and takes the blame and tells him that he had caused the accident. Aditya threatens Yeshwant and leaves. Savitri meets Aditya and tells him that it was she who caused the accident and she is feeling guilty. The two shed tears together until Yeshwant comes and picks her up. Soon, Suhani regains consciousness. Aditya runs in and expresses the pain and suffering he went through in the hours of separation. Suhani also expresses her own love and feelings for him. The film ends as Aditya and Suhani finally makeup and they hug each other on the hospital bed.

Cast

as Suhani Sharma *

as Aditya Sehgal * Kunal Kumar as Bhaskar *

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as Dina Sharma, Suhani’s sister * Sharat Saxena as Chandra Prakash Sharma, Suhani’s father * Tanuja as Shobhana Sharma, Suhani’s mother * Satish Shah as Barrister Om Sehgal, Aditya’s father *

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as Shanti Sehgal, Aditya’s mother *

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as Prema * Aditya Srivastava as A.C.P. * Rahul Chauhan as COP Rahul Patil *

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in a special appearance in the song "Chori Pe Chori" * Aarya Mehta as Pinky *

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as Raghunath "Raghu" Pandit * Pubali Sanyali as Anju *Paritosh Sand as Ved * Tinnu Anand as Daruwala * Deepraj Rana as Inspector *

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as Raghu's father *

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as Vidya *

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as Shyam *

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as Lady in hospital * Manu Rishi Chadha as Doctor *Paritosh Sand as Ved * Shahrukh Khan as Yeshwant Rao(cameo appearance) *

as Savitri Rao(cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

There are 9 songs composed by

and lyrics by Gulzar.

re-used all of his compositions from the soundtrack of the Tamil film '' Alaipayuthey'', with the exception of two songs, "Mere Yaar Mila De" and "Naina Milaike" which replaced their Tamil counterparts "Evano Oruvan" and "Alaipayuthey". The soundtrack turned out to be one of the strong points of the film. ''Saathiya'' won most of the music awards, despite facing tough competition from ''Devdas'' (2002). A. R. Rahman and Sonu Nigam won Best Music Director and Best Male Playback for "Saathiya", respectively. According to the Indian trade website ''

'', with around 20,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's second highest-selling, behind ''Devdas''. For the soundtrack, the songs, "Alaipayuthey" and "Evano Oruvan" were not re-composed from the Tamil version. Instead, Rahman composed a

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track "Mere Yaar Mila De" and "Naina Milaike", a classical number. Lyricist Gulzar, who wrote all the Hindi version songs, stated, "In ''Saathiya'' I wrote 'Mere Yaar Mila De', which isn't a typical romantic number though it's essentially a love song." Unlike previous soundtracks recorded by Rahman for Ratnam, the former composed majority of the songs by fusing the classical

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genres into moderns rhythms. On penning review for '' Bollywood Hungama'', critic

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stated, "A.R. Rahman's music is melodious and easy on the ears. The title track is the pick of the lot, but the item song can easily be deleted, for it serves as a speed breaker in the goings-on. Perhaps, even this song was added to add spice." Critic based at Australian Cine Urban praised the music, "A superb digital sound mix drives the all important soundtrack, fantasy music video clips on the cable music channels in that they are multi-costume and multi-location showpieces, taking us from waterfalls to snowy mountain fields to idyllic shorelines. Duets and full scale wedding routines follow each other as the first half zips along with its charter to set the musical mood." Vijay Ramanan of ''Planet Bollywood'', "A. R. Rahman's music and score, while simply re-created from the original except for two songs is as usual – fantastic. ''Mr. Brown'' reviewed the music of the film, "The songs-chiefly are the lilting title number; the percussive wedding song "Chhalka Chhalka Re" ("It Spilled"); and the seductive ballads "Chupke Se" ("Quietly") and "Aye Udi Udi Udi" ("Flew Away") a highlight. Glamsham pointed, "All in all, all praises to the music composition by A R Rahman; the music is unique and upbeat. A R Rahman has been successful in creating a different genre of music for his ever increasing list of fans. The lyrics is definitely getting subdued by the exciting music. A must buy for people who love new music".

Awards

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: Won * Best Actress (Critics) –

* Best Music Director – A..R. Rahman * Best Lyricist – Gulzar for "Saathiya" * Best Male Playback Singer – Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" *

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* Best Dialogue – Gulzar Nominated * Best Actress –

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;Zee Cine Awards *

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– A..R. Rahman *

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– Gulzar for "Saathiya" *

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– Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" * Best Sound – Robert Taylor ;IIFA * IIFA Best Music Director –

* IIFA Best Male Playback – Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" ;MTV Immies * Best Composer –

* Best Lyrics: Gulzar for "Saathiya" * Best Singer (Male) – Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" ;Bollywood Music Awards * Best Male Singer – Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" ;Bollywood Movie Awards * Best Actress (Critics) –

* Best Music Director –

;Sansui Awards * Best Actress (Jury) –

* Best Music Director –

* Best Male Playback – Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya"

References

External links

* {{Mani Ratnam 2002 films 2000s Hindi-language films Indian romantic musical films Hindi remakes of Tamil films Yash Raj Films films Films scored by A. R. Rahman Indian romantic drama films 2002 directorial debut films Films directed by Shaad Ali 2002 romantic drama films 2000s romantic musical films