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Sagai (1951 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sagai' is a 1951 Bollywood film starring Premnath and Rehana directed by H. S. Rawail. It was the second time H. S. Rawail collaborated with Varma Films after the success of their previous film Patanga, which was the seventh highest-grossing film of 1949. As in 'Patanga', Rajendra Kumar, who would rise to become one of the leading actors in Indian cinema, worked on 'Sagai 'as an assistant to director H. S. Rawail.
'Sagai ' was distinguished by the use of its filmmakers not only to use the same director of their recent hit film 'Patanga', but also to use several other members of 'Patanga's ensemble hopefully to create a blueprint for success. Like in 'Patanga', H.S. Rawails wife, Anjana Rawail, was the storywiter of 'Sagai'.
Also, several cast members of 'Patanga', such as Purnima, Gope and Yakub played important roles in 'Sagai '. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the music of 'Sagai 'was composed by C. Ramchandra, who also had composed the hit music of 'Patanga'.
Plot
'Sagai' revolves around the depiction of a love triangle. In such triangles two people typically compete for the exclusive romantic attention of a single person, such as two women competing for the sole love interest of a particular man. Whereas 'Sagai ' is not about love triangles per se, the film demonstrates how a love triangle is deployed as a storytelling device in a Bollywood film.
In 'Sagai' the complexity of the triangular love relationship begins with Chandni (Rehana). When she returns home from London, her father feels that she has come of age and informs her of her engagement (her sagai) to a groom he had selected for her when she was a child. When he asks her to marry him, Chandni declines to do so, runs away from home and ends up joining Fooman (Gope) and Dhaboo (Yakub) on a successions of explorations. One such exploration lands them aboard a ship captained by Prem (Prem Nath), who is transporting Princess Shehzadi (Purnima) to her native land, Jagira.
Over the course of their journey to Jagira, both Chandni and Shehzadi fall in love with the handsome and charming Captain Prem, and so begins the conflict that arises in a classic love triangle when two women fall in love with the same man. What further complicates this love triangle is that when the ship reaches Jagira, Shehzadis brother, the King (Hiralal), insists that Prem marry Shehzadi and imprisons him when Prem refuses to do so. The King then proposes to Chandni who is already engaged to the man her father had selected for her years ago. The film progresses with the resolution of the conflicts that arise in this complex love triangle.
Cast
*Premnath as Captain Prem
*Rehana as Chandni
*Purnima as Shehzadi
*Yakub as Dhaboo
*Gope as Fooman
*Sunder as Prems Assistant
*Iftekhar as Chandnis Father
*Hiralal as King
Soundtrack
Music was composed by C. Ramchandra, while Rajinder Krishan wrote the lyrics.
References
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