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Wikipedia article
'Saajan' is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and produced by Sudhakar Bokade. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead roles, with Kader Khan, Reema Lagoo and Laxmikant Berde in supporting roles. Nadeem–Shravan composed the film's music whereas Sameer wrote the lyrics of the songs. 'Saajan' grossed worldwide. It became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991. It was unofficially remade in Telugu as 'Allari Priyudu'. The film received 11 nominations at the 37th Filmfare Awards and won 2 awards: Best Music Director (NadeemShravan) and Best Male Playback Singer (Kumar Sanu for "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai").
Plot
Rajiv Verma, a wealthy businessman adopts Aman, an impoverished and lame orphan. Rajiv's wife, Kamla and their own son, Akash also accept Aman.
23 years later
Grown-up, Aman and Akash bond very closely. Carefree, flexible and gregarious, Akash becomes a roadside romeo and womaniser. More serious, Aman writes best-selling poems under the pen name Sagar due to which his popularity increases and he gains millions of fans. A fan of him is the pretty book store owner Pooja Saxena, who frequently writes letters to correspond with him, revealing she loves and admires him and his poetic abilities. She meets Aman one day; he recognizes her but she fails to identify him.
Akash meets and falls in love with Pooja, and explains Aman that he is in love with her, showing her photo. Shocked and shaken, Aman instead suggests him to pose as Sagar. Akash is unaware that Aman writes poems as Sagar. As Akash does this, Pooja is overjoyed that she has met "Sagar" finally, unaware of the truth. Gradually, Akash gets tired of posing as a poet and not only learns that Aman loves Pooja, but also that he is actually "Sagar". He confronts Aman and brings Pooja, making Aman admit he loves her.
Pooja meets and tells Aman that she would have loved him if he revealed that he is Sagar. Eventually, Akash decides to unite Pooja and Aman and sacrifices his love, as the movie ends.
Cast
* Sanjay Dutt as Aman Verma / Sagar
*Madhuri Dixit as Pooja Saxena
*Salman Khan as Akash Verma
* Kader Khan as Rajiv Verma, Akash's father and Aman's adoptive father
* Reema Lagoo as Kamlesh "Kamla" Verma, Akash's mother and Aman's adoptive mother
* Ekta Sohini as Menaka, Akash's friend
* Laxmikant Berde as Laxmi Nandan
* Anjana Mumtaz as Manyata Saxena
* Dinesh Hingoo as Lalchand
* Yunus Parvez as Anees Saheb, press editor
* Raju Shrestha as Yashpant Saxena
* Tej Sapru as Veera, local goon in the "Tu Shayaar Hai" song
* Vikas Anand as Inspector Dilip
* Pankaj Udhas in the song "Jiyen to Jiyen Kaise"
* Lawrence D'Souza in the song "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar"
Production
Aamir Khan was the initial choice for Aman's role. Despite liking the story, he refused the film as he did not connect the role to his satisfaction.
Reception
The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan, with lyrics by Sameer and Faiz Anwar (for song Pehli Bar Mile Hain). The album was the year's top seller, with around 7 million copies sold. The soundtrack of the film also fetched Nadeem-Shravan their second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. Kumar Sanu, who sang for Sanjay Dutt's character won his second Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai". S. P. Balasubramanyam, Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal and Alka Yagnik also rendered their voice for the album. All the singers were nominated for Filmfare Awards.
Awards
References
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