Saajan Ki Saheli

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Directed bySaawan Kumar Tak
Written bySaawan Kumar Tak
Produced bySaawan Kumar Tak
Saajan Ki Saheli
Directed bySaawan Kumar Tak
Written bySaawan Kumar Tak
Produced bySaawan Kumar Tak
StarringNutan
Rekha
Rajendra Kumar
Vinod Mehra
Music byUsha Khanna
Release date
  • 27 November 1980 (1980-11-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Saajan Ki Saheli (meaning "Love Interest of The Lover") is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film produced and directed by Saawan Kumar Tak.[1] The film stars Nutan, Rekha, Rajendra Kumar, and Vinod Mehra.

Kunti gave birth to Munmun, whom she disowns after birth. A kindhearted lady named Champa adopts her and raises her. After many years when Champa is ill and dying, she confesses that she is not the biological mother of Munmun. From this scene, the story of this movie takes a dramatic turn.

Cast

Production

The film was made at the peak of Rekha's stardom, which was used for the film's publicity.[2] This coincided with Nutan and Rajendra Kumar's shift to character roles.[3] The film was shot, among other locations, in Mauritius.[4]

Themes

Premarital childbirth was one of the film's main themes. Scholar Veena Singh included Saajan Ki Saheli in her discussion of four films which reflect the radicalization of the Indian family.[5] Singh described the character of Kunti as a woman "who has a materialistic bent of mind" for whom the purpose of marriage is to get "a big car, a bungalow and other luxuries" and concluded, "For Kunti, the life of an Indian woman begins after marriage - an implication that a woman's past is to be cut off, buried and forgotten lest it should hamper and dampen her married life".[5]

Soundtrack

Music of the film was composed by Usha Khanna and songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.[4] According to Mrityunjay Bose from Deccan Herald, it is one of Khanna's memorable soundtracks.[6] The songs performed by Mohammed Rafi were his last collaboration with Khanna. This was also the last film in which Mohammed Rafi sang for Rajendra Kumar.[7]

#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Boonden Nahi Sitaare Tapke Hain" Mohammed Rafi
2 "Jiske Liye Sabko Chhoda Usi Ne Mere Dil Ko Toda" Mohammed Rafi, Sulakshana Pandit
3 "Aise Naa The Ham Jaisi Hamaari" Mohammed Rafi
4 "Marne Ke Baad Hamari Yaad Mein" Usha Khanna, Suresh Wadkar, Mahendra Kapoor
5 "Nautak Mangta Ke Pau Ser Mangta" Asha Bhosle

Reception

References

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