Saajan (1991)

Original title

साजन

Directed by

Lawrence D'Souza

Genre

romantic comedy, melodrama

Country

India

Runtime

3h 01m

Rated

U

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy poet secretly writes love letters for his poor best friend to impress a beautiful woman. The friend takes credit for the words and wins her heart but the truth threatens their friendship.

romanticheartfeltmelodramaticupbeatyearningnostalgicwarmbittersweet

What happens

Saajan (lit. 'Beloved') is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and produced by Sudhakar Bokade. The film is a remake of Bengali film Apan Amar Apan. Loosely based on the classic French play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), 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 was released on 30 August 1991, and grossed ₹18.35 crore worldwide, thus becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of 1991. It was unofficially remade in Telugu as Allari Priyudu. At the 37th Filmfare Awards, Saajan received a leading 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (D'Souza), Best Actor (Dutt) and Best Actress (Dixit), and won 2 awards – Best Music Director (Nadeem–Shravan) and Best Male Playback Singer (Kumar Sanu for "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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