Saaransh
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| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Produced by | Tarachand Barjatya |
| Written by |
Mahesh Bhatt (screenplay & dialogue) Sujit Sen (screenplay & dialogue) Amit Khanna (dialogue) |
| Story by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Starring |
Anupam Kher Rohini Hattangadi Soni Razdan Madan Jain |
| Music by |
Ajit Verman Vasant Dev (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Adeep Tandon |
| Edited by | David Dhawan |
| Distributed by | Rajshri |
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Running time
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137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Saaransh (English: The Gist ) is a 1984 Hindi drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Nilu Phule, Suhas Bhalekar and Soni Razdan. It is about an elderly Maharashtrian couple living in Mumbai who come to terms with the loss of their only son. This was the screen debut of Anupam Kher. The film had music by Ajit Verman and lyrics by Vasant Dev. It was distributed by Rajshri Productions.
It was chosen as India's official entry for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, where it wasn't nominated.
The movie begins with B.V. Pradhan (Anupam Kher) waking up early in the morning to write a letter to his son, Ajay, who lives in New York. Midway through the letter, Pradhan remembers the tragic reality: Pradhan received a call from a friend of his son, Ajay, that Ajay has been killed in a mugging in New York. Pradhan's best friend, Vishwanath, and Pradhan's wife, Parvati (Rohini Hattangadi) are both worried that even though it's been 3 months, Pradhan has yet to fully come to terms with the loss of his only son. Pradhan confesses to Vishwanath that after the loss of his son, he no longer has any will left to live. He tries to commit suicide by diving under a speeding car, albeit unsuccessfully.
Due to the death of their son, Pradhan has no source of income, so they rent out a room of their Shivaji Park (Mumbai) apartment to a budding Bollywood actress, Sujata Suman (Soni Razdan). Sujata is romantically involved with Vilas (Madan Jain), the only son of an influential politician Gajanan Chitre (Nilu Phule). Vilas wishes to marry Sujata, but he does not tell his father about Sujata out of cowardice and keeps on postponing their marriage plans.
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