Saathi (1991 film)

Saathi साथी
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Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by	Mukesh Duggal
Written by	Robin Bhatt
Starring	Aditya Pancholi Mohsin Khan Varsha Usgaonkar Anupam Kher Paresh Rawal
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt
Edited by	A. Muthu
Release date	20 September 1991
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Saathi is a 1991 Indian Hindi crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and written by Robin Bhatt starring Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan and Varsha Usgaonkar in the lead roles. Anupam Kher and Paresh Rawal portray the negative roles. This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him as an overnight star in Bollywood.

As children, Suraj (Aditya Pancholi) and Amar (Mohsin Khan) have watched their father being brutally beaten by a police inspector. Both grow up and become small-time criminals. This leads them to the big gangster Pasha (Paresh Rawal). They part ways because Amar hates gangland activities, especially drugs. Suraj, on the other hand, wants wealth and wants to become rich. Suraj kills Pasha and becomes a big time gang leader. Amar is terrified that Suraj is lost in the world of crime and has forgotten humanity. In the climax of the movie, Sultan (Anupam Kher) phones Suraj and asks him to kill Amar to which he refuses. Later that day Suraj is chased by the police (Inspector Kotwal had ordered Inspector Khan to do so) and is injured while his bodyguard is killed. Suraj reaches the place which Amar and Suraj used to visit as children. Amar, who felt the voice of his friend calling him rushes to the place. Inspector Kotwal reaches there and Amar tells him that Suraj wishes to surrender. Inspector Kotwal reveals that he is actually Sultan, the real gang leader and attempts to kill Suraj. Amar saves Suraj and thinking that he had killed Sultan, returns to Suraj. Just then, Sultan, who didn't die, arrives at the scene and attempts to stab Amar from behind. Suraj, seeing him coming towards Amar pushes Amar away to protect him and is stabbed by Sultan, who is finally killed by Amar.

The songs of Saathi are penned by Sameer and the music is composed by Nadeem-Shravan. " Hui aakh nam aur " was the most popular song of the album sung by Anuradha paudwal. "Zindagi Ki Talash Mein" is also a hit song till present day. Other successful songs on the soundtrack are "Yarana Yaar Ka" and "Aaj Hum Tum O Sanam". The songs were sung by Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal, Jolly Mukherjee, Anwar, Debashish Dasgupta & Vipin Sachdeva.