Saajan Movie (1991) Interesting Facts, Mistakes
Saajan Movie Story Summary
A poet (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend (Salman Khan) fall in love with the same woman (Madhuri Dixit).
Saajan Movie Stars
Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan
Saajan Movie Storyline
Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is a poor, handicapped orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood. Akash's parents adopt him and give him their family name, and Akash and Aman grow up as brothers. While Akash is a womanizer, Aman takes to writing poems under the pen name Sagar. The poems get published, and Aman becomes very popular. One of his fans is a young woman by the name of Pooja Saxena (Madhuri Dixit), who corresponds with Sagar. Akash meets Pooja and falls head over heels in love with her. When Aman comes to know this, he asks Akash to pose as Sagar, which he does, and Pooja and Akash fall in love with each other. A heartbroken Aman looks on, as he knows that although women may like his poetry, they will never come out openly and love him when they see his handicap. At the end, Akash discovers that Aman is actually Sagar and loves Pooja, so he decides to sacrifice his love for Aman.
Saajan Movie Interesting Facts
- The film was completed within 36 days, something unheard of at that time.
- The film's story line was inspired by a incident in writer Reema Rakesh Nath's life. She was signed for the film Jawani Deewani and met with a terrible accident. She broke her leg in two places. She needed a rod in her leg. Her collar bone was broken and she got 11 stitches on her face. There was a fear she would walk with a limp for the rest of her life. The doctor was worried about Reema. Being young and unmarried, he wondered if any boy would marry her. This is how Sanjay Dutt's character Aman was born.
- Aamir Khan was the initial choice of Aman/Sagar, and while he liked the script and thought the movie would go on to be a blockbuster, he did not connect with the role to his satisfaction.
- Ayesha Jhulka was signed for the film but on the first day of shooting, she was down with a high fever. Due to her ill health, Madhuri Dixit stepped in her role.
- SP Balasubramanyam sung for Salman Khan and Kumar Sanu had sung for Sanjay Dutt's character.
- Kumar Sanu won his second Filmfare award for the song Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai.
- Saajan remains one of the biggest blockbuster of director Lawerence Dsouza he went on to make many films but they did not do well.
- Laxmikant Berde sings Jhumma Chumma De De in a scene, surprisingly the song had created problems between Sanjay and Amitabh those days.
- Jeeye Toh Jeeye had two versions one solo sung by Pankaj Udhas whereas the other song was duet between Kumar Sanu,Anuradha Paudwal ,SP Balsubramanium and Pankaj Udhas.
- Major portion of the horror film Raaz 2002 including the climax was shot at forest location shown in the song Dekha Hai Pehli Baar.
- Reema Lagoo was few years older to Salman Khan though she played his mother.
- 2017 movie Bareily ki Barfi had a plot very similar to Saajan
- During the filming of this movie Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit came closer to each other and talks of their alleged affair started.
- Dekha Hain Pehli Baar was remixed in the album Bollywood Breaks Vol. 1 as Dekha Hai Pehli Baar (Watch Me) by Kami K, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Alka Yagnik and Courageous B, Drilla Kid.
- Sudhakar Bokade had initially signed Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar - Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (Laxmikant-Pyarelal) to score the movie.
- The film was Salman Khan's first movie released theatrically in Canada . It was played in a re run in 1992. Indian movies had stopped releasing in theatre's in 1982.Salman Khan's first two new movies released in the theatre in Canada were Dil Tera Aashiq and Chandramukhi. Both movies were released on the same day.
- First movie of Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt together.
- The Music of this album was a blockbuster with many popular songs such as Dekha Hai Pheli Baar, Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai, Jiye Toh Jiye Kyse and Bahut Pyar Karte Hai.
- The song Pehli baar mile hain...' from Saajan compsoed by Nadeem Shravan. The original is 'Solitude Standing' by Suzanne Vega.
- Nadeem Shravan won the Filmfare best music director awards.
- Jeeya Te Jeeya Song : Amit Tandon was a Punjabi version of the Jeeye To Jeeye Kaise.
- Bahaut Pyar Karte Hain was remixed in Bollywood Breaks Vol. 1 as Bahaut Pyar Karte (2 Much Love) by White Rascul, Anuradha Paudwal.
- Neeta Puri was signed for the role of Manehka which was later played by Ekta.
- First time three big stars Madhuri Dixit ,Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan worked together.
- Bahut Pyar Karte Hai Sanam had two versions male version sung by Kumar Sanu and Female version by Anuradha Padwal.
- After the film released, Sudhakar Bokade and Subhash Ghai almost ended up in a brawl at a party. A very drunk Subhash Ghai saw Sudhakar Bokade and pointed at him. He then yelled at him " Hey boy bring me a drink now" . The on lookers were shocked with Ghai's behavior. Bokade went up to Ghai and told him to get his own drink by himself. This is when Ghai started hurling verbal abuses at him. Bokade later stated he would not have minded getting a drink for Ghai if he had asked politely and not pointed at him rudely in front of everyone. Bokade stated Ghai was upset that Saajan was a bigger hit than Saudagar and he was bitter about this. Thus he used the party incident to redeem himself.
- While the film was completed in April 1991 the director Lawrence D'souza felt there was something still missing in the soundtrack. He then went to music directors nadeem-shravan and asked for a peppy number. This is how the title song "dekha hai pehli baar" was made which would be one of the top songs of nadeem-shravan's illustrious career. One cannot even imagine the film without this song however it almost happened!
- Sanjay Dutt was 1 year younger to Reema Lagoo who played his mother figure in the film.
- When the film was complete , some last minute patch work needed to be done. But none of the dates of the lead stars could be arranged. He was told it would take a extra 3 months. This frustrated producer Sudhakar Bokade and he thought of quitting the film line. He was unhappy with how unprofessional and disorganized things were. It was only when Saajan made so much money he decided to stay in films.
- Bahut Pyar Karte Hain Tumko Sanam had a remix cover version in the album Love 2 Love Part 2 by 2Kool. This was in 1996.
- Dekha Hai Peli Baar (House Mix) was a remix of Dekha Hain Pehli Baar in the album Areepa by DJ Russell. This was in 1993.
Saajan Movie Mistakes
- The song 'Mera bil bhi kitna paagal hai' was shot after the whole shooting was over. Throughout the movie Aman Verma's hair is long and straight but in this song his hair is permed with golden tint. The cinematography of this song also looks fresh compared to the rest of the movie.
- Sanjay Dutt's hairstyles keep changing throughout.
- When Salman is beaten by public and Kader Khan sees him getting beaten it looks like it has been shot in 2 different places.
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