Saajan
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Directed by	Lawrence D'Souza
Produced by	Sudhakar Bokade
Written by	Reema Rakeshnath
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Madhuri Dixit Salman Khan Laxmikant Berde Kader Khan Reema Lagoo
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan Sameer (lyrics)
Cinematography	Lawrence D'Souza
Editing by	A. R. Rajendran
Distributed by	Eros Entertainment
Release date(s)	30 August 1991
Running time	182 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi Urdu
Box office	18 crore (US$3.59 million)[1]

Saajan (Hindi: साजन, Urdu: ساجن) is a 1991 Hindi film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, and Salman Khan. It was released on 30 August, 1991. It is partly inspired by the 1990 French film Cyrano de Bergerac

It was a superhit at the box office and also emerged as the highest grossing Bollywood movie of 1991. ^[2]

Plot synopsis[link]

Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is an impoverished, lame orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood. Akash's parents adopt Aman and give him their family name, so Akash and Aman grow up as brothers. While Akash is a womaniser, 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 of this, he asks Akash to pose as Sagar, which he does, then 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. Akash discovers that Aman loves Pooja and that he is actually Sagar, through a string of events triggered by a Pankaj Udhas show. Akash confronts Aman with this and Aman submits that he loves Pooja. Pooja witnesses this encounter and becomes upset with both Akash and Aman. Akash convinces Pooja and she eventually ends up accepting Aman.

Cast[link]

• Sanjay Dutt ... Aman Verma/Sagar
• Salman Khan ... Akash Verma
• Madhuri Dixit ... Pooja Saxena
• Laxmikant Berde ... Laxmi
• Kader Khan ... Rajiv Verma
• Reema Lagoo ... Kamla Verma
• Pankaj Udhas ... Special Appearance

Soundtrack[link]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Planet Bollywood	[3]

Awards[link]

Won

• Best Music Director - Nadeem-Shravan
• Best Male Playback Singer - Kumar Sanu for the song "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai"

Nominations:

• Best Film
• Best Director - Lawrence D'Souza
• Best Actor - Sanjay Dutt
• Best Actress - Madhuri Dixit
• Best Lyricist - Sameer for the song "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai"
• Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) - Pankaj Udhas for the song "Jiye To Jiye Kaise"
• Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for the song "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar"
• Best Female Playback Singer - Alka Yagnik for the song "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar"
• Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Female) - Anuradha Paudwal for the song "Bahut Pyar Karte Hai"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Saajan at the Internet Movie Database

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