Saajan Chale Sasural (transl. Lover Goes to His In-laws) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film starring Govinda, Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Kader Khan, and Satish Kaushik. It was directed by David Dhawan. It is a remake of the Telugu film Allari Mogudu (1992). Saajan Chale Sasural was a commercial success and was listed second among the top five "super-hits" of 1996 by the Indian Express.[2]
| Saajan Chale Sasural | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | David Dhawan |
| Written by | Kader Khan (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Rumi Jaffery |
| Based on | Allari Mogudu (Telugu)(1992) |
| Produced by | Mansoor Siddiqui |
| Starring | Govind Tabu Karisma Kapoor Satish Kaushik |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kinagi |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
Production company | Anas Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est. ₹4.5 crore (equivalent to ₹25 crore or US$2.9 million in 2023)[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹23.55 crore (equivalent to ₹129 crore or US$15 million in 2023)[1] |
Plot
editShyamsunder is a naive villager who has a great interest in music. He travels to the city, making friends with Muthuswami, a South Indian tabla player. The president of the TIPS cassette company, Khurana, is impressed with his musical abilities and promotes him to a high position. As he returns to repay his debts in the village, he receives the tragic news of the death of his wife Pooja, who died in a flood. He then marries Khurana's daughter Divya. When Khurana has a heart attack, Shyamsunder finds his "presumed dead" wife Pooja in the hospital. He then has to fool his two wives, even if it includes leading a double life to make sure Pooja and Divya don't discover he has married both of them.
Cast
edit- Govinda as Shyamsundar Gupta
- Tabu as Divya Khurana
- Karishma Kapoor as Pooja Daschandani
- Kader Khan as Dhirendra Khurana
- Shakti Kapoor as Singer / Musician
- Satish Kaushik as Muranchand "Mutthu" Swami
- Satish Shah as Rampyare Rastogi / Company manager
- Mukesh Rishi as Nana
- Anjana Mumtaz as Hemalata Gupta
- Himani Shivpuri as Fake Hemalata Gupta
- Arun Bakshi as Madhav
- Arjun as Thakur's son
- Dinesh Hingoo as Travel Agent
- Rakesh Bedi as Hotel servant
- Bharat Kapoor as Thakur
- Raju Shrestha as Shyamsunder's friend
- Anushka Sharma as Ujjli
Soundtrack
edit| Saajan Chale Sasural | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 36.07 |
| Label | Tips Music |
The music for this movie was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. The song "Tum To Dhokebaz Ho" & "Dil Jaan Jigar Tujh Pe Nisaar" became popular. Singers Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Poornima, Vinod Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala & Satyanarayan Mishra lent their voice for the album. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2,500,000 units sold the soundtrack became the fifth highest-grossing album of the year.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dil Jaane Jigar Tujh Pe Nisaar" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 2 | "Ram Narayan Baaja Bajata" | Udit Narayan |
| 3 | "Chahat Se Hai Begani" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 4 | "Tum Toh Dhokebaaz Ho" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 5 | "Doob Ke Dariya Mein Kar Lungi Khudkhushi" | Udit Narayan, Poornima |
| 6 | "Main Hoon Number Ek Gawaiyya" | Vinod Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala, Satyanarayan Mishra |
| 7 | "Bye Bye Miss Goodnight" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
References
edit- ^ a b "Saajan Chale Sasural – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "1996: Blood and bore". The Indian Express. 27 December 1996. Archived from the original on 23 April 1997. Retrieved 8 November 2018.