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SAARANSH(1984)
Saaransh (1984) was a Hindi film starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan. The film marked the screen debut of Anupam Kher. It was nominated for India's official entry for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This movie was distributed by Rajshri Productions.
User Rating:8.2/10
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Writers: Mahesh Bhatt (dialogue)
Mahesh Bhatt (screenplay)
Release Date:25 May 1984 (India)
Genre:Drama
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Rohini Hattangadi ... Parvati Pradhan (as Rohini Hattangady)
Anupam Kher ... B.V. Pradhan
Soni Razdan ... Sujata Suman
Madan Jain ... Vilas Chitre
Suhas Bhalekar ... Vishwanath
Alok Nath ... Pandit / Astrologer
Akash Khurana ... Chief Minister Shashikant (as Aakash Khurana)
Vijay Kashyap ... Dr. Bhatt
Kishore Jariwala
Suresh Chatwal ... Police Inspector
Salim Ghouse ... Gajanan Chitre's Goon (with acid)
Arun Bakshi ... Gajanan Chitre's Goon
Sankalp Dubey
Rajesh Kumar
Haidar Ali ... Hyder Ali
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Gist
Runtime:137 min
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Color:Color
Filming Locations:India
Company:Rajshri Productions
Plot
Saaransh is a story of an old couple living in Bombay, coming to terms with the death of their only son who is killed in a mugging incident in New York. Devastated to learn that their only child, a son, has been killed by muggers in New York City, former Headmaster B.B. Pradhan and his wife, Parvati, grieve. With their son dead, there is no income coming in, so they rent out a room, in their Shivaji Park (Bombay) apartment to a budding Bollywood actress, Sujata Suman, who has been having an illicit affair with the only son (Vilas as Madan Jain) of a politician named Gajanan Chitre. Vilas lacks the guts to tell his father that he is in love and would like to marry Sujata, and hence puts off any marriage plans. They do get intimate and as a result Sujata gets pregnant. When Pradhan finds out, he offers to take Sujata to meet Gajanan with the hope that he will permit her to become his daughter-in-law. But Gajanan not only refuses, he also threatens them, he warns them of dire consequences if Sujata does not abort the child, and moves away to another town. Pradhan refuses to let Sujata out of his house, and then begins the stalking and harassment by Gajanen's men. Pradhan goes to file a police complaint, but is told that the police cannot even touch Gajanan's men. Sujata has no choice but to continue to seek shelter with Pradhan and his wife. Sujata does not know that Pradhan and Parvati have a secret agenda of their own in keeping her within their sight
A poignant moment in the movie is one in which Pradhan, the school teacher (played by Anupam Kher) is haggling with the customs officials to recover the ashes of his son. Anupam Kher was only 28 years old but he played the role of a retired stubborn old man in this movie with aplomb thereby establishing himself as a great actor
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