Saaheb (transl. Sir) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anil Ganguly. It is a remake of the 1981 Bengali film Saheb directed by Bijoy Bose. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Raakhee, Deven Verma, Utpal Dutt, Biswajit, Vijay Arora, A. K. Hangal and Dilip Dhawan. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. The plot follows Saaheb, the youngest son of a family, who is focused on football. Due to this, everyone in the family constantly tells him he is no good. However, when circumstances demand, he gives up his kidney to fund his sister's marriage, at the cost of his football career.

Saaheb
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Directed byAnil Ganguly
Written byMadan Joshi (dialogue)
Screenplay bySachin Bhowmik
Story byRanjan Roy
Produced byRaj Valia
StarringAnil Kapoor
Amrita Singh
Raakhee
Deven Verma
Utpal Dutt
Narrated byShilpa Pednekar
CinematographyP. Subedar
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byBappi Lahiri
Release date
  • 31 January 1985 (1985-01-31)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Retired Badri Prasad Sharma lives with his sons and their family. His younger son Sunil aka Saheb and daughter Gulti are the only one not married. Saheb is a Goal Keeper and football is his passion. But he is demotivated all the time by his brothers and their wives. Only person who understands him is his elder sister in law Sujata with whom he shares a motherly bond. Saheb meets Natasha aka Nikki and both fall in love. Badri Prasad faces financial trouble as he needs 50,000 for marriage of Gulti and none of his sons put a helping thou they are earning well. He finally decides to sell his house to arrange the expenses. Saheb cant see his father breaking down and selling ancestral house. He comes across the news that a rich businessman Sinha requires a kidney donor for his son and willing to pay any amount to the donor. Saheb decides to donate his kidney knowing that he will never be able to play football again.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Anjaan wrote all the lyrics.

The song "Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re" has been recreated twice, first time for 2014 film Main Aur Mr. Riight and second time for the 2020 film Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.[1][2][3]

Song Singer
"Kya Khabar Kya Pata" Kishore Kumar
"Chalte Chale Laharon Ke Saath" Kishore Kumar
"Tukur Tukur Pyar Karoongi" - 1 Asha Bhosle
"Tukur Tukur Pyar Karoongi" - 2 Asha Bhosle
"Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re, Pyar Bina Chain Kahan Re" Bappi Lahiri, S. Janaki
"Jawan Hai Dil, Jawan Hain Hum" S. Janaki

References

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  1. ^ "Main aur Mr Riight: Fails to connect". 12 December 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ "Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re recreated for Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan".
  3. ^ "Bappi Lahiri's 'Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re' recreated for 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'". The Hindu. 20 January 2020.
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