Saathi

One of the major success for the Lead actor Aditya pancholi though he appears in the several commerical Successful movies like Malammal(1988) , Lakshar(1989) , Ladaai(1989) , Taqdeer kA Tamasha(1990) , Maha Sangram(1990) , Veeru Dada(1990) , Baap numberi Beta Dus numbri(1990)& Akayla(1991) but Saathi gave most recognition for him as a Lead actor

This movie is a perfect example how to make a meaningful movie even without a big starcast. This is Aditya Pancholi's best movie. He is perfect in his job and portrayed the regret of doing his misdeeds. Mohsin Khan honestly did his work. He is as a foil to Suraj. Mahesh Bhatt is excel in making movies on crime and relations. Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal gave beautiful songs.

Nice. This movie is a perfect example how to make a meaningful movie even without a big starcast. This is Aditya Pancholi's best movie. He is perfect in his job and portrayed the regret of doing his misdeeds. Mohsin Khan honestly did his work. He is as a foil to Suraj. Mahesh Bhatt is excel in making movies on crime and relations. Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal gave beautiful songs.

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Both leading actors have given good performance. Specially Mohsin Khan who was a crickter. The script is tight enough to ensure there is no dull moment. Dialogues by Robin Bhatt are great. I am sure it deserves a higer rating.

Saathi is an action crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and stars Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, Paresh Rawal, Avtar Gill, Raju Shrestha, Homi Wadia and Anupam Kher.

Two best friends Suraj and Amar find themselves at loggerheads and their friendship is tasted when Suraj decides to accept a life full of crime and Amar wishes to stay away from it.

The film which was a surprise hit film at the time of it's release had put Aditya Pancholi in the list of top actors as he was very impressive in his character of anti hero. The film which was more or less adapted from Scarface might not be as impressive as the masterpiece itself but still might be liked by the lovers of action, crime genre and will always be remembered for the solid performance by Aditya Pancholi and i must say that Aditya Pancholi is one of the most underrated name when it comes to playing anti hero characters.

The screenplay of the film is good, fast paced and engaging. Acting apart from Aditya Pancholi Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher and Varsha Usgaonkar were impressive and rest of them including Mohsin Khan were decent to average.

Music of the film is good and songs like Aaj hum tum o sanam, Hui Aankh Nam, Zindagi ki Talash were very impressive.

Climax of the film is strong and so as the ending.

A must watch film for solid performance by Aditya Pancholi.

Last week, I just happen to rediscover this film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and I must confess that I still can't get the film out of my mind. To me, it's a solid piece of 90's film-making in India. The film is loosely based on the film Scarface (1983) which was directed by Brian De Palma and was written by Oliver Stone. Though, the similarity between the two films is just restricted to the 'rise of a gangster' part. Saathi, essentially is the story of Suraj (Aditya Pancholi) and Amar (Mohsin Khan) and their friendship which also reminds me of Sholay's Jai and Veeru in a vague manner, especially the earlier part.

The film chronicles the journey of both the friends together from street urchins to petty thieves to life of some serious crime. At a certain point Amar refuses to tread this path of crime and Suraj is hell bent on going on and on. The characterizations of Amar and Suraj also share similarities with Ravi and Vicky respectively from Bhatt's previous film Naam (1986), incidentally written by Salim Khan.

The strength of the film lies in its brisk and relentless narrative, good performances and good music. The way Bhatt has used the songs to take the narrative further is also commendable. Every song adds up to the narrative in its own way despite of there being six songs in the film. 'Yaarana Yaar Ka', 'Aisa Bhi Dekho Waqt Jeeven Mein Aata Hai' and 'Zindagi Ki Talash Mein' are among the best of the songs in the film.

Aditya Pancholi's Suraj and Mohsin Khan's Amar balance each other quite well. Aditya's reckless, impulsive and nervous portrayal of Suraj is one of the actor's best till date. Mohsin's mature, restrained and underplayed interpretation of Amar compliments Suraj quite well. The highlight of the film is the scene where Suraj goes way out of control and shoots the policeman who was responsible for his father's death.

The explicitness of violence and drugs portrayed in the film is typically 80's-early 90's which was very much required by the film to make its point regarding connections between poverty, crime and class conflict.