Saathi (1991 film)

Saathi () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, written by Robin Bhatt and starring Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, and Soni Razdan, Anupam Kher and Paresh Rawal portray the negative roles. This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him in Bollywood. The film is about male bonding. This was also Mohsin Khan's first appearance in a Hindi film.
Plot
As children, Suraj and Amar live a very poor life. One day, Suraj's father steals a loaf of bread to feed Suraj. After a few minutes, the Baker arrives with a policeman and Suraj's father is brutally beaten by the police inspector for stealing the bread. In this mishap, Suraj's father is killed by the inspector. At his father's funeral, Suraj decides that they will not remain hungry now and will feed themselves either by hook or crook.
Both Suraj and Amar grow up to become small-time criminals. This leads them to the gangster Pasha, who leads a big drug business. The drug business is actually owned by Sultan, who is not seen by any of the gang members, including Pasha. Pasha only talks to Sultan over the phone and hasn't seen Sultan at all. Suraj and Amar part ways because Amar hates gangland activities, especially drugs. Suraj, on the other hand, wants to become rich. Suraj kills Pasha and becomes a big time gang leader. Amar is terrified that Suraj is lost in the world of crime and has forgotten humanity. In the climax of the movie, Sultan phones Suraj and asks him to kill Amar, to which he refuses.
Later that day, Suraj is chased by the police (Inspector Kotwal had ordered Inspector Khan to do so) and is injured, while his bodyguard is killed. Suraj reaches the place where Amar and Suraj used to live as children. Amar, who felt the voice of his friend calling him, rushes to the place. Inspector Kotwal reaches there and Amar tells him that Suraj wishes to surrender. Inspector Kotwal reveals that he is actually Sultan, the real gang leader and attempts to kill Suraj. Amar saves Suraj and thinking that he had killed Sultan, returns to Suraj. Just then, Sultan, who didn't die, arrives at the scene and attempts to stab Amar from behind. Suraj, seeing him coming towards Amar pushes Amar away to protect him and is stabbed by Sultan, who is finally killed by Amar.
Cast
*Aditya Pancholi as Suraj
* Mohsin Khan as Amar
*Varsha Usgaonkar as Nisha
*Paresh Rawal as Pasha
*Anupam Kher as Inspector Kotwal/Sultan
*Homi Wadia as Inspector Khan
*Mushtaq Khan as Shetty
*Soni Razdan as Tina
*Avtar Gill as Sawant
*Raju Shrestha as Joe
*Anant Jog as Ragpicker and Suraj father
*Javed Khan Amrohi as Bar Tender
Production
The film was made on a budget of one crore.
Soundtrack
The songs of Saathi were penned by Sameer and the music composed by Nadeem-Shravan. The film was declared a box-office flop. This was his most successful film.

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