Saaya (film)
Encyclopedia
Saaya is a 2003 Bollywood
film. It is directed by Anurag Basu
and stars John Abraham
, Tara Sharma
and Mahima Chaudhry
. The story of the film is adapted from the 2002 Hollywood film Dragonfly.
) and his wife Maya (Tara Sharma
) are doctors. Maya gets pregnant when she and Akash are in college on one of their dates. When malaria strikes India on the Burmese border, Maya rushes over to help, despite Akki's disapproval. Akash soon receives the news of her death caused by a bus crash. The bus crashed into water at heavy rains.
Akash cannot accept Maya's passing away and believes strongly that she did not die. He wants to communicate with her through the hospital patients who have suffered a near-death experience. Every patient draws a strange symbol, and one corpse starts talking to Akash when he is alone. Tanya (Mahima Chaudhry
), a close friend of Maya, tries to console Akash, because when her lover died in an accident it was Akash who treated her. Now, she believes it is her turn, and she believes he is hallucinating.
With the help of a nun called Sister Martha and clues, Akash decides to go back to where it all began — the border. There, with the help of a guide, Akash jumps off a waterfall near the crash site and finds the sunken bus. He sees Maya's spirit beckoning him and then the guide saves him. They go to a village tribe and ask if they saved Maya. They say she died, but they saved her soul. They take Akash inside and show him a surprise — though Maya died, while dying she gave birth to their daughter. Akash thus realises that Maya made him sure about trust because their baby survived among the tribe without any medical attention, despite being premature. He takes their child home and lives happily ever after.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film. It is directed by Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu is an Indian film director and writer, known for directing films that tackle the themes of dark passion and adultery like Life in a... Metro, Gangster and Murder. Basu was nominated in the Best Director category at the 53rd Filmfare Awards in 2008 for Life in a... Metro. He has also...
and stars John Abraham
John Abraham (actor)
John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...
, Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma is an Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian.-Personal life:Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma, and Susan Sharma, and is an alumna of the London School of Economics and of the United World College of the Adriatic. She is married to ad...
and Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhary is an Indian actress and a former model who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in the 1997 film Pardes for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.-Early life:...
. The story of the film is adapted from the 2002 Hollywood film Dragonfly.
Plot
Akash "Akki" (John AbrahamJohn Abraham (actor)
John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...
) and his wife Maya (Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma is an Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian.-Personal life:Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma, and Susan Sharma, and is an alumna of the London School of Economics and of the United World College of the Adriatic. She is married to ad...
) are doctors. Maya gets pregnant when she and Akash are in college on one of their dates. When malaria strikes India on the Burmese border, Maya rushes over to help, despite Akki's disapproval. Akash soon receives the news of her death caused by a bus crash. The bus crashed into water at heavy rains.
Akash cannot accept Maya's passing away and believes strongly that she did not die. He wants to communicate with her through the hospital patients who have suffered a near-death experience. Every patient draws a strange symbol, and one corpse starts talking to Akash when he is alone. Tanya (Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhary is an Indian actress and a former model who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in the 1997 film Pardes for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.-Early life:...
), a close friend of Maya, tries to console Akash, because when her lover died in an accident it was Akash who treated her. Now, she believes it is her turn, and she believes he is hallucinating.
With the help of a nun called Sister Martha and clues, Akash decides to go back to where it all began — the border. There, with the help of a guide, Akash jumps off a waterfall near the crash site and finds the sunken bus. He sees Maya's spirit beckoning him and then the guide saves him. They go to a village tribe and ask if they saved Maya. They say she died, but they saved her soul. They take Akash inside and show him a surprise — though Maya died, while dying she gave birth to their daughter. Akash thus realises that Maya made him sure about trust because their baby survived among the tribe without any medical attention, despite being premature. He takes their child home and lives happily ever after.
Cast
- John AbrahamJohn Abraham (actor)John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...
as Dr. Akash "Akki" Bhatnagar - Tara SharmaTara SharmaTara Sharma is an Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian.-Personal life:Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma, and Susan Sharma, and is an alumna of the London School of Economics and of the United World College of the Adriatic. She is married to ad...
as Maya A Bhatnagar - Mahima ChaudhryMahima ChaudhryMahima Chaudhary is an Indian actress and a former model who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in the 1997 film Pardes for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.-Early life:...
as Tanya - Zohra Segal as Sister Martha
- Rajendranath ZutshiRajendranath ZutshiRajendranath Zutshi, aka Raj Zutshi, is a Mumbai-based Indian film and television actor. He is actor Aamir Khan's ex-brother-in-law, as he was married to producer-director-writer Nasir Hussain's daughter Nuzhat...
as Moses
Music
- "O Sathiya" - Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan
- "Aai Jo Teri Yaad" - Sonu Nigam
- "Aye Mere Zindagi" - Udit Narayan
- "Seena Pada" - Shreya Ghoshal
- "Har Taraf" - Kunal Ganjawaala & Shreya Ghoshal
- "Kabhi Kushboo" - K. K
- "Aye Mere Zindagi" - Shreya Ghoshal
- "Seena Pada" - Udit Narayan