Saathi (1968 film)

Saathi
Poster
Directed byC. V. Sridhar
Written byRaj Baldev Raj
Story byC. V. Sridhar
Based onPalum Pazhamum
(1961 film)
Produced byS. Krishnamurthy
T. Govindarajan
StarringRajendra Kumar
Vyjayanthimala
Simi Garewal
Pahari Sanyal
CinematographyMarcus Bartley
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Music byNaushad
Distributed byVenus Pictures
Release date
  • 19 January 1968 (1968-01-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office1,76,00,000

Saathi (transl. Partner) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, with Simi Garewal, Pahari Sanyal, David Abraham Cheulkar, Veena and Ram Mohan as the ensemble cast while prominent actors such as Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Sanjeev Kumar, Shabnam, D.K. Sapru and Pratima Devi made guest appearances. The film was produced by S. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan of Venus Pictures. The film's score was composed by Naushad with lyrics provided by Majrooh Sultanpuri. It was edited by N. M. Shankar and filmed by Marcus Bartley.

Saathi is a triangular love story among Ravi, Shanti and Rajni. The film was a remake of the 1961 Tamil film Palum Pazhamum, which was directed by A. Bhimsingh.[1][2] It was remade in Turkish as Yarım Kalan Saadet [tr] (1970) by Türker İnanoğlu.

  1. ^ "RMIM Archive Article Number: "41"".
  2. ^ Marja Evelyn Mogk, ed. (2013). Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 122.