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Mera Saaya

1966 2h 30m Mystery & Thriller List
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Rakesh (Sunil Dutt), a successful lawyer, comes home to find his wife succumbing to a fatal illness, and she dies only a few hours later, but he is soon contacted by a woman claiming to be the same wife he just watched die. The woman (Sadhana) is detained by the police, who believe she is a notorious criminal named Raina, though she does bear a striking resemblance to Rakesh's late wife. Agreeing to act as prosecuting attorney in her case, Rakesh attempts to prove she's not who she says she is.

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Audience Member In this mystery drama directed by Raj Khosla, a lawyer's (Sunil Dutt) wife dies in his arms. But another woman in identical appearance shows up claiming to be the lawyer's wife. Is this the wife of Rakesh (Dutt) or is she someone completely different? Dutt gives a very good performance as the man who comes back from his studies in London only to witness the awful events that his wife Geeta (Sadhana) has died. However, when he sees Nisha (also Sadhana) he is shocked and surprised because she looks exactly like Geeta. Sadhana is absolutely brilliant in her double role as Geeta and Raina (also-known-as Nisha), the woman who does everything she can in order to convince Rakesh that she is his wife. Dutt though gives the best performance as he is not prepared to have any of it and takes the case to court. Yes! This means that there are scenes in the courtroom and as the evidence is handed out, you know exactly what is going on and this makes the film really easy to follow. The direction from Khosla is excellent throughout as the dramatic moments keep you on the edge-of-your-seat, because you will get into the film immediately, while the script is very well written by G.R. Kamath. There is excellent cinematography to be had throughout through the use of locations and the sunny weather is another positive as well. It deservedly won the Filmfare Award for Best Sound, where I feel that it is a shame that there were only three nominees in each Filmfare category at the time of this release. If there were five nominees then I reckon this would have got more nominations, notably for Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. But despite that, this is one absolutely superb mystery drama that is guaranteed to keep you guessing until the very end - with the dramatic climax a real positive and definitely worth waiting for. No wonder it was declared a super hit at the box office. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A tight suspense plot..good performances by the lead actors.. Music by Ravi is just as mesmerizing even today.. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member this is my 1of Fav. movie ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Rakesh (Sunil Dutt), a successful lawyer, comes home to find his wife succumbing to a fatal illness, and she dies only a few hours later, but he is soon contacted by a woman claiming to be the same wife he just watched die. The woman (Sadhana) is detained by the police, who believe she is a notorious criminal named Raina, though she does bear a striking resemblance to Rakesh's late wife. Agreeing to act as prosecuting attorney in her case, Rakesh attempts to prove she's not who she says she is.
Director
Raj Khosla
Producer
Premji
Screenwriter
G.R. Kamath
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Hindi
Runtime
2h 30m