Doli Saja Ke Rakhna

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
Soundtrack album by A.R.Rahman
Released	1998
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A.R.Rahman chronology

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
Directed by	Priyadarshan
Produced by	Rajkumar Santoshi; (Presenter); Xavier Marquis; Raman Maroo
Written by	Neeraj Vora; (Screenplay & Dialogue)
Story by	Fazil
Starring	Jyothika; Akshaye Khanna
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	K. V. Anand
Edited by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Production; company	Shemaroo Entertainment
Distributed by	Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	27 November 1998
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (English: Keep the wedding carriage decorated) is a 1998 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Priyadarshan, with Jyothika and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles. The plot is adapted from the Malayalam film Aniyathipraavu which was also remade in Tamil as Kadhalukku Mariyadhai and in Kannada as Preethigaagi. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman. This was Jyothika's First Film. She was considered for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, but lost to Preity Zinta for Dil Se...^[1] The soundtrack went on to be used in the 1999 Tamil movie Jodi and its Kannada version Sajni(2007).

Plot[edit]

Inderjit "Inder" Bansal (Akshaye Khanna) is a very rich young man. Although his parents (Anupam Kher and Moushumi Chatterjee) want him to settle down, he goes to another city to do his MBA and stays with friends. During this time, he meets Pallavi Sinha (Jyothika) and they fall in love. She reciprocates his feelings, but trouble comes in the form of her tyrannical trio of brothers (Paresh Rawal, Tej Sapru and Mohnish Behl), who are over-protective of their little sister and take an irrational dislike to Inder. They show hostility towards Inder and conflicts arise within the households and the couple decides to elope, but afterward realize they miss their families. They decide to return home, relinquishing their feelings, but ultimately their families accept their love, and they are reunited.

Cast[edit]

Role	Actor
Inderjit "Inder" Bansal	Akshaye Khanna
Pallavi Sinh	Jyothika
Mr. Bansal	Anupam Kher
Mrs. Chandrika Bansal	Moushumi Chatterjee
Mrs. Sinh	Aruna Irani
Dr. Suraj Sinh	Paresh Rawal
Inspector Sinh	Tej Sapru
Vikram "Vicky" Sinh	Mohnish Behl
Colonel Vincent	Innocent

Reception[edit]

Anish Khanna of Planet Bollywood gave the film 8.5 out of 10.^[2]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman, who worked with Priyadarshan in his previous film Kabhi Na Kabhi to spawn a critically acclaimed soundtrack. The lyrics were written by Mehboob. Rahman reused most of the songs in the 1999 Tamil film Jodi. The producers of Jodi's 2007 Kannada remake Sajni, bought the rights of the songs and used it in the film.

Song	Artist(s)
"Taram Pum"	Babul Supriyo, Srinivas
"Kissa Hum Likhenge"	Anuradha Paudwal, M. G. Sreekumar
"Jhula Bahon Ka" - 1	Sadhana Sargam, Srinivas
"Jhula Bahon Ka" - 2	Sadhana Sargam, Chorus
"Bol Sajni Mori Sajni"	Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Chal Kheva Re Kheva"	Sukhwinder Singh, Ranu Mukherjee
"Bol Sajni Mori Sajni" (Instrumental)	Instrumental
"Taram Pum"	Instrumental
"Ganga Ke Jal Se"	Chitra Srinivasan, Chorus