| Saaz | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sai Paranjpye |
| Produced by | Amit Khanna |
| Starring | Shabana Azmi Aruna Irani Zakir Hussain |
| Music by | Yashwant Deo Bhupen Hazarika Zakir Hussain Raj Kamal |
| Cinematography | G.S. Bhaskar |
| Distributed by | Plus Films |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Running time | 148 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Saaz is a Hindi movie produced and directed by Sai Paranjpye and released in 1998, starring Aruna Irani and Shabana Azmi in lead roles. The plot is allegedly based on the life of legendary singing sisters of Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle [1]. In an interview after the release of the film Asha said, "Its not true at all. To have two women in long plaits, take a couple of incidents and exaggerate them into a 3-hour film is such a waste of time." [2]
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Mansi, played by Aruna Irani the elder sister has to take up professional singing after her fathers death and to support the family. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the younger sibling Bansi played by Shabana Azmi regains her identity.
The film has ten songs. The music score is provided by Zakir Hussain, Bhupen Hazarika, Raj Kamal and Yashwant Dev. Javed Akhtar won National Film Award for Best Lyrics.