Sadiyaan [DVD]

SADIYAAN is set in the 1970s, but travels to the partition days. Raj Kanwar
tackles a unique theme this time - of two mothers. The first is the biological
mother, who gets separated from her child during the partition. The second
raises the child like her own, when she crosses to India after partition. The
basic premise is wonderful and you can draw parallels with Hindu mythology.
Write your own movie review of Sadiyaan SADIYAAN is divided into two parts.
The first part focuses on the love story, which falls on the predictable,
mundane stuff, with the Hindu-Muslim angle thrown in. But Raj Kanwar reserves
the best for the second part, when the two women meet and the story takes
rapid turns. But, let's face it, SADIYAAN is not everyone's idea of
entertainment, since the 'multiplex junta' doesn't patronise desi cinema
anymore, unlike the single screen audience that adores this kind of cinema. So
what's the final verdict? Watch it if you like desi melodrama of yore, which
comes alive with SADIYAAN. SADIYAAN is a period drama based on an incident
which happened during the partition. It's the story of two mothers, a Hindu
played by Rekha and a Muslim mother played by Hema Malini. In the chaos and
confusion during partition in 1947, Benazir [Hema Malini] leaves behind her
child in the mansion she lived in, before moving to Lahore. The child is
rescued by Amrit [Rekha] and Rajveer [Rishi Kapoor], who try hard to locate
the parents of the child, but in vain. They decide to raise the child
themselves.