Saathiya

Aditya and Suhani meet at a railway station in Bombay. The relationship moves fast, the families object, and the two elope. The film's real subject is what comes after: paying the rent, two different work schedules, a kitchen nobody cleans, and silences that keep growing. When an accident stops everything, Aditya has to look back at what he lost. Shaad Ali's film is the Hindi remake of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey from 2000, with Ratnam among the producers. What is most notable about the narrative is that it carries the romantic-comedy template into the first year of marriage and does not leave it there. A. R. Rahman's music and Gulzar's lyrics are what made the film last. Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukerji take the leads. Who it's for: Viewers who like Hindi romantic drama, films with strong music, and narratives about marriage. Who it's not for: The melodrama in the second half is heavy and the accident plot pulls the narrative to an easy place. It also runs long.