''Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar'' () is a 2001

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film, directed by Tanuja Chandra and produced by

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. The film stars

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and Ameesha Patel. The film released on November 16, 2001.

Synopsis

20-year-old Sarena's world is picture-perfect — she has an adorable relationship with her industrialist father Vivek Devan and is on the verge of major stardom as a

pop singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

. Jai Bhardwaj's world is poles apart. As the struggling editor of a near-bankrupt Hindi

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"Aadarsh Times", he dreams of one day having an office in pricey

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. He searches for a sensational story that'll get him there. Through Municipal

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Ganpat, Jai stumbles upon the secret that pop star Sarena is not the real daughter of

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Vivek Devan, who had taken great pains to ensure that no one knew she was adopted. Jai realizes that this could be the story he was looking for and goes ahead and publishes it, thus incurring the wrath of Vivek Devan. Even the tabloid owner Dada is upset with Jai and disapproves of his idea of unraveling the truth. An enraged Vivek Devan takes legal action against the tabloid by sending defamation notice for Rupees five crores and he also tries to suppress any further information being leaked. Sarena, however, notices her father's anxiety and confronts him, only to discover that Jai, despite his crude ways of going about it, had written the truth. Ignoring her father's protests, Sarena goes in search of her real mother. At every stage, her companion in her mission is Jai, who follows her through the journey from Mumbai to Ooty to get the legal notice withdrawn. With no headway in her search, Sarena seeks Jai's help, inspired by his go-getting ways. As Sarena discovers layer upon devastating layer of truth behind her identity, Jai too learns many things about life. On the trip, they fall in love. When Sarena meets her mother Sister Namrata, she is glad, but her mother doesn't seem pleased. She rejects Sarena by stating that she doesn't have a daughter. It turns out that Sarena's mother was raped by a police officer and Sarena was the product of that disastrous event. Horrified by the truth, Sarena teams up with Jai to undo the injustice done to her mother. All ends well, as Sarena's mother comes to Mumbai to testify against her rapist police officer. She is able to get justice and the police officer, who is none other than the Police Commissioner Prashant Marwah, gets arrested. He creates a ruckus in the Court during the hearing and walks out challenging the Judge, who orders his police remand for 10 days. Outside the

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, Prashant shoots himself, unable to bear the humiliation. Sarena's mother returns to

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while Sarena and Jai get married eventually and Jai manages to fulfill his dream of having his office in Nariman Point.

Cast

as Jai Bharadwaj * Ameesha Patel as Sarena Devan * Nafisa Ali as Sister Namrata *

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as Vivek Devan *Ehsaan Khan as Police Commissioner Prashant Marwah *

Rajpal Yadav Rajpal Yadav (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian actor which works in Hindi, Punjabi Marathi, Telugu and one Gujarati and one Bengali and one avadhi, comedian and film maker known for his work in Indian Film industry. His breakthrough came in ...

as Dada *Surendra Rajan as Father

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for the film was composed by

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. "Ahista Ahista" song is composed by Sajid–Wajid

References

External links

* {{Mahesh Bhatt 2001 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films directed by Tanuja Chandra