Bai Chali Sasariye

Bai Chali Sasariye is a 1988 Indian Rajasthani-language drama film directed by Mohan Singh Rathod and produced by Bharat Nahta under Sundar Films. The film ran for 100 days and thus created a history in Rajasthan cinema. It was reported in 2004 that the film helped revive interest in films made in the Rajasthani language. It was remade in Telugu as Puttinti Pattu Cheera, in Marathi as Maherchi Sadi, in Kannada as Thavarumane Udugore and later in Hindi as Saajan [Ka Ghar] starring Juhi Chawla and Rishi Kapoor.

Plot

Cast

Upasana Singh as Lakshmi
Gyan Shivpuri as Amar, Lakshmi's husband
Lalita Pawar as Amar's mother and Lakshmi's mother-in-law
Neelu Vaghela as Bhomlee
Alankar Joshi as Suraj, Lakshmi's brother and Bhomlee's love interest
Ramesh Tiwari as Seth Umed Ram, Lakshmi and Suraj's father
Devyani Thakkar as Lakshmi's stepmother and Suraj's mother
Manik Irani as Kaaliya
Jagdeep as Comedian
Songs

All songs of this film were composed by O. P. Vyas. They were very popular, the title song "Choti See Umar"/"Bai Chali Sasariye" is based on the Rajasthani folk song "Chhoti Si Umar" which has previously been recorded by classical singers such as Shobha Gurtu, the folk song was also later used as the opening theme of the popular Indian TV serial Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. Songs of the film include: