Nadiya Ke Paar

"Nadiya Ke Paar" remains one of the most memorable family dramas by Rajshree Productions, a banner known for making clean, light-hearted family movies. The film was remade as "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun" in 90s which made a historic success. Set in the rural backdrop of India, the film depicts family values and love between two brothers. The film feels like a sweet breeze of air at times for its natural setting of a village with the characters speaking local dialect. Just watch this film to see how well "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun" has burrowed some of the best moments of "Nadiya Ke Paar," and just improvised and elaborated the sequences. Perhaps this makes "HAHK" one of the most successful movies despite a remake. The realistic setting, story, emotions, and a lovely music and songs by Ravindra Jain make "Nadiya Ke Paar" a treat to watch despite certain flaws in the movie such as a bit of its slow pace. Besides, the film at times slopes from the local dialect to Hindi which loses the spontaneity of the setting. Sachin feels a bit miscast (he has played such roles far too many) and other characters like Inder Thakur, Mitali, and Sadhana Singh add freshness to the screen.

Rating: 2 stars out of 4

Review By Kamal K

Wow, how good was this movie, i am just speechless. That time most of the movie can be watched with family, and they contain no vulgarity . This was a great love story between Gunja and Chandan. The characters and songs were fabulous. If you are thinking that this is an old age movie which will fail to entertain you, then you're totally wrong, with entertainment it teaches what family is and its important.

I belong to north UP and this movie is a true mirror showing culture of north UP to the rest of India. But this is not only one reason that I am praising this movie. This movie is really outstanding in every aspect...This cult classic is a good lesson to now a days bhojpuri dialect movies which are showing only vulgarity. This movie touches every cultural aspect of north india specially rural areas. Once my mother told that how this movie runs continuously for five years in a cinema theatre in Allahabad.

Sachin once again rocks as Chandan after "geet gaata chal" & "ankhiyon ke jharokhon se"...being a Mumbai boy, yet seems absolutely from north UP....actress Sadhna originally belongs to Varanasi and this movie shooted in Jaunpur...so she was best suited as Gunja and she did well enough...rest of the characters did justice to their roles.

And music...exceptionally brilliant...all songs are cult classic now...specially "kaun disha me"...so overall a must watch movie for every one and in my top five favourite movie...a big salute to rajshee...

Greatest movie that Rajshri production has ever produced. Direction is amazing, acting is superb, story is excellent. All actors seem natural. You will be surprised by the dialogue, locations, if you have ever lived in or seen a north Indian village.

You will find this movie beyond your expectation. Emotion, drama, comedy and many other genre are rightly mixed. Its about love, tradition, sacrifice. The music is awesome. Songs are exceptional. No one can watch it just once.

When you start the movie, you will say that this movie should never end. Especially the first half, totally fun.

A must watch movie!

Director Bimal Roy in Do Bigha Zamin gave a vivid picture of poverty , hardship and desperation in rural India and you will see the happiness, family enjoyment and prosperity in Nadiya ke Paar. Director Govinda Moonis created a masterpiece of a film in Nadiya Ke Paar. The scenes from a family household in rural India, their daily chores, their lives in the village, the wedding ceremony, the holi festival have been masterfully picturised in this family tale so well that you would not like to miss a minute of this grandiose display of filmmaking. I have seen to more movies with the same story line, B.R. Chopra's Gumrah and more recent Hum Apko Hain Kaun but out of the three Nadiya is the best of all three. While the other two are more story oriented, Nadiya Ke Paar is a story of the Indian village life. The actors Sachin and Sadhana Singh gave a superb performance in their respective roles along with all the other major players in the movie. The gradual evolution of love between Gunja ( Sadhana Singh ) and Chandan ( Sachin ) from a stormy first encounter on the river bank is just so wonderful to watch. The music is enchanting specially the one in the bullock cart and the holi song and dance. I have seen this movie a few times and will likely see it many more times in future. Once you start seeing this movie you cannot stop. This is not a movie but the story of Indian village life where the acting, the dialogues, the scenes and music keeps you glued to the screen hoping it never ends.