shaad ali saathiya be one of the best film of 2002. everything from the story line and the cinematography and location and emotion and performance to a. r. rahman beautiful soundtrack make it a worthy film . the film mark the directorial debut of shaad ali and and it show he have not go far from his father ( the great muzaffar ali ) in term of talent and imagination . he extract good performance from his actor and he have a sense and understanding of emotion and he portray the entire story realistically and and that what make his first work so great ( although he would ruin that image in his future project bab and jbj ) . rani mukerji be the main highlight of the frame and the soul of the entire film . this be her career best performance . she be simply flawless in every single scene beautiful and vibrant and natural and convincing . vivek oberoi be a talented actor and act very well and though he be not as good a his female costar . he do have to work on the more emotional expression and but otherwise give a complete performance . gulzar and a. r. rahman bring life to the film with a superb list of song and each of which be a gem . my favourite song include saathiya and aye udi udi and chhalka chhalka re and chupke se and o humdum soniyo re . to sum it up and saathiya be a very impressive and entertaining and authentic picture on relationship and marriage . i highly recommend you to see it .