Saiyaara writer Sankalp Sadanah denies his film being a remake of A Moment To Remember, and invites viewers to compare both the films for themselves.
Despite Saiyaara’s soaring success at the box office, its comparisons to the 2004 Korean film A Moment To Remember, starring Jung Woo-Sung and Son Ye-jin, have sparked debate among cinephiles.
In a recent interview with Komal Nahta, the film’s writer Sankalp Sadanah finally broke his silence on these claims. He underlined that his film is an original idea and not a copy of any pre-existing work.
He said, “Honestly, so much has already been said about this. All I can say is—the Korean film is out there, and so is Saiyaara. Watch both and judge for yourself. You’ll be able to tell whether it’s inspired, a copy, or an original.”
For the unversed, A Moment To Remember revolves around a young couple whose love is tested when the girl is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
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Sadanah then went on to share that the core idea for Saiyaara emerged during a casual meeting with Mohit Suri.
The writer revealed, “The idea didn’t come solely from me. I had accompanied Mohit (Mohit Suri) to a different meeting at his Bandra office in BKC. It was raining when we returned, and just as I was about to leave, he told me to wait and listen to something. Back then, there was talk of making a sequel to a different project (Aashiqui 3), and this film was initially part of that conversation. He asked me if I thought the idea he had was worth making into a film.”
He further added, “That discussion gave birth to the core of Saiyaara. At that time, there was no story, no screenplay—just a feeling. The seed of the film came from a single emotional thought, a line that appears in the film: ‘A hit song isn’t the one that stays in your head; it’s the one that stays in your heart.’ That was the emotion we built everything else around.”
Directed by Mohit Suri, Saiyaara served as the launchpad for Ahaan Panday opposite Aneet Padda.
