Tara Sharma as Dr. Maya Bhatnagar, Akash's wife Mahima Chaudhry as Tanya Zohra Sehgal as Sister Martha Rajendranath Zutshi as Moses Shreya Ghoshal - special appearance in song "Har Taraf" Akshita Mutreja - special appearance in the end as Akash's daughter Vishwajeet Pradhan as Dr. A. Mehta Soundtrack The music has been composed by Anu Malik and M. M. Keeravani(Guest Composer). The lyrics have been written by Sayeed Quadri & Praveen Bhardwaj. The soundtrack mostly consists of soulful tunes composed by Anu Malik and M. M. Keeravani(Guest Composer). The ghazal "Kabhi Khushboo", composed by Anu Malik, was a hit. The soundtrack is remembered for its decent numbers. Not only does Shreya Ghoshal sing the song "Har Taraf", she also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a school girl singing the song on screen. Also, K.K. was credited in "Har Taraf" in the original CD's, the male vocals of which are originally provided by Kunal Ganjawala. The song "O Saathiya", sung by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan, was originally recorded for the 1998 film Zakhm and song is written by Anand Bakshi, but was included in this album since it couldn't be used there. The same music was applied in the tracks "Aai Jo Teri Yaad", sung by Ghoshal, and its separate male version sung by Sonu Nigam. Critical response Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, writing "On the whole, SAAYA falls short of expectations. The film has some engaging moments that keep you hooked on to the goings-on, but a handful of well-executed sequences can never really undo the harm done by a weak script and more specifically, a hard-to-digest climax. At the box-office, the film has some chances in select cinemas of metros, but at most places, the 'saaya' of success will elude it!." Anupama Chopra writing for India Today stated "Debutant director Anurag Basu creates some striking sequences of suspense but his first half is excruciatingly slow. Moreover, only an actor with gargantuan talent and star power can carry a film in which he occupies almost every frame. Unfortunately, John Abraham who relies mostly on one tortured expression can't do it. What works better is Mahima Chaudhary's performance and Fuwad Khan's inventive cinematography. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com called it a "decent version of the original (Dragonfly)" but criticized it for being emotionless, stating "One point though: Saaya does not