Saawariya (2007)

I agree with most of the comments that said this movie was horrible. WHat is up with the blue light all through the movie! And what kind of weird world was that, that you only see daylight when he is happy. A complete waste of three hours of my life i could have spend watching something that actually made me feel good at the end! Yes, we do like realistic endings but we like them HAPPY too. And the girl cant even act. She never had tears when she cried, and her laugh is the most annoying thing one can hear before going to sleep. Even if you have nothing to do don't watch this movie, there are plenty of pointless movies that are better than this one.

This is a fantastic tale that takes the viewer through song, dance, drama, comedy. love. and endearing moments. It is full of beautiful images, like Sakina beating the rugs, etc.. lots of magical visuals and dramatic moment along with wondrous dance and song scenes. One could see themselves in this situation and the various outcomes there can be. The lyrics are so beautiful, so descriptive that one would only wish they could hear these words from someone.The lyrics are so beautiful. I give this a 10 stars, a must see.... My only warning is that the subtitles are done in yellow and at many times blend into the scene and become hard to read so i guess..sit close? Wish so much they had done subtitles a bit better. And when raj sings in his room.. all women will swoon! Not to mention his absolute fantastic great looks and his character personality is so endearing. Sakina is an absolute beauty...and full of playfulness but yet mysterious and persistent. You will I believe, love this movie.. its magical musical and an experience into a distant land.

An expensive and indulgent experiment, Saawariya doesn't quite work because the writing is flawed and the director doesn't seem to notice. Once a master manipulator of human emotions, Bhansali now fails to invest in his characters even the smallest dose of believability. Like cardboard caricatures, lifeless and dull, they rattle off ridiculous dialogues trying to sound like they have something profound to say. How you cringe in that scene where Ranbir convinces Zohra Sehgal to lease him a room, or that one in which he likens being sad to losing a boxing match.Saawariya comes off contrived and fake, and fails to strike a chord. You feel nothing for its characters, at best sympathy for the two young actors trapped in this pathetic, pretentious pap.Starring newcomers Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor as Raj and Sakina, the protagonists in question, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya is a glossed-up, all song-and-dance take on Dostoevsky's classic tale White Nights, and also borrows judiciously from Luchino Visconti's 1957 film version. But where Visconti's black-and-white film stays faithful to the story's intimate set-up and stark feel, Bhansali goes for a larger-than-life, almost kingsize scale, throwing in dazzling colours, opulent sets, imaginatively choreographed musical numbers, a half-dozen references to Raj Kapoor's films, and the kind of melodrama you can expect only in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film - remember Devdas?Well, the problem with varnishing a simple love story with all those embellishments is that the very simplicity of the plot, the fragility of the characters' emotions is lost amidst all that showing-off. What you get as a result, is a love story without soul.

I have seen many musical-like movies in my time. And after just seeing "RENT" which I did NOT like, I was a little worried about what I was about to endure.Well I am happy to report that I really enjoyed this movie.First of all, it is beautiful to look at. And Sanika is just plain fine to look at. :) The songs weren't great, but they were decent. The story was very good, and I enjoyed the characters, especially Raj. Once thing that was weird was how they would mix Hindu language and English. There were some cheesy moments, but nothing too bad.So basically unlike "RENT" were there were many times I just wanted to stop watching it, for Saawariya that was not the case.I recommend everyone to watch this. I really enjoyed it.