Saawariya-A Quick Review

So this diwali's other biggie is Saawariya, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansal,produced by Sony & launching Ranbir Kapoor & Sonam Kapoor.Though this Diwali was supposed to witness a big clash between OSO & Saawariya, it looks like OSO might just win the contest.

So why do you think I am making this statement?As much as I have been following SRK's career in Bollywood, I have also been admiring SLB's movies.But this here ( Saawariya) is undoubedtly a work of someone who has just taken the audience for granted.I can understand an Anurag Kashyap making a No Smoking ( he anyways has never bothered about audiences), but then can SLB say the same?

This is just one pompous work which deserves to go down in history as a major tragedy.Though based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights, it shamelessly tries to draw influences from Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge in terms of artwork.There are no shots taken in the open & everything seems to be shot on sets ( showing an imaginary city completely in blue).There are songs every 7-8 minutes.

There is hardly any chemistry between the lead pair which is expected in the launch of star kids like Ranbir & Sonam.Well I can go on & on abou the negatives, but then let me stop here since I'm not on a SLB bashing spree.So whats the story then?A wandering singer( Ranbir) comes to a new town & meets up with a prostitute ( Rani Mukherjee) who guides him so that he manages to fix up his stay with a kind old lady ( Zohra Sehgal).

Ranbir comes across Sonam on a bridge & instant love for him.But alas she's waiting for her lover ( Salman).So many songs and some irritating dialougues later you have Salman finally re-entering.So if any of you really want to know who gets Sonam in the end or else if you are a die-hard SLB fan please go ahead & watch it.Others including Salman fans are well advised to stay away from this one.Cinematography by Ravi.K.Chandran is not impressive this time, music by Monty is good, but you wont appreciate it much on screen.

Ok so why did I watch this movie?I wanted to know to what extent was SLB wrong in the movie ( very much) & yes it helps that I saw the movie for free :) .

Rating- 1.5/5