Saawariya (2007)

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other.

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (story), Prakash Kapadia,

Stars:

Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ranbir Kapoor	...	Ranbir Raj
Sonam Kapoor	...	Sakina
Salman Khan	...	Imaan
Rani Mukerji	...	Gulabji
Zohra Segal	...	Lillian 'Lilipop' (as Zohra Sehgal)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Begum Para	...	Sakina's grandmother
Vibhu Puri	...	Stranger in the rain

Storyline

Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian who rents out rooms. Ranbir meets with Lillian, who has been living alone for 37 years after her son, Vincent, left to join the army and did not return, charms her, and rents a room from her. He gets a job as a singer in a local restaurant. On the occasion of Eid, while returning home, he comes across a woman standing on the bridge. He finds her very attractive, befriends her, walks her home, finds out her name is Sakina, who is a carpet weaver and lives with her aunt and blind grandma. Just when Ranbir is about to confess his love, she tells him that she has already given her heart to Imaan, a former tenant of her grandmother's. Imaan had left, promising to return on Eid, but has not done so. She finds out that he may be staying at the ...

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Plot Keywords:

eid | letter | prostitute | tenant | love | 

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Taglines:

When he first fell in love...

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, some language and incidental smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

9 November 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Oh, My Love

Filming Locations:

India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£160,985 (UK) (9 November 2007)

Gross:

$885,574 (USA) (22 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

SPE Films, SLB Films Pvt. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

142 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Bollywood film to be produced and released by a Hollywood production company (Columbia TriStar Pictures).

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Quotes

Lillian 'Lilipop': If that girl is meant for you, then nothing on Earth can keep her from you. And if she isn't meant for you, then nothing on Earth can bring her to you. The decision isn't in your hands; it's in God's. Now we have to see how God decides to place His cross. This way or that way.

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Connections

Version of Le notti bianche (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Saawariya"
Written by Sameer
Composed by Monty Sharma
Performed by Shail Hada
Courtesy of Sony Music India

User Reviews

excellent film!

First of all after watching saawariya i still have not been able to understand why people did not like it. we should know that it is an art film and it should be looked at in the same way. we say we want different films now but when a director attempts a different film, we absolutely bash it and end up taking out as many flaws as we can. the main two characters off this film are "ranbir and sonam". now where was the city situated, in which era it is happening all this is not important. when we look at a painting, we don't look at where it is sitauted, we look at it's beauty and this exactly what saawariya is, it is a beautiful painting and we should be looking at it's beauty.

You need to have an open mind and appreciation for art films to watch and digest this one. it is true that it's not mass appealing, because it doesn't have the jhatkas and the matkas in it. I recommend you go and watch it and forget about the reviews.