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Saawariya (2007)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:7

Rotten:11

Average Rating:5/10

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, brief nudity, some language and incidental smoking.

Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Nov 9, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $885,574

Synopsis: Bollywood and Hollywood entwine for this mix of romance, singing, comedy, dancing, and melodrama, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (DEVDAS) and produced in tandem with Sony/Columbia. The achingly... Bollywood and Hollywood entwine for this mix of romance, singing, comedy, dancing, and melodrama, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (DEVDAS) and produced in tandem with Sony/Columbia. The achingly beautiful Rani Mukherjee narrates and appears as Gulab, a streetcorner princess haunting the red light district in an expressionistic melange of Venice, Vegas, and Amsterdam. The irrepressibly callow musician Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) catches her eye, but Raj thinks he's in love with Sakina (Sonam Kapoor) who prefers to pine away for her absent lover, Imaan (Salman Kahn). All this longing (it's based on Dostoyevsky's WHITE NIGHTS) is stunningly captured through bizarre and elaborate backdrops, winding staircases, torrents of rain, and a color scheme heavy on the blues. Fans of Baz Luhrman's MOULIN ROUGE will want to live inside this film: there may not a whole lot of weight to all the tomfoolery, but the pain of youthful romantic idealism is part of the message. The music is always the thing with Bollywood films and SAAWARIYA packs in its share of rousing numbers. Western viewers entering the realm of Bollywood for the first time will find SAAWARIYA ("beloved" in Hindi) to be a crossover film that's ready to welcome them with open arms into a jubilant world of high-spirited song and dance, over-the-top goofiness, anguished melodrama, gyrating hips (with very sexy exposed belly buttons), and PG-rated romance. [More]

Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee

Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Screenwriter: Prakash Kapadia, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Producer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Composer: Monty
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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  • From Sanjay Leela Bhansali, one of India's most acclaimed directors, comes Saawariya, a timeless love story based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's "White Nights." Destiny weaves its magical spell when a shy musician's (Ranbir Kapoor) chance encounter with a beautiful young woman (Sonam Kapoor) leads to four unforgettable nights filled with music, passion and romance. Overflowing with colorful costumes, lavish sets and eye-popping song-and-dance numbers, Saawariya is Bollywood filmmaking at its best. Hooray for Bollywood!
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    06/04/08
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    Ranbir Raj is a charming presence with moves that suggest a cross between Justin Timberlake and Gene Kelly, but the screen really comes to life when it's full of dancers.

    Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
    05/28/08
    Bryant Frazer
    Bryant Frazer
    Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

    With its lavish production design, extravagant sets, poetic musical numbers and photogenic stars, Saawariya is ravishing to look at, but disappointing overall

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
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    05/21/08
    MaryAnn Johanson
    MaryAnn Johanson
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    Entertaining ... Not all that different from America's love affair with MTV, American idol, and prime time TV offerings

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    05/03/08
    John A. Nesbit
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    Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
    11/16/07
    Jenny Peters
    Jenny Peters
    Hollywood.com

    Comes this close to sweeping us off our feet.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    11/14/07
    David Chute
    David Chute
    L.A. Weekly

    See this movie if you need to get some sleep.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    11/13/07
    Abigail Deutsch
    Abigail Deutsch
    Village Voice
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    Disappointingly, neither India's most artistic director nor his new discoveries can prevent this song-packed extravaganza from being a beautifully crafted bore.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
    11/13/07
    Jaspreet Pandohar
    Jaspreet Pandohar
    BBC

    Saawariya entices, fitfully springs to life but finally outstays its welcome by a good half-hour.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    11/12/07
    Derek Elley
    Derek Elley
    Variety
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    May not be the artistic milestone many have been hoping for, but as the first product of Bollywood's marriage with Hollywood, there should be pride from all corners for producing a solidly crafted entertainment.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
    11/10/07
    Michael Dequina
    Michael Dequina
    TheMovieReport.com

    The songs are undistinguished, and while newcomers Sonam Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor (who aren't related) both have impeccable Bollywood pedigrees, her performance is wildly uneven -- and his strenuously madcap antics are grating rather than endearing.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    11/09/07
    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    How can it be that a movie as beautiful to look at as Saawariya is so...boring?

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    11/09/07
    V.A. Musetto
    V.A. Musetto
    New York Post
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    Of all the film's rococo pleasures—the lavish dance numbers, the dramatic rainstorms, and even the gold dust that puffs out when Sakina beats her rugs -- Mukherjee's richly textured diva is the most mesmerizing...

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    11/09/07
    Amy Nicholson
    Amy Nicholson
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Saawariya doesn't collapse but does wobble for much of its nearly 150-minute running time

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    11/09/07
    Frank Lovece
    Frank Lovece
    Film Journal International

    A breezy and passably entertaining major Indian musical, the first to be released by a major Hollywood studio.

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    11/09/07
    Jeffrey Chen
    Jeffrey Chen
    ReelTalk Movie Reviews

    Saawariya is 2 hours 11 minutes of wide-screen close-ups, fanciful sets, colorful costumes, bellybuttons, almost-kisses and 10 pumped-up, achingly sweet songs.

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    11/09/07
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    For audiences unaccustomed to the format, the film runs too long -- though it is short by Bollywood standards -- and is repetitive, sentimental and cliched.

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    11/09/07
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