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Saawariya (2007)
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Movie review
From Time Out New York
In the fun-house mirror of global culture, Bollywood’s manic stylings got refracted for Western audiences in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge—a film that influences Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest spectacle (funded by Sony’s bucks). Saawariya (“beloved”) takes place on a fantasy soundstage city of serpentine canals and gigantic Buddha heads. The cotton-candy-weight story concerns a puckish musician (Ranbir Kapoor) romancing an elusive girl (Sonam Kapoor) who still pines for the dark stranger (Khan) who abandoned her. The production is pretty, in a Euro Disney–ish kind of way, without ever tapping into the deep strangeness of truly inspired kitsch.Author: Tom Beer
Time Out New York Issue 633: November 15–21, 2007
Cast & crew
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Producer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee full cast
Genre(s): Musicals, Drama, Romance
Rated: PG
Duration: 142 mins
US Release: Nov 9 2007
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