Saawariya

An aesthetically made movie and a treat for the eyes. A true blue SLB style film which springs a certain element of surprise; very tastefully made to be appreciated only by really classy audience. The youthful charm and innocence of first love has been captured and brought forth to the viewers artistically.

Ranbir and Sonam have given praise-worthy performances despite the fact that they both are debutantes. Set in a dream city where a starry eyed boy comes and becomes the leader singer in RK club, which is in a way a tribute paid to the legendary Raj Kapoor and the umbrella only adds to it. Rani plays a prostitute, and as always she does her act with a lot of panache and conviction. The young man played by Ranbir sees a beautiful, lonely girl standing on a bridge played by Sonam, and instantly falls in love. What follows is a depiction of the myriad emotions experienced by him as he tries to absorb the fact that he has fallen in love and how he could go about expressing it to her. But to his disappointment he learns that she is love with a man whom she met a year ago and was waiting for him to return as he had promised. The subsequent change in his emotions and the flashes of jealousy that appears are only too realistic. A momentary flicker of hope lights up in his heart as her lover does not turn up at the promised hour and as she also begins to accept his love. Then there is the beautiful portrayal of the last moment of torture as she has to leave him for her lover who finally has arrived. This is a classic end.

A very easy way to dismiss the movie would be to call it boring, slow, dull, lifeless etc. But one does need to go beyond the outer facade and try and look deeper into the emotions and the artististic play of colours and design that has been successfully brought out. In my opinion this is a very different movie to be appreciated for it uniqueness and style and not for its 'entertainment quotient'.