People have written here so much about Saawariya so may be u vil get bored
reading them here too all over again..i better not touch it and give my own conclusions
which I made after the preview.
A simple boy meets girl incidental story but the girl loves somebody else and
the pr*stitute loves the boy..the outline of the story.
But narrative of this whole story is what I want to discuss out here..the film
starts with a wide frame of a city which looks straight out of a comic
book…unbelievable but colorful..then follows the visual of a never b4 seen
bar which is larger than life and which even has a short cut to moon along with
it (refer to the huge set of moon created with a staircase) and a husky voice
over of our very own Rani Mukerji who plays Gulabji a pr*stitute once
again..the way she narrates the story I straight away started to feel that it
was SLB trying to explain me (or spoon feed me!!!) what I was about to
experience..that I was about to experience the extravaganza of thought..colors
and emotions in a world created specially by SLB for me..anyways I knew I was
about to be enthralled with the magic of SLB in a very short time from then.
The film started and I experienced what I had come there
for..the sheer magic of SLB..his mind blowing photographic sense..his amazing
imagination of the sets..the grandness of the whole silver screen which
belonged to just SLB..SLB and SLB..but after a while when I could not adjust
myself in that unknown and unnamed city and those fantastically designed
sometimes dark and sometimes blue and green locales which had the seasons of
their own..i started to look for the story and the story was quite an easy one
to predict after the girl discloses that she liked someone else..and then
onwards it is only jealousy ..heartbreaks..an unending wait..reconcilliation and
again a heartbreak..seen umpteen times on the screen through different eyes and
this time through the poetic eyes of a magic man..
Ravi K Chandran has done some superb cinematography..its a beautiful painting
or a poetry being painted on a silver screen..the director demanded from him a
particular tone which he delivered at ease for him..amazing job..the carpet
beating scene of sonam..the boat sequence where sonam is lying on the boat
with an umbrella in her hand..the running sequences of Ranbir and Sonam..just
simply great..
Omung Kumar is the guy who needs to be mentioned here for sure he has done something
which the others might be still craving for and how well has he lived upto the
expectations of his director..very creative and arty..he was let loose and how
well did he justify each penny spent..but at few places I felt he has gone
overboard with his imagination like those paintings (Too many of them) on
various walls which distract viewing..and even the base of the bridge which had
those floral carvings were too visible and hence felt goddy if they were may be
of a low opacity then it might have worked..i don’t know I feel so..otherwise a
brilliant work by an intelligent man and he is sure to be signed on by some
biggies soon..Understanding the directors vision and then executing it
perfectly is a thing which needs a standing ovation for OK.
Music is another integral part of the film..very melodious
but 9 songs get too much to handle..Kunal Ganjawalla is sounding so different
in this film and very refreshing too..as an album Saawariya will find many
takers..Monty has done a good job as a music director..knowing that he scored
the background music for black and which fetched him this film and that too to
score the music..woww!!!!
Ranbir has a lot of potential in him and he will rock in the near future..he
dances well..acts well but looks so so..he emotes at certain places like he is a
man who has been in love so many times..perfect for his role..also reminds us
of Raj Kapoor at various places..Sonam..promising and a gud actress looks raw at few places may be those were
the first shots she gave for the film..she resembles Waheeda Rehman a lot at
many places..but she seriously lacks the grace of bieng a SLB’s Heroine..What
I also observed in the film was if Sakina (Sonam) is from an orthodox muslim
family then does her dressing sense suit her..revealing low necks and all..Zohra Sehgal a regular good performer and an intelligent woman..at this age she
performs with an energy of a youngster..an acting institute in herself..Begum Para..very little screen time given to her so cant judge if she was gud
or bad but whatever she did was good..Salman Khan..Imaan se..what was he doing there by the way? May be star
attraction tactic applied by SLB :-) (Pun Intended)..Rani Mukerji..good performance..regular best but overacting at few places just
to make herself feel good about the fact that she has been chosen for the 2nd
time by the master maker.
but what I felt when the screening got over that was I there to enjoy and be a
part of a nice film or was I there to applaud the mastery of SLB..I don’t even want to mention the comments people were
passing while watching the film..one guy even went out in anger to take his
refund.
In no way am I demeaning the film but leave the general audience apart but if I
talk about my experience then I liked few things in the film and I liked the
scenes where Ranbir is talking to Zohra Sehgal on fone and letting her know
that Sakina is coming home..or for that sake the climax scene where Ranbir is
trying to stop Sonam again and again..the film definitely reminds me of Raj
Kapoor at places and even the Bar which is named RK in a sense is hint that SLB
has a bit of RK in him..the sets are out of this world..larger than life and
beautiful.
I will not comment on the tone and color of the film and sets here because the
director might have decided that depending on the story and I personally feel
that why a blue tone was an integral part of the film was because it signifies
love..and the black tone signified the sadness which comes as a package deal
with love and the green tone was the enjoyment one feels while in love..but to
tell u the fact after a while those sets..those tones..those dark costumes
everything gets a bit too much to digest.
On the whole I did not enjoy the film that much as I could not adjust myself in
SLB’S world this time but may be some of u enjoy it but like me the general
audience too is refusing to enjoy it..the irony is that it is the general audience only who decides the fate of a
movie worldwide every friday..and that was the reason why my same seats for
the next show in the same theatre witnessed a house full in OSO even on a
working day..if you r a hardcore fan of SLB and larger than life sets and also wanna enjoy
Saawariya go for it but if u wanna c Saawariya Out Of Curiosity..then please
dont crib for ur refund during the movie :-)