Friday, August 1, 2008

My Saawariya review

Aesthetically done , the movie will only appeal to a certain section of people.However the normal public may call it slow, boring crap depressing etc.There are many questions unanswered in the movie and therein lies its beauty. The critics havent taken very kindly to the film cos they have overlooked the film's brilliance.When slb said that the movie's lighting has every shade possible of blue,he was so right. It looks so surreal and the entire atmosphere of the movie the snow, the bluish green hues resembles several hollywood movies.Sonam is certainly more beautiful than Deepika and more talented. Ranbir Kapoor has very sad eyes but his acting is nice.He is a very lovable actor.
The chemistry is some scenes between the lead actors is teriffic.Theres a lot of importance given to granny characters as SLB in the credits has dedicated his movie to his grandma.And Rani MUkherjee has actually a lot of scenes with Ranbir .She looks very lively and beautiful.We all wanna get away to a fairy tale kind of looks wala world and this movie has that world in its ambience.The Quaint little town with Sonam being a girl who weaves carpets.The singer Ranbir who performs in a not so commercial looking hotel.The movie has so much of old world charm.
The penultimate scene where she has actually accepted Ranbir's love and given up waiting for her former lover has been conceived so well . And the moment Salman comes,she kind of deserts Ranbir midway and though he is not a saint,he does accept it as his fate though only after initial relenting .And the movie gives out so much positivity though the premise screams sorrow and heartbreak. The beautiful dialogue at the end is something like this- "jiska pyar uske paas hota hai ,uspar khuda meeherbaan hota hai, Aur jisko uska pyar nahi milta hai, uske saath khuda ek jaan ho jaata hai'.
The Sawariya title song towards the last reels
also has Ranbir exclaiming that -'she doesent love me so does that stop me from loving her'.And thats positivity to the hilt. Sonam is shown as being in a dilemma of feelings for her new innocent golden hearted fun friend Ranbir and her almost dissapeared lover who has made her wait for a year .And to add to the audience's misery Salman actually resurfaces after a year and that too when she has lost all hope.
Lastly the choreography of the song "Yun shabnami' deserves special mention for its uniqueness and lovely music too.Sonam dances very gracefully though she is not as petite.And Ranbir's dancing moves are so cute in this song.Sonam and Ranbir make a great match in this movie they complement each other beautifully