Saawariya (2007)

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (story)
Prakash Kapadia (writer)
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Release Date:

8 November 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

When he first fell in love...

Plot:

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other.

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Ranbir Kapoor	...	Ranbir Raj
Sonam Kapoor	...	Sakina
Salman Khan	...	Imaan
Rani Mukherjee	...	Gulabji
Zohra Sehgal	...	Lillian 'Lilipop'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Begum Para	...	Sakina's grandmother
Vibhu Puri	...	Stranger in the rain

Directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky		story
Prakash Kapadia		writer
Vibhu Puri		additional screenplay & dialogue

Produced by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali	....	producer
Gautmi Bhatt	....	line producer
Deepak Raai Sharma	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Monty Sharma

Cinematography by
Ravi K. Chandran

Film Editing by
Bela Leela Sehgal

Casting by
Amita Sehgal

Art Direction by
Omung Kumar

Set Decoration by
Omung Kumar

Costume Design by
Surily Goel
Reza Shariffi
Anuradha Vakeal

Production Management
Lalit Chatnani	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Freya Parekh	....	assistant director
Shailey Sharma	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Nimish Chheda	....	ProTools operator

Visual Effects by
Mahesh Baria	....	set visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus
Vishal Bengare	....	lead matchmover: Prime Focus
Vivek Gaur	....	lead compositor
Michael Grobe	....	visual effects consultant
Sandesh Pai	....	digital effects artist
Merzin Tavaria	....	visual effects supervisor
Rahul Vishwakarma	....	digital effects artist: Prime Focus

Camera and Electrical Department
Prakash Shetty	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Reza Shariffi	....	costumer

Other crew
Shiamak Davar	....	choreographer
Ganesh Hegde	....	dance director
Amber Lall	....	post-production designer
Pappu Mallu	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• SPE Films
• SLB Films Pvt. Ltd.

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Glamsham.com  on-line promotion

Also Known As:

Beloved (India: English title) (literal title)
Eternal Soulmate (India: English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, some language and incidental smoking.

Runtime:

142 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:PG | Argentina:Atp | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

SPE Films

Trivia:

The first Indian/Bollywood movie to be released on Blu-ray disc.

Quotes:

[Ranbir grabs Sakina and twists her arm]
Sakina: Let go of me, you junglee!... Please forgive me.

Movie Connections:

Version of Notti bianche, Le (1957)

Soundtrack:

Jab Se Tere Naina Mere Nainon Se Laghe Re

excellent film!

First of all after watching saawariya i still have not been able to understand why people did not like it. we should know that it is an art film and it should be looked at in the same way. we say we want different films now but when a director attempts a different film, we absolutely bash it and end up taking out as many flaws as we can. the main two characters off this film are "ranbir and sonam". now where was the city situated, in which era it is happening all this is not important. when we look at a painting, we don't look at where it is sitauted, we look at it's beauty and this exactly what saawariya is, it is a beautiful painting and we should be looking at it's beauty.

You need to have an open mind and appreciation for art films to watch and digest this one. it is true that it's not mass appealing, because it doesn't have the jhatkas and the matkas in it. I recommend you go and watch it and forget about the reviews.