Saawariya
When he first fell in Love...
Saawariya is a musical based on the short story White Nights, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
It is the story of a shy dreamer, Raj (22 years old), who spent most of his time isolated in his apartment, creating riddles and finding answers to them, jabbering poetry or arguing with his foolish landlady Miss Disa, with whom he shared a love/hate relationship. Raj was loved by one and all, for he always brought happiness to the people around him.
Destiny plans a magical tale for Raj over the next four nights of his life that shall change his entire being.
Saawariya is the story of a couple’s chance encounter and the advance of their parallel obsessions over four successive nights. An impromptu romance is initiated in a remote town in the serene beauty of picturesque Simla, a quaint hill station in Northern India, that was once the summer capital of India under the British Raj, known for its lakes, mist, heavenly snowfall, rains and the tall swaying pine trees.
The bright, fun-filled, winding streets of the mall come alive with singing clubs, rustic folklore, dancing, love ballads, flourishing colonies of artists and weavers, and chants from the monastery - all woven in perfect harmony into a magical dream.
It is here that the dreamer finds the "lost" self in himself.
Critiques des membres
Very Good - Pat_Mtl
It was a interesting movie. It was recommended to me and frankly I wasn't too sure when I first started watching it. It's the kind of thing where everyone is saying it's good but at the back of your mind you are wondering just how much. I was surprise, nothing mind blowing but fun I would recommend it as wellcharming musical+fantasy+romance - vfxguy
First, a word about Bollywood: You have to understand that the fairy-tale love story forms the backbone of Indian cinema analogously to the way that the monomyth forms the backbone of western films. And while action provides the release that people expect of films in the west, music provides the release that Indian viewers expect. Once you have that understanding, then you are able to let go of the plot and appreciate other things going on in the film.
The art direction, photography and lighting are superb. As a fantasy, it easily reminds you of French films such as City of Lost Children or Amelie.
If you can stretch across the divide between Western film expectations and Eastern film expectations, then this film will be rewarding.MORE THAN GREAT BOLLY - BuddhaBoy
This is more than another Bollywood spectacular. Of course the costumes and sets are eye-popping and the characters are familiar - the good-heart hooker, the naive singer, the kindly "awntie" and the virginal princess. Nonetheless, I found the sliver-thin and familiar plot was more than eclipsed by the magic between the main players. "Raj" in particular was outstanding as the Peter Pan-like rock singer who refused to believe that unhappiness could ever conquer, even when faced with the loss of his true love. That theme of growing up was well represented in the parallel love-stories of Ray/Sakina, Sakina/Immam, and Raj/Golubji. This is fantasy, but with a compelling message about life.
Critiques des membres
Lire tous...
Very Good - Pat_Mtl
It was a interesting movie. It was recommended to me and frankly I wasn't too sure when I first started watching it. It's the kind of thing where everyone is saying it's good but at the back of your mind you are wondering just how much. I was surprise, nothing ...charming musical+fantasy+romance - vfxguy
First, a word about Bollywood: You have to understand that the fairy-tale love story forms the backbone of Indian cinema analogously to the way that the monomyth forms the backbone of western films. And while action provides the release that people expect ...MORE THAN GREAT BOLLY - BuddhaBoy
This is more than another Bollywood spectacular. Of course the costumes and sets are eye-popping and the characters are familiar - the good-heart hooker, the naive singer, the kindly "awntie" and the virginal princess. Nonetheless, I found the sliver-thin ...