Saw Saawariya a couple of days back. And quite contrary to what everyone has been saying about the movie, I liked it! It is so fantastical that, yes, it does take you a little while to get used to what is happening, or even, why it is happening. It is a story about 4 nights, and therefore the only colours that one gets to see are shades of blacks and blues...with splashes of reds spilled here and there. Its quite a beautiful setting actually. Some fantasy world kinda thing..where everything seems to be happening at its own tardy pace. There is a general langour that permeates through the entire fabric of the movie.

Saawariya is a like a fable being told. Something surreal. The city that they've shown seems to be one out of Alladin's land....statues that have both domes, Buddha sculptures, walls that have Ajanta and Mona Lisa painted on them....now that kinda confused me a bit too! Where, amd what exactly is this place??

It runs like a play would. The story captured and told within the confines of one set. With just the 2 lead characters(most of the times i.e) in it. Maybe, thats because its night!
Its a beautiful movie. But why are'nt people liking it? Its probably because they don't understand it. Its about this Muslim girl who feels shy even when her ankle is exposed to the eye of the man she loves...its that subtle at times. And then, almost to a cutting contrast, you have Ranbir's character that is so full of life, that makes funny faces! Its Western and traditially Indian, all at the same time!
Its definitely not a typical Bollywood masala movie by any standards. Sad really for a movie like this to not be appreciated.

But Sanjay Leela Bhansali is generally known to take the extreme path. When he wants colour and vibrancy, he gives all that he can, and all that there is. And when he wants the opposite effect, its the same extreme again. I somehow liked the subdued nature of the detailing that the movie has. Everything very underplayed...

But, but, but, what I liked best were the 2 actors..they're absolutely fantastic! They both look good, and act well too! Although, all that I could find Sonam Kapoor do was weep or giggle, alternatively. She hardly has 5 lines to speak. But she's good.

Soooooo, I liked the movie, even though the world at this point would love to differ with me! I think one must not watch this movie if he/she wants Bollywood masala...its got too much class to be that!