Candid Krishnan | Saawariya- A Stupid Film

A debutante romances a maiden. With great heritage behind and accumulated expectation; a good performance would not be just enough. Both came to the fore as the next Raj-Nargis pair on board. But what they delivered surpassed all the expectations by leaps and bounds. The simply gave an expression that make you say… O Yuck!!!

Sanjay Leela Bhansali made a great movie. Named it Khamoshi. He made a legendary (?) movie. Named it Black. He mixed the worst of both; set it in a simply awful setup and took two fresh faces with families in Industry and wasted a lot of money. Yeah, you guessed it right. He made a blue film (color; not content)… Saawariya. Looking back at the movie, I come across a few things…

Sanjay definitely hated the best movie he made… Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Though he didn’t forget Sameer. He asked Ranbeer Kapoor, grandson of legendary Raj Kapoor and son of remarkable Rishi Kapoor and still very much adorable Neetu Kapoor; to wear the shirt of Sameer (who loves to be shirtless. I wanted to use top instead of shirt but I assumed that it would be severely censored) labeled as Raj. Well, Ranbeer is no Raj/Rishi/Salman.  Sorry girls, there was nothing that can be appreciated about Ranbeer in this movie; though I guess you might have loved him flashing his rear assets…

Sanjay was definitely adamant messing up this movie. He gave Salman a micro-second role custom-written for Ajay Devgan. Result… Just think Salman in role Ajay played in HDDCS. The expression he gave throughout appeared as if Ash is standing in front of him (post HDDCS). Rugged and misfit. Rani… totally unimpressive in a role that is something closer to Chandramukhi in Devdas… And Sonam… I remember his father’s memorable performances in Ishwar, Who Saat Din and Saheb. I guess genes are misplaced. She got looks and height but acting skills… Missing!! Thank God, she does not have the moustache…

I don’t know what the sub-genre in specific is. But there are movies that are very serious to the core and bad performances and pathetic script make them attain cult status in comedy genre… Spoof?? IMO… spoofs make some sense. Don’t they.

Written By: Candy Krishnan