Last week I had a great dilemma. Should I watch Saawariya or Om Shanti Om?
Om Shanti Om is a remake of the old movie "Karz", so the story line of the move is known and Saawariya is a new movie and is said to be based on a short story titled White Nights written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
After much deliberation, a conscious decision was taken to watch Saawariya. I had taken tickets for IMAX screen on the first day of the movie, 9th of November 2007. With a great drama and ordeal, I manage to book tickets.
With great expectations, we go to watch the movie on the first day, technically first show (on the IMAX screen).
What do we see?
1. An over acting and more than required emotions in every scene by the Mr. Kapoor.
2. No character having any substantial role in the movie except for the two people.
3. Performance of the girl was also not up to the mark.
4. The climax was not up to the mark
5. The sets were very artificial and looked out of place
6. Set of songs with nice music and lyrics (considering the current standards)
7. Rani Mukherjee's "Dhande wali" role has become more than cliché now, somebody tell her than there are many other roles she can play.
8. The story line did not have anything to offer
In all, it could have been made into an awesome Album. But Mr. SLB had different plans. He added a few dialogues and other things into the music Album to make it a movie.
Mr. Sanjay Leela Bhansali seems to have a very bad understanding of Indian Public or is gone paranoid and lives in a different world. He doesn't deserve being called a great director/producer.
The movie deserves not more than 0.5 Stars (better avoided).
Take the music cassette/CD if you want to listen to the music, but watching a movie is a real waste of time, effort and money.
