
Homeless orphan Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute called Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian, who rents out rooms. Ranbir meets with Lillian, who has been living alone for 37 years after her son Vincent left to join the army--and never returned. He charms her and rents a room from her. He gets a job as a singer in a local restaurant. Ret... (Full plot summary below)
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Homeless orphan Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute called Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian, who rents out rooms. Ranbir meets with Lillian, who has been living alone for 37 years after her son Vincent left to join the army--and never returned. He charms her and rents a room from her. He gets a job as a singer in a local restaurant. Returning home on the occasion of Eid, he comes across a woman standing on the bridge. He finds her very attractive, befriends her, walks her home, and finds out that her name is Sakina and she's a carpet weaver who lives with her aunt and blind grandma. Just when Ranbir is about to confess his love, she tells him that she has already given her heart to Imaan, a former tenant of her grandmother's. Imaan had left, promising to return on Eid, but has not done so. She finds out that he might be staying at the Momim Lodge and asks Ranbir to deliver a letter to him. A crestfallen Ranbir destroys the letter but goes to Momim Lodge, where he finds out that nobody named Imaan has ever lived there. Encouraged, he returns back and attempts to win Sakina's heart. Will he succeed? Or will Sakina spend the rest of her life waiting for Imaan's return?
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| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe experience is visually enchanting, cloyingly sweet, at once utterly chaste and insanely erotic, and finally exhausting. Aficionados will not settle for less. |
| VarietyDerek ElleyA really small movie done up in a big, moody package, Saawariya entices, fitfully springs to life but finally outstays its welcome by a good half-hour. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe first full-fledged Indian musical coproduced and distributed by a major Hollywood studio, this fanciful love story takes its unlikely inspiration from Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights." |
| The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIt's overblown and extravagant business as usual. |
| Village VoiceAbigail DeutschSee this movie if you need to get some sleep. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoHow can it be that a movie as beautiful to look at as Saawariya is so . . . boring? |
| User ReviewArpitSBest SLB movie till date.. Its ridiculous how Om Shanti Om won accolades(commercially). I think that this movie wasn't meant for a diwali release, had this been released at some other time, it would have been a major hit. But today is an era of Shah Rukh Khan. Anyways if you're in love, if you had loved someone or if you're willing to love someone, this movie is for you.. |
| User Reviewkavis.Great visuals and picturisations. The songs are so soothing on the ears and the film is as refreshing as an ice cream in sahara desert. |
| User ReviewDiwakarB.A class movie with good picturization and cool sets. ITs a must watch movie. |
| User Reviewsanjaya.Loved the movie. Its getting bad reviews compared to Om Shanti Om which is ridiculous. Have seen both movies and this one is truly better. If you have even been in love, you will understand the emotions and appreciate the movie. |