Hold it tight, and then let it go. Fantasy's over. Review on Saawariya

I finally got around to see this movie yesterday night. I was delaying it because many people stamped a flop on it. But, here's the thing. This movie has wings, and it takes off on a journey in the clouds, where you land on a rainbow, and its magic.

Saawariya, is a different take on sense and sensibilities of the generations among us.It is about unrequited love, but it also is about perseverence and giving your all for it. This movie lives the dream of a young woman forever in love. It is a dream. And well, it ends on a reality note. But it doesn't drown, it creates magic, and flies away like Tinkerbell.

A story about a boy, who always found a way to remain happy. In sadness he has the strength to be buoyant, and he is buoyant for himself as well as for others. The charm, the innocence, the adolescence, and the maturity with which Ranbir performs, is quite charming. He understands his character well, he better, the movie revolves around him, and his love interest, Sakina, Sonam Kapoor. His boyish fights with this girl, look as if, they are still in school, forget college. But whatever it is, it's plain simple. They are a girl and a boy, aur ladka aur ladki main dosti nahi ho sakti, a la Maine Pyar Kiya, Mohnish Behl's dialogues. And there, bam! Ranbir falls for Sakina, and he's blinded.raaton ko neend nahi, chain nahi.damn.

He befriends, Rani Mukherjee, a prostitue who lives on the same street as him, and well, that woman has class, with such alacrity she performs. The first shot of the movie, I found her talking like overcooked chicken. tooo confident, and with oh too classy style for a prstitute she is playing, mind you I ain't talkin of an escrt. The rest of the movie, she has quiet a few decent dialogues, and we like her presence. Saawariya, as Ranbir comes to be known in the pr*stitute mohalla, lives with Lillian, oh my, its Zohra Sehgal, if she is around 100. I am really impressed with this lady's charisma and dialogue delivery, she delivers and is my favorite actor of the film. A cranky Parsi lady, who is so much fun to be with, only for her sarcasm and direct approach to life.

In Ranbir, Lilypop finds her son. And that's the story. You are never bored, when both of them share a conversation, or a quirky dialgoue. With Sonam Kapoor, the movie, moves with grace. She gives it melancholy, but also does she give it, a spurt of happiness. She is one of those girls, who are blinded by love, and will do anything, to be with the person they love, even if they happen to be the worst people on the planet. Well, to put it bluntly.

In short: This movie, shouldn't be termed as a flop. In fact, this movie had fantasy 100%. The beauty, the giggles, the naughtiness. It was simple, yet stylish. Zohra is shown to inhabit in the 18th century. Rani the real 90s pr*stitute. Sonam Kapoor, comes flying out of Arabian Nights. And Ranbir, comes strolling from a college, and trips over a banana peel while singing, and enters this fantasy headfirst. It's a beautiful movie. The sets become repetitive for those who don't care to see the beauty. There is beauty. There is that old dream that repeats. It fulfills your desire and it brings you to face the truth about life. This movie is a story Tinkerbell would tell her kids.