saawariya be not your typical dance around tree romance but a mood piece explore nostalgia and melodrama and loss and loneliness and love in various form first love and obsessive love and physical love and and heartbreak . the movie be direct by one of the last few auteur of indian cinema who imbue it with his expansive vision . bhansali unmistakable imprint be all over this work . he obviously feel great kinship for hindi movie and character of the 50 and 60 and take element from those film and combine them with a moulin rouge inspire mies en scene where old fashion pimp and contemporary prostitute with retro hairstyle congregate in a studio generate muslim ghetto to create a cinematic landscape all his own . while the director cinematic landscape may be off put to some and this viewer buy it hook line and sinker . i can almost see johnny walker in the role of the front desk clerk at the seedy momin lodge in oldtown and the casting of begum para definitely add an element of credibility to the proceeding . zohra sehgal never cease to amaze and the perfect casting for this movie set the table for the deliciously angst fill four course meal the director serve for u . this timeless and nameless place befit a film that be ground in abstract and existential theme rather than plot a the woman character be catch up in an endless cycle of wait lollipop for her son and sakina grandmother for her tenant and her own son and and sakina for her lover . the central character be ranbir raj and a throwback to raj kapoor persona from the 50 the lovable tramp and a bit of a goof ball and who usually get his heart broken . there be many reference to this and from the bowler hat to the umbrella . ranbir do do a very good job portray the complex emotional arc of his character from the thunderbolt of love at first sight to unrequited love . sonam bear more than a passing resemblance to waheeda rehman in this film and especially the waheeda from chaudvin ka chand and her character seem to be a direct inspiration for sakina in this film and a she obsessively wait for her lover to return . sonam have a complex many layer role and and she come through in a more than adequate manner and consider that this be her first movie . salman be an appropriate object of desire in his brief appearance and rani steal the show with her clever one liner . the music be melodious and woven easily into the film . it be truly a concept album and reflect the various shade of love and from the dizzy height of first love ( masha allah and jab se tere ) and to playful romance ( thode badmaash ) and to intense romance ( yoon shabnami and jaan e jaan ) to heartbreak ( daras bina nahin ) . the many year spend on perfect this soundtrack show and how . the fantastic and poignant song pari which be beautifully pasteurize on the lady of the night stand out in particular . of course and the movie be visually spectacular with many bhansali moment . the lighting and cinematography be entirely suit to the theme and mood and atmosphere of the movie . at time the pacing be decidedly slow but just at the right moment and the movie pick up . a special mention should be make of the lyrical quality of the part scene between the two protagonist . ranbir and sonam handle this scene beautifully and both with word say and unsaid . the end could easily have become a maudlin affair and but it be genuinely affect leave a bittersweet aftertaste . the movie recall the slow languid pace and the claustrophobia and language of the muslim culture of day go by . i think this be bhansali homage to the era of kamal amrohi and gurudutt . nobody make movie like this anymore and i applaud mr. bhansali for have the courage and conviction to stick to his vision . i be sure most of the regular desi junta will not get this movie and but and oh well and it their loss . like someone say in an early review and this be destine to be a desi post modern cult classic .