Mukerji once again played a prostitute in Bhansali's "Saawariya", an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "White Nights", co-starring Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. She insisted that the consecutive prostitutes she played were different from each other, with the one in "Saawariya" having "no problem with her profession". "Saawariya" was her only release in three years not produced by Yash Raj Films; it was the first Indian film produced by a Hollywood studio, Sony Pictures. The film was a box office flop and met with poor reactions from critics. Mukerji's performance, which was described by A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" as "divine", earned her a second Filmfare nomination that year, this time for Best Supporting Actress. By the end of 2007, Mukerji's popularity had begun to wane. Rediff.com attributed this to her "monotonous pairing" with the same set of actors; "Hindustan Times" published that she had become an "exclusive Yash Raj heroine" which hindered other filmmakers from approaching her.