Bhansali's next film "Saawariya" (released in 2007) was met with sharp criticism and poor collections at the box office. In 2008, Bhansali staged the opera "Padmavati", an adaption of the 1923 ballet written by Albert Roussel. The show premiered in Paris at the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet and next at the Festival dei Due Mondi, where it received "fifteen minutes of standing ovation and seven curtain calls at the end of the first show." Bhansali received many positive comments from international critics for his work. In 2010, Bhansali released "Guzaarish", starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, in which he also made his debut in music direction. The film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, but could not perform well at the box office. "Guzaarish" earned him a Best Director nomination at Filmfare. In 2011, he became a judge on the Indian music talent show "X Factor India" Season 1. The same year, he also produced the musical comedy film "My Friend Pinto", which also received mixed reviews and tanked at the box office. In 2012, Bhansali produced "Rowdy Rathore", a remake of the Telugu film "Vikramarkudu", starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha and directed by Prabhu Deva. The film received mixed reviews from critics and became a major commercial success, Box Office India labelled it as a blockbuster film. The following year, he produced "Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi" which also received mixed reviews, but could not perform well at the box office.