Dismal Reviews - What were the reasons?

I watched Saawariya today... And I must say that I loved every second of it! And even people who didn't like it, do agree that it DOES NOT DESERVE a half-star or one star rating. Then what really happened out there... why have so many reviewers seriously bashed the film, and why have so many critics panned the film?

If you ask me, this negative word-of-mouth has been seriously detrimental on a micro-scale... because so many of my friends who were eager to go watch it, later on started making excuses about not wanting watch it... 'oh this critic said it's crap' and yak-yak...

Does it really deserve to be called a 'flop'? I don't think so, AT ALL.

What about you?😊

Saawariya is tottering in India and biz-whizzs are scratching their heads wondering whether to call it a flop or an average grosser in India...as Saawariya is a success on international forums...

There really isn't any valid or flawless answer to your question... why did this happen? why did it fail? I guess what SLB was trying is termed as 'Experimental Cinema' ...trying to paint the world in his room of thoughts , dreams and colours... but not everybody wants to see the dream that SLB saw ... not everybody can fathom or understand the pathos, the longing or the love that SLB was trying to project...

Whatever, I liked Saawariya for it's garnd cinematic experience and it's moments. 😛

I think some people may not like the film because either they don't understand SLB's way of telling the story or they just don't like the way he has told the story.

The layout and format of the film is very different to the norm in bollywood, so people who love masala films will probably not like it because it is a musical and it is fairytale (not a bollywood fairytale).

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Maya

The movie is not so bad as the critics described it!! just its timing was bad i feel.. its badly thrashed in India becoz its not a festive mood kind of film.. and sanjay shouldnt have released it on diwali eve as it has a slow pace story with the sad ending, kind of dreamland with a bit innocent characters.. such movies should be watch with patience and then u will enjoy it 😊

If u will watch it more than 1 time, it will grow more on u, so those who hasnt understood it, watch it one more time with patience 😛

And yes it was also relased with oso, so ppl started comparing oso and sa .. bad publicity of saa then...

But first half could be better yar .. first half was not nice 😕

Oooo your review excites me! Those were the exact things going through my mind after watching the movie.

And a very interesting new horizon you bring to the whole post-Saawariya viewing thought process one would go through.

The way SLB portrays Iman... It's like the wisp of smoke observed by Sakina before Imaan's final arrival is an actual representation of Imaan throughout the story. SLB be made no efforts to make Imaan seem like an actual human being. He is the most shrouded in mystery compared to all the other characters. The black getup only adds to the persona... SLB was so clever to use the blue contact lenses. Imaan's expressions (because that was his foothold during most of the movie) conveyed with much more intensity because of the blue eyes.

I just love the whole possibility of this being Sakina's creation to pacify herself for a short while before she has to go into isolation again...

Also! The prospect of this being a creation Gulaabji is the most interesting. Maybe the story is the way for her to attain a freedom of sorts she could never in reality. Maybe this is her unleashing her desires to be... actually loved (not by one, but by two)... instead of just be desired.

Oh goody. Great review. Great review👏 👏 Maza aa gayi👏

^^ Thanks Aishu🤗. Even though SLB clears many doubts about the characters of the movie I still feel there is so much left to our imagination. The treatment given to the film is left for different interpretations. It would be good if SLB doesn't clear the doubts and let audience analyze.😊

By the time I finish analyzing, I will be left only with two characters, Ranbir and Sakina and rest everything will all be make-believe. 😆

I still strongly feel that Imaan never existed and it was Sakina's imagination and that is the reason for her kissing Ranbir's hands and crying. She wanted to be with him but she was helpless. At night she liberated herself in search of love which she found in Ranbir Raj but then she had to return to her blind grandmother. So she weaved an imaginary story. The man on the bridge might be some shadow or we can say darkness which took her away to her solitude.

Why was she pinned to her grandmother at night?

Now my other take is all the characters were created by Gulabji and she lived through Sakina and two men wooing her. In that case everything is a fantasy.

I thought Ranbir Raj seeing the sun rays was a sign of him moving on. Then why was Lillipop holding Ranbir Raj's photo instead of Vincent's? Ranbir Raj doesn't seem to be the person who would leave an old woman after showing her so much warmth. Then what really happened? Was he selfish? Or did he meet the similar fate as Vincent? His selfishness was evident when he burned Sakina's letter to Imaan.

Imagining every character as real and as presented, what would really have happened if Ranbir met Imaan and gave him the letter?

Originally posted by: tpam

maya i wrote some questions in the other thread!! please reply!!!okk let me post it here 😃

Oh wait! Let me re-post them in the other thread. 😊 That way everything about Saawariya will be in one thread.

The beginning of the film made me rather curious as well because Gulabji says that no one will have seen a place such as this because it is in her thoughts....maybe Gulabji was waiting or is still waiting for her Saawariya?

Maya_M: Sakina was pinned at night so she wouldn't disappear like her father

I love the fact that there are so many possibilities as this story is not set in stone

Originally posted by: Punjabi_chic

The beginning of the film made me rather curious as well because Gulabji says that no one will have seen a place such as this because it is in her thoughts....maybe Gulabji was waiting or is still waiting for her Saawariya?

Maya_M: Sakina was pinned at night so she wouldn't disappear like her father

I love the fact that there are so many possibilities as this story is not set in stone

Yep. Gulab ji mentions that you will never find such a place. That's the reason why I thought everything is her imagination because she is a hurt and lonely soul. Probably she keeps telling such stories to amuse self.

@ highlighted sentence: No. I know that. I was actually looking for a deep meaning in that. Since the story is told by Gulabji, we aren;'t sure if being pinned means literally that.