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Saawariya

Saawariya

When he first fell in love...

20075.52h 22m

Overview

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other.

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Prakash R. Kapadia, Vibhu Puri
Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Box OfficeBudget: $12.5MRevenue: $34.8M

Top Cast

Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Raj

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Sakina

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji

Gulabji

Salman Khan

Salman Khan

Imaan

Zohra Sehgal

Zohra Sehgal

Lilian

B

Begum Para

Nabila

K

Kenny Desai

Mr. D'costa

Vibha Chibber

Vibha Chibber

Naseeban

N

Neha Bam

Gulab's friend

Sanaya Irani

Sanaya Irani

Aaditi

Themes & Keywords

dancingprostitutebased on novel or bookbrothelmusicalunrequited love

About Saawariya

Saawariya is a drama, music, romance, family film released in 2007 exploring themes of dancing, prostitute, based on novel or book, brothel, musical, unrequited love. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, it stars Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Rani Mukerji. Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other.

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