Saawariya ... A lover's dream

Finally, I got to see Saawariya ... and to say the least, I loved it and I lived it.

This post is not supposed to be a review of Saawariya. The critics are there for that and I must say that they have done a good job indeed. This post is for me, my feelings and my saawariya (or whatever you call the female version of it). At times I was breathing with the characters, undergoing the same emotions as they were. At times I could relate to Sonam's longing for her lover, I could relate to Ranbir's loneliness in his walk of life.

Agreed, the movie is made in a larger than life frame, but at the same time the movie never loses connect with the reality. The movie takes you away from physical reality to connect with the reality of life. The reality lies in the story and not the picturisation. Not every person in this world gets his/her love and nothing else can be the biggest reality of life. You may never get what you wish, but that does not stop you from loving her.

A special mention to the sequence where Sonam runs away from club after she realises that the clock has struck twelve and her lover might be waiting for her on the bridge. A mesmerising one, the sequence holds a difficult to accept but true lesson. In the walk of life, relationships are not forever. When the clock strikes twelve, you will run for some one or some thing else. And then a dream shatters. Should we be prepared for that? In fact how can one prepare for that? Does one keep a constant watch at the clock for the penultimate hour and the sub-penultimate hour? Will that not take away from a relationship all that it has to give?

These are questions that just run across a sleep laden and a silly mind of a 24 year old. So dont take them too seriously :-) I am myself going to forget them very soon (or at least I hope so). All that will remain is Saawariya ...

Thank you SLB for a few best moments of my life and for reminding me a few hard truths. God bless you ...