film to be released in November 2007, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It will be released by Sony Pictures, and will thus be the first Indian movie produced by a Hollywood production house.It is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, White Nights


The teaser for one of the most awaited films of this year, Saawariya, has finally been released. The trailer echoes the lives of the two protagonists waiting for the love of their life to come to them. It begins with a shot of a young girl (Sonam Kapoor) lying almost lifeless in a boat as it rains down on her. Thereafter we see her running through the courtyards and up staircases all depicting her restlessness for the return of her love. The camera then moves onto a young boy (Ranbir Kapoor) as he walks in the hope of meeting his love someday. And then comes the moment when the two of them meet and lay the foundations a growing friendship and possibly more between the two. At the outset, the film looks typically Sanjay Leela Bhansali! Big and elaborate sets with immense detailing appear in every frame and remind one a lot of Moulin Rouge in terms of décor and lighting with music to match the grand look of the film. However, one thing to note is that the filmmaker has continued to keep his young debutants under wraps and refuses to show them completely in a single frame!

Based on Dostoyevsky’s short story “White Nights” that revolves around the life of the narrator in the book who spends four consecutive nights in the company of a girl named Nastenka. Prior to meeting her he is very lonely but through their meetings he falls in love with Nastenka while she is desperately awaiting the return of her lover who has promised to return to marry her. It has been a year and he has still not returned for her and so the narrator helps her pen a letter for her missing lover. And finally on the fourth night when the narrator does profess his love to Nastenka and she tries to face the possibility of them having a romantic future, her lover finally comes for her and forgetting about the narrator, Nastenka leaves with her lover.

In Sanjay’s Saawariya, Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor play the two leads while Rani Mukherji and Salman Khan also play pivotal roles in the movie.