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Masha-Allah! What happens when a director who has given us Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, and most importantly Black, wants to celebrate love and life? The answer is sheer poetry . Saawariya takes you into a world which has beauty dripping from each and every frame of the movie. The director has hit his audience in the secret corners of their heart for this is a movie which celebrates the various aspects of love: madness, jealousy, rage, wait and above all love itself. With Sanjay Leela Bhansali at the helm of affairs, he completely overpowers you with his vision, and this is where the negative reviews of the movie find birth: the movie can only be understood by people who have actually fallen in love. It is not your run of the mill boy-meets-girl-overcome-problems-happy-ending story. It is that fable which will tug you gently at the heart and may even leave you miffed with a few questions for the seemingly bizarre climax.

New in town singer Ranbir is a happy go lucky person who arrives in search of his own destination love. Sakina aka Sonam is a girl who is living in her past and after a chance encounter with Ranbir she is torn between her past and present. A lissome prostitute Gulabji, played by Rani Mukherji watches the ups and downs of their strange love and Iman is played by Salman Khan, in a short role as the man behind it all.

The last time any actor made such an impressive debut was Hrithik Roshan with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, seven years back. Though he is not to be compared with the superstar Roshan, this time you have Ranbir Kapoor carrying a movie on his shoulders like no other newcomer in a long, long time. He is lovable with his desperately-in-love act, and gets your attention bang on. After watching the movie you will get to know why the whole industry sang praises for him on the premiere night. Though pretty (tall) gal Sonam isn't as impressive as Ranbir himself, she does her own act well. And then you have Zohra Sehgal who lends great support in a brilliant act, though you wish there was more of Begum Para to be seen in the movie. But it is Rani Mukherji who will surprise you with her guest appearance. She is so lovable in her act.

Based on the novel White Nights, Sanjay plays the entire story in night time without making you feel claustrophobic at any point. His vision is so captivating that each and every frame of the movie has something to look out for, be it the sets which are the best part virtually, or the costumes which are aptly donned by the stars in each shot and sequence alike. The movie has been entirely shot in night sequences which can be easily understood when Sanjay brings the dark corners to life and, when the climax is over, the viewer might get an inkling as to why the director chose to do his whole movie in such devoid of sunlight parts. The Venitian themed sets are visually very enriching and you just HAVE to watch them on the big screen, for you are sure to fall in love with t hem.The songs of the movie are short yet beautifully choreographed and take the story forward in most cases though three songs in quick succession during the start of the movie might irk some of the viewers. But it is the performances which capture you the most.

Here are some of the problems which have made Saawariya the bashing toy of a handful of critics - argument is that they don't know which part of the world is this picturesque town located. Who cares? There have been too many movies with completely artificial backdrops, but Sanjay's town will mesmerise you and make you crave for one to be there in real. Argument two - What is the reason for Salman and Sonam's love's survival for so long? In that case Veer from Veer Zaara was totally stupid to have virtually spent his whole life thinking that his sacrifice saved his love, and Devdas should have eloped with Paro putting an end to all the drama that ensued in Sanjay's own Devdas, singing to her "main tujhko bhaga laya hun tere ghar se, apne baap ke darr se". Argument three - Salman disappears suddenly, why? The movie is not about Salman. It is about a young lad Ranbir who looks at the bright side of life, spreads cheers around, and one day falls in love with a girl who isn't really his, and what follows is the many travails of love lost and love found. Salman in a very short cameo might be annoying to some viewers, but the movie was never meant to focus on his history and why he disappeared. Why does Rani lose her temper when Ranbir comes to her? So you are arguing that a good-at-heart prostitute shouldn't have enough intelligence to shoo away a broken heart so she can save him from falling in love with a plastic flower! The last argument, on the climax, can again be justified on the fact that the movie celebrates the moments between love lost and found, and lost again. When did Sanjay deliver run-of-the-mill stuff by the way? But in case you have seen Sanjay Leela Bhansali's previous movies, you won't be so baffled and this is probably the reason why the young audience in the age of changing soulmates like clothes, might find it difficult to associate with the movie.

And this is the movie which is meant to be watched by all those who have fallen in love, especially if their love wasn't successful or suffered a blow from life's own twists and tales. So if you have ever fallen in love, or even if you haven't, go and experience how love drives you crazy and how you savour each and ever moment that you spend, or spent with your Saawariya .

Not only is Farah Khan's OM SHANTI OM ruling the domestic box-office scene, it is also doing record breaking business in the Overseas.

As per the first weekend numbers, the Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade and Arjun Rampal starrer has grossed an unbelievable $1,764,131 in 3-days from the US. In doing so, OM SHANTI OM has smashed the previous weekend record, for a Hindi movie in the US. What is coincidental is that the record of $1,351,786 was previously held by another Shah Rukh Khan starrer, KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA (2006). It will be interesting to see if OM SHANTI OM can break the highest US grosser record of $3,129,779, also held by KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA.

OM SHANTI OM is also expected to break the current year record of $2,096,000, set by the Mani Ratnam's Abhishek, Aishwarya starrer, GURU. And that in less a week!

Coming to the performance of the other 'Diwali' release, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's SAAWARIYA, the movie has also performed very well. During the first weekend, the Ranbir-Sonam starrer has grossed a healthy $542,192 from the US.

American pop trio THE CHEETAH GIRLS are going Bollywood after deciding to film their third TV movie in India.
The Disney girl group wanted to shoot the film in an exotic location, so their fans could see what the Asian sub-continent looks like.
Singer Adrienne Bailon says, "On 12 January, we go to India. It's The Cheetah Girls in Bollywood.
"The cool thing about our jobs is that we're best friends and we get to travel. I think that for a lot of kids who may never be able to go to these places, we get to bring a whole new world into living rooms."