Rani Mukherjee as Gulab in Saawariya

Rani MukherjeeGulab in Saawariya

Saawariya bombed at the BO, while it may not be a great movie (just like any other of bhansali's movies) saawariya was in no way a bad movie & for me the one thing that really stood out was rani mukherjee's potrayal of a prostitute. She is surely getting better & better at it, after all it is her 3rd attempt. While mangal pandey had rani as a prostitute back in the late 1800, laga chunari mein daag had her potraying a very modern prostitute, with Saawariya she raises the bar further. The street prostitute role was magnificently potrayed by kareena kapoor in chameli, she had got the language, dressings, mannerims just perfect, just that she didnt look like one though. Rani Mukherjee fits the character here to the T. Saawriya was promoted as a ranbir - sonam movie, but rani has a big role to play in this one , but the promos had absolutely nothing of her. They shouldve had a promo with just rani in it , in those transparent sarees mouthing those dialogues & the movie wouldve overtaken OSO. There is a rani fan in everyone , perhaps after madhuri dixit , rani is the only actress who is popular among every section, gender, class of the society.
Full marks to sanjay leela bhansali for having excellent dialogue writing for gulab of saawariya (rani mukherjee) dialogies like "jab bhi dhanda accha hota hai yahan aakar aksar angrezi sharaab peeti hoon, accha lagta hai" speaking like a drunk woman in her husky voice added to the appeal more, kudos to sanjay leela bhansali.