Rani plays a prostitute in <i>Saawariya</i>
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Monday,
January
08,
2007
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Saawariya
is
said
to
be
based
on
a
short
story
titled
White
Nights
written
by
Fyodor
Dostoevsky.
The
film
is
a
musical
set
in
the
British
Raj,
shot
in
the
location
of
Simla.
Saawariya
has
been
in
news
for
long
since
it
will
launch
two
star
kids,
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Sonam
Kapoor.
The
film
also
stars
Salman
Khan
and
Rani
Mukherjee.
Rani
plays
the
role
of
a
prostitute
named
Gulab
in
the
film.
In the short story, the protagonist is young 26 year old man who is a dreamer. He comes across a young lady at St. Petersburg and their story begins. The story is named White Nights as it is actually a weather phenomenon in St. Petersburg when days are as bright as night. The short story is based on four nights that the protagonists spend together.
Knowing the original story, it seems like Bhansali has chosen the location of Simla and the British Raj era to recreate the same effect in India. White Nights has been adapted into films many times in European and American Cinema. In fact, one of its Hollywood remakes released in 2005. Now it is for us to wait and watch how Sanjay Leela Bhansali re-creates White Nights in India.
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