Saawariya

The mercurial director, known for indulging his love of the opulent, orchestrates spectacular cinematic realities but populates them with characters who are perpetual prisoners. On the heels of Bhansali’s latest release, Gangubai Kathiawadi, critic and writer Anuj Malhotra pauses frames from five of his iconic films to analyse how a shift in film-making sensibilities has affected his portrayal of tragic, inner worlds.
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TAG Heuer’s new brand ambassador, Ranbir Kapoor, is the contemporary prince of every girl’s fantasy. A charismatic actor with a flamboyant screen presence and a sophisticated bearing that has girls and their mothers swooning. Are we convinced?
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It’s been a quiet 2008 work wise but that has not stopped Sonam Kapoor from being in the news – be it for her versatile editorials or her eclectic fashion choices. This year will be a different story; a much-hyped February release, Delhi-6; upcoming author backed roles; international acclaim as the latest L’Oréal face and a walk down many a red carpet film festival. But, what leaves Verve most impressed is the youngster’s enviable zest for life, the love and cheer she spreads liberally and a sharply discerning mind that doesn’t allow for compromise...
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In a memorable line from the movie, Notting Hill, Julia Roberts tells Hugh Grant: ‘I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.’ Sonam Kapoor is a lot like that. A girl — pretty, earnest, determined – standing in front of moviegoers, asking them to love her. Verve discovers a girly exuberance beneath the grown-up attitude
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