Even when I saw the promos of sawariya I thought Sanjay Leela Bhansali has lost it. For a long time he has been living on the edge. Hum Dil De chuke Sanam was a well made movie - but oh SO regressive. Devdas was a piece of crap - his 'reinterpretation' totally ruined the story and he seems to think Zamindar Bengalis had punju tastes, lived in tasteless mansions and went about saying 'eesshh' and 'ori baba'. I thought that movie would flop but he was saved. Then came Black and i was really surprised that this man is capable of a movie like that - but then remember he had great sets to set the mood in that movie and he had the great amitabh bachhan himself to prop him up. Now he seems to have indulged in this vainglorious attempt to reinterpret Dostovesky of all people. Why something so difficult - full of aubtle unsaid, unspoken nuances and undercurrents which are impossible to reproduce on screen? Why not someone easier and lighter like Shaw or Wilde? bcos I think he has impressed himself by doing an author whos name half the people will have trouble pronouncing and the other half will have trouble associating with. This doesnt take away from Omung Kumar who has really made stupendous sets - this man is geneuinely creative. And it's a pity that there is no accompanying book which I could buy to keep looking at the sets again and again. The new actors deserved better - but then, to be really mean, looking at their faces I dont know how far they will go. Why blame the review
