Saawariya
2007 2h 22m movie Film India

Saawariya

सावरिया

“When he first fell in love...”

Synopsis

सावरिया

“When he first fell in love…”

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town… with each other.

Audience Engagement

74
Reviews
88th
Review-volume percentile
91st
Popularity percentile

74 audience reviews — more than 88% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among India films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Saawariya. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Music in India

23 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Music genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Saawariya itself).

The 2006–2008 India Window

Saawariya holds position #99 of 151 India films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Umrao Jaan
    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Like Stars on Earth
    #2

    Like Stars on Earth

    ★ 8.0 · 2007
  3. Abhiyum Naanum
    #3

    Abhiyum Naanum

    ★ 7.9 · 2008
  4. Pudhupettai
    #4

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006
  5. The Fall
    #5

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  6. Amal
    #6

    Amal

    ★ 7.6 · 2007
  7. Arabikkatha
    #7

    Arabikkatha

    ★ 7.6 · 2007
  8. Classmates
    #8

    Classmates

    ★ 7.5 · 2006

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Saawariya premiered alongside 52 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$12.5M
Budget
$34.8M
Revenue
$22.3M
Net Profit
2.8×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 22m runtime, production spent $88K per minute on screen and earned $245K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 52 other India films in 2007.

The 624th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Saawariya, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • unrequited love · 19
  • brothel · 17
  • dancing · 13
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on novel or book · 288
  • musical · 71
  • prostitute · 39

Reception Benchmarks

5.6
TMDB Rating
74
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,545 of 1,983 India films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #946 of 1,132 (top 84%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageHindi
Production CompaniesSLB Films, Sony Pictures
Runtime2h 22m
Release DateNovember 9, 2007
IMDbtt0758053