Ranbir Kapoor's 'Saawariya' was a tribute to Bhansali' grandmom; Read more trivia about it

In 2007, Sanjay Leela Bhansali made Saawariya which was an adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s story and marked the debut of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Saawariya was a story of unrequited love and revolved around singer Ranbir Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) who meets a carpet-weaver named Sakina (Sonam Kapoor) over a period of four nights and falls in love with her. Sakina, however, is waiting for the return of her lover Imaan (Salman Khan), but Raj tries to convince her that Imaan won’t return but fate has other plans. Read on to know some lesser-known facts about the film.

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Trivia on Ranbir Kapoor's film Saawariya

• The film was Zohra Sehgal's final acting role before she died on July 10, 2014, at the age of 102. 
• The film was the first Bollywood film to be produced and released by a Hollywood production company, Columbia TriStar Pictures.
• The film was shot in shades of green, blue and black. According to Hindu mythology, blue and green are the colours of Krishna and Manmadha, who are known as gods of love. "Saawariya" translates to "dark-skinned lover" and was a title given to Krishna.
• Music director Monty Sharma and film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali spent approximately two and a half years working on the film's soundtrack.
• The song Masha Allah featured an antique and finding its substitute took the costume designer nearly four months. 

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• According to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film was a tribute to his grandmother, who spent her whole life waiting for her son to return home.
• The song Jabse Tere Naina was a hit due to Ranbir's fine attempt at towel dance.
• Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali composed the song "Thode Badmash."
• Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the 2005 movie Black.

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