4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Saawariya (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Saawariya is a highly stylized romantic drama focused on themes of unrequited love, longing, and artistic expression. Its narrative is deeply personal and emotional, lacking any explicit political messaging or engagement with societal issues, thus placing it squarely in the neutral category.
The movie features a cast that is diverse within its specific cultural context, without engaging in explicit DEI-driven recasting of roles traditionally associated with other demographics. Its narrative focuses on romantic themes and emotional storytelling, presenting traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film adapts Dostoevsky's 'White Nights,' which features implicitly white/European characters in Russia. Saawariya portrays these characters as Indian, with an entirely Indian cast, constituting a race swap from the source material.
Saawariya is a romantic drama that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on heterosexual relationships and traditional romantic tropes, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within the film's storyline.
Saawariya is a romantic drama that does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers entirely on the love story between its cisgender main characters, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Saawariya" is loosely based on Dostoevsky's "White Nights." All major characters adapted from the source material maintain their original genders in the film's portrayal.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.2
5.5
Critic Ratings
4.1
4.4
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