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Ranbir Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in the 2007 film Saawariya. The film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali also marked the Hindi debut of Sonam Kapoor. While movie brought together an ensemble cast, it failed to become a commercial as well as a critical success.
Made in a budget of Rs 45 crore, Saawariya earned a modest Rs 39.22 crore. At the time, the film clashed with Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om, that marked Deepika Padukone’s first Bollywood release. Farah Khan’s directorial outperformed Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s romantic drama, earning Rs 152 crore worldwide. Moreover, it also surpassed Aditya Chopra’s Dhoom 2 at that time.
Coming to Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor-starrer Saawariya, the film received mixed to negative reviews when released. While the artistic vision, soundtrack, production, songs and performances were praised, the story and screenplay lacked the depth and faced significant criticism. Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji also made their cameo appearances, and the film also marked the last appearance of both Zohra Sehgal and Begum Para before their demises.
Reflecting on Sawariya’s failure, Ranbir told IANS, “My first film itself was a very big disaster, the disaster-ness was celebrated but somewhere as an actor and artiste I had a deep conviction that flops and hits won’t matter to me. That gave me confidence.”
He added, “I have never felt competitive towards anybody. I have never felt that I am better or worse than anybody. I feel like I am running my own race. I feel like I have very strong views on how and what I want to do in my life, the kind of films I want to do. “The kind of characters I want to portray and of course I am going to see a lot of failures.”
Before becoming a huge Bollywood actor, Ranbir used to work behind-the-scenes as an assistant director for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the 2005 film Black, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji.
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