One silent bright and starry night, he spots a mysterious girl draped in black, standing alone at a bridge. This chance encounter introduces him to Sakina, a shy and quiet, melancholic and enigmatic girl who continues to intrigue him. Thus follows the beginning of a new friendship, where Raj with his most charming ways and an undying spirit tries to win Sakina’s heart. Raj is unable to accept her haunting past and their friendship pulls him into a whirlwind of desire, madness and romance.

Through Raj and Sakina’s journey together, we are reminded of the fragility of the human heart. In the couple’s anguish and test of faith, is revealed the power of unconditional love through a thousand layers of tumultuous emotions. 

Even before the release of the film, Omung Kumar’s set designs for Saawariya were the talk of the town. “Saawariya is sheer poetry in motion,” Omung exclaimed. “From the day we read the script to the final day of shoot we were on a constant creative high. The brief by Sanjay was to go all out creatively and we were only too glad to do so!” “Designing sets for ‘Saawariya’ was like creating visual poetry on film. Every frame had to have a soul, a style and feel of surrealism. That’s why we decided to create sets in the palette of blues and greens. It added a certain style, look and feel of being transported to a world that anybody would love to live in. Personally I would love to live in a town like this if it existed,” he added.

From creating a larger than life Buddha to constructing lakes and specially designed boats to setting up busy streets with buzzing streets with shops, lights and neon signs, Omung had a blast.

The costumes for the male lead Ranbir Kapoor is designed by the National Award winner Reza Shariffi. “His costumes were mainly khakis, whites and maroons. Authenticity is what I was told to bring out, so I’ve used a lot of vintage fabrics like velvets, a lot of layering, more tone on tone; but everything is muted, nothing screams. These are normal day to day clothes but put together differently. I also had to design Muslim, Anglo Indian, Colonial British and some Hindu costumes in the hues of blue and green and it was a refreshing change to make authentic clothes from a bygone era,” he said.