Ranbir Kapoor made his acting debut with Bhansali's tragic romance Saawariya in 2007. The film is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights". Co-produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and released on 9 November 2007, it is the first Bollywood movie to receive a North American release by a Hollywood studio, Additionally, it is one of the first Bollywood films to be released on Blu-ray Disc.
