Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is celebrating its 700th weeks of love...
Smriti, Sarad, Abhinandan and I went for the movie this Friday. It was fun and we laughed our hearts out, especially Abhinandan and I went all out and laughed at every single dialogue and every scene... But I have to confess there were a few audiences amongst us who got teary eyed for the 200th or 300th time watching the movie.
The movie has been acclaimed as the longest running blockbuster in India. There is nothing new in the movie - Boy meets girl, they fall in love, girl's father against them, takes her away, boy follows girl, wins the heart of the family and ultimately wins her.
Even with the "corny" and cliched dialogues, the predictable storyline and the preachy melodrama, the film seems to draw a huge crowd every time it is screened...
Selling a dream!
Come Fall in Love... Again!
- on Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Movies
- Digg
- Del.icio.us
-
by fanatic , on Saturday, April 25, 2009
i agree with you. it might have corny dialogues, predictable storyline and so on but its worth watching again... and again... and again. its music is hummable and though its not great it is still a favorite of people of all ages. the chemistry between shahrukh and kajol is terrific though shahrukh usually overacts... but what is "bollywood" if not melodrama and overacting.
by Wit by Wit , on Saturday, April 25, 2009
It is a romantic "fantasy", like most hardcore Bollywood ventures are. It does indeed "sell a dream", but it was the first one to strategically, consciuosly market itself for NRIs. Look at how neat the division between the London half and the Punjab half is in the movie, in terms of not just the plot but also theme. The movie peddles the East-West binary rather too simplistically, and that is what makes it such a non-challenging watch for the viewer...
by copywrite , on Sunday, April 26, 2009
When I saw the movie for the first time... I was fascinated with the europe trip in the movie... especially three girls going off on their own... I have seen the movie innumerable times and probably will see it a lot more times in my lifetime I guess... Classic melodramatic Hindi movie... I simply love it!