Its different take on globalization and the diaspora, fine performances by the bouncy Shah Rukh Khan and the feisty and radiant Kajol, and superb medley of songs make this one of the most appealing of the romantic “family” films of the 1990s. These may have helped it to not only top the box office in India (where it also won a pack of Filmfare awards), but to become a huge hit among Indian communities overseas, to whom it finally gave some positive recognition. DILWALE, or “DDLJ” as the Indian-English press collapsed its unwieldy title, initially appears headed down the same road-as a sour-faced Chaudhury Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri) feeds pigeons in Trafalgar Square while yearning for the green fields of “my land, my Punjab”-but then takes a number of surprising and refreshing turns.
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Remember when the West was a threatening place, where Indians perforce went to make money, but then the men surrendered their culture and the women their modesty? (In case you don’t, the trope may be seen at full tilt in PURAB AUR PACCHIM, 1970 it remains alive and kicking in recent films like PARDES, 1997). Story – screenplay: Aditya Chopra Dialogue: Javed Siddiqui, Aditya Chopra Music: Jatin-Lalit Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Cinematography: Manmohan Singh
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This movie has instantly become one of my favorite musicals, and I look forward to finding more films from Chopra, Khan, and Kajol.Directed by Aditya Chopra, Produced by Yash Chopra Director Aditya Chopra was, I understand, only 24 when he made Dilwale, and the film was so successful its Indian first run lasted a world-record 11 years (and may still be going on, as far as I know). It was, simply put, fun to watch them having so much fun. He is totally endearing, and she is totally hot!, and their on screen chemistry is as cute & perky and smoldering & steamy as Fred and Ginger at their peak. This is in large part due to Shahrukh Khan's and Kajol's performances as Raj and Simran. The plot is predictable, almost pedestrian-certainly not what you'd call "never done before," and yet I found myself completely absorbed in the story, and rooting for the main characters. It was sheer fun making the cultural adjustment. The Indian roots of the dance routines were at first almost unnerving-at once familiar yet bizarre, almost surreal (to my Western eyes). The choreography is simply amazing, and some of the most sheerly athletic I've seen. The Indian/Western pop structure of the songs was entertaining and infectious. I found the (rather oddly looped in places) mix of Hindi and English dialog to be a lot of fun to follow (as incomplete as the subtitles sometimes seemed). In many ways a totally Western film, it is yet completely un-Western, and absolutely invigorating. It is one of the most completely, openly joyful films I have ever seen. Dilwale made me glad to be a Westerner, just so I could experience the sheer rush in the glorious way this film simply throws its Indian sensibility in your face.
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