Dilwale Dhulaniya Leh Jayenge-Your Views - Page 6

Originally posted by: tweety_lovely

yeah neither K3G is...

k3g has dun historic business me living in australia cudn't get tickets for it for 2 weeks, its song r played in the parrties, it was very much hyped wid srk, shahrukh and hrithik so yeh i most definately consider it a classic

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Originally posted by: tweety_lovely

story makes a movie 'Classic'.

Not necessarily. An ordinary story, if it can be crafted into a good film, can be regarded as a 'classic'. Titanic (1998) or Avatar (2009) are few examples. DDLJ got overwhelmingly positive reviews from audiences, critics and fans alike. So, when you repeatedly say that DDLJ isn't a classic - on what basis do you say that? Simply because it isn't in your personal opinion? If that is the case, you should not try to project your view as an absolutely given fact. An opinion should be labeled as an opinion, and I haven't seen anyone else doing the same form of stereotyping.

Per my understanding, a film which runs in the theater for non-stop fifteen whole years (a record), which is one of the two Hindi movies to be listed in the '1001 movies you must see before you die' list, holds the record (along with Devdas) for winning 10 awards at Filmfare, wins the National award for being the best popular film even after being a commercial flick through and through, and is still regarded highly even after completing its fifteen years must be something. 🤔

I don't think one can just put down a piece of art just because it isn't their thing, as that's very subjective. Looking at it, DDLJ has/had everything a commercial film requires. Good songs, good screenplays, memorable dialogues, decent direction, amazing acting by everyone, especially the lead pair, and without a doubt, the best pair Bollywood had ever seen. Not to mention that most of the things that we see today in films had been taken from DDLJ.

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

t necessarily. An ordinary story, if it can be crafted into a good film, can be regarded as a 'classic'. Titanic (1998) or Avatar (2009) are few examples. DDLJ got overwhelmingly positive reviews from audiences, critics and fans alike. So, when you repeatedly say that DDLJ isn't a classic - on what basis do you say that? Simply because it isn't in your personal opinion? If that is the case, you should not try to project your view as an absolutely given fact. An opinion should be labeled as an opinion, and I haven't seen anyone else doing the same form of stereotyping.

Per my understanding, a film which runs in the theater for non-stop fifteen whole years (a record), which is one of the two Hindi movies to be listed in the '1001 movies you must see before you die' list, holds the record (along with Devdas) for winning 10 awards at Filmfare, wins the National award for being the best popular film even after being a commercial flick through and through, and is still regarded highly even after completing its fifteen years must be something. 🤔

I don't think one can just put down a piece of art just because it isn't their thing, as that's very subjective. Looking at it, DDLJ has/had everything a commercial film requires. Good songs, good screenplays, memorable dialogues, decent direction, amazing acting by everyone, especially the lead pair, and without a doubt, the best pair Bollywood had ever seen. Not to mention that most of the things that we see today in films had been taken from DDLJ.

that commnt was MADE on K3G and not DDLJ...first read the whole thing...

emm,not necessary u discuss a *classic* lol...I wanna have a go on Rang De Basanti,or I would love a disc on Delhi6,on how it went wrong,or whether it deserved the treatment it got...

If u want me 2 spam the pages,then Kaminey😆

Yes, this movie is cheesy, unrealistic and over the top. But I still LOVEEE IT. Sure some parts may look outdated, but I've watched this movie so many times, and even now...I still love it. So for me, it has def. stood the test of times.

The reason it became a rage was because romance wasn't a popular genre in the early 90s. And I think Adi Chopra's direction was top notch. It's such a simple story, but was told in a very engaging and entertaining manner. And it still is one of my feel good movies.

What did you like about the movie?
-The simplicity of the story. The two leads, actors and characters both. The songs! The feel good nature of it. The family stuffs, I'm a sucker for family movies, which is a rare thing these days. And the theme music, the Tujhe Dekha To Yeh Jana Sanam music, I still love it.

Any scene you really liked? Why?
-So many...and I liked the little moments. Like when Raj spreads his arms for Simran when he's finally in India, lol. And, the water flower joke in Europe. And the train stations cene, where Raj goes "palat..palat". LOL, yes it's stupid and all, but just the way SRK says it <3 And many more.

Will a few members please stop ruining the discussion. If you want to discuss a movie state it and move on thank you.

Originally posted by: -Edelweiss-

Full of cliches, cheesy, over exaggerated and unrealistic at points but I absolutely love this movie. And I have no qualms in saying that. For me it does come under classics; classics such as Mughl-e-azam, Kagaaz ke phool, Pyaasa (old), Sahib biwi aur ghulam, Jaane bhi do yaaro and countless others. Everybody has a different opinion on what they would count as classics, I know most people love Sholay, so do I. But I personally know countless people who absolutely disregard Sholay and would never consider it as a classic, again its their opinion. So for me I love DDLJ.

I watched it when I was a young kid about 9-10 and it was the first movie that I watched on my first trip to India. Hence it holds and will always hold a special place in my heart. I still remember I went to watch it with my cousins and other girls and boys from our neighbourhood and we ended up getting tickets in black and had to settle for some really crappy seats. Now that was an experience.

The movie worked coz when it came out, the concept was something very new, it was the movie that started the trend of shooting majority of the movie outside of India, it also started the trend to target and cater for NRIs. The simplicity of the characters worked, the fact that people living out of India could identify with the father struggling to keep the culture intact in his kids, the mother who was caught between her child and husband knowing well that neither of them were wrong. A girl wanting to live and experience the life before she gets tied down, the little chutki and her relationship with her mother and sister. It somewhat showed all of that amongst a fairy tale, cheesy sort of disney-ish romance. Hence people bought that... it was also the movie that increased the expectations of many girls to find their Rajs on a Eurorail trip and boost the tourism side of Europe and also increased the business of Eurorail. lol.

The movie made the SRK-Kajol pair. It put SRK and Kajol on the map and how. It made Aditya Chopra, and the Yashraj camp.

I am not much for romantic movies, but DDLJ is an exception. I don't really have an answer for what I like about the movie, I just do. Its a feel good movie, and somehow watching it always uplifts my mood when I am down. May be if it was to release in times right now, I don't think I would have liked it as much. I hardly like or watch any Hindi movie nowadays. My taste has definitely changed, I guess growing up does that to you. But DDLJ is a part of my growing up years and some things should never change. DDLJ is a memory that I will always cherish, and also because it gave my favourite SRK-Kajol pair, the only other pair that I love apart from Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman.

Before I forget, my favourite scene of the movie is quite difficult to pick, so I won't pick one. But the relationship between the mother and daughter is something I loved. I loved their scenes, Farida Jalal was fabulous. All actors did an amazing job, even Amrish Puri as a strict father was bloody good, sad that people always remember him as Mogambo (though I love Mogambo 😆), he always played all his roles to a great conviction.

Well said, Huma👏👏👏.....I feel the same way....this movie is an eternal classic in my eyes too....this is actually the first time I'm reading ppl saying that they don't like it....practically everyone I've known or met loved the movie😆😆.....I can't really sit and articulate my thoughts about the movie very clearly so I'm just going to say that I agree with you😆😆

DDLJ is that rare movie for which everything fell in place....I think I'm quoting this line from one of Kajol's interviews only...it's one of those rare movies which ended up being made exactly how it was written out in the script.....it all just fell in place together....and as you've pointed out...for the time it came out, it was definitely something new....it became the benchmark for every romantic movie and romantic pair shown in movies after that....and that's saying a lot.....

I wonder if most people who've continued liking DDLJ feel so because they associate the good memories/experience of watching it in their early years with it? Is it something of a 'comfort' movie?

Personally, I associate my childhood more with the songs than the movie itself...we grew up listening to them, dancing to them, role-playing to them 😆 It has an eternal soundtrack...and no matter the years in which these songs have been played, or the amount that they've been played...they've never become dated or forgotten. Think I can safely say that the songs of this movie are definitely classic.

My favourite sequence in the movie is the mehndi/sangeet party on the roof, by the end of which everyone is naaching 😛

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Swati and Simran, appreciate your efforts to run this discussion! (: Interesting to read the different views on classics.