Why is DIL SE More talked about than ROJA and BOMBAY

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LifeOLicious

@LifeOLicious

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Posted: 7 years ago

#31

Dil Se is talked about more because SRK was in it and also perhaps because it was made in Hindi.

I love Bombay and Roja. Bombay is one of my favorites.

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Sultan

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Posted: 7 years ago

#32

Originally posted by: --L--
Tbh all three are trash.

thank u for saving my time bro 😆

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return_to_hades

@return_to_hades

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Posted: 7 years ago

#33

In my personal opinion, Dil Se is the best movie of the Ratnam trilogy. It was a beautiful narrative exploring the complex sociopolitics of the North East. IMO, the Dil Se title song is a masterpiece in filmmaking. The way it juxtaposes a love song against the backdrop of violence. Mani Ratnam is one of the few directors who can make such stark contrasts gel well.

Here is why Dil Se failed

- Mani Ratnam cast too big of a star. It caused a great disconnect. SRK fans are not the typical Ratnam aficionados. Ratnam fans did not care for big-name stars.

- Not making it in South Indian languages was a fatal flaw. Ratnam lost a lot of his core audience.

- An engaged man obsessing over a woman he barely knows couldn't gel well with Indian sensibilities

- It cast a terrorist as a sympathetic protagonist and love interest, most people see terrorism as a black and white issues

- Let's face the fact, Indians don't give a damn about the North East Indian politics. Kashmir and Hindu-Muslim tensions get us all riled up and taking sides. The Naxalite issue becomes an issue only when it seeps into "mainland" India.

Also Dil Se gets talked about more because it has a Bollywood star. I think South Indians talk of Roja most followed by Bombay and last Dil Se.

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noorsand

@noorsand

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Posted: 7 years ago

#34

Dil Se is more talked about now because it never got it's due when it was released. Roja and Bombay were HITS and very popular when they were released. The songs were an instant hit. Those movies also came at a time when a lot of Big budget mainstream BW movies were flopping especially when Roja came out.

Dil Se came out after DDLJ and DTPH so audience expected to see SRK as a romantic hero which the trailers promised as. The movie itself was promoted as a love story but a lot of people were disappointed when they actually saw the movie. I personally think Dil Se was the best out of the trilogy as Mani Ratnam mastered the interaction of mainstream with parallel cinema. The songs gave it an escapist feel whereas the movie itself remained rooted.