Originally posted by: pathaka
Lol…yeh Accha hai…shit on it being a “rich people” movie when there’s no other arguments and that automatically makes gadar oh so superior right….coz of its “grounded reality” of uprooting and throwing a hand pump and single handedly defeating an army …
Dch had music, picturization, humor and styling that people reference even today…several films like kal ho na ho, wake up Sid, kapoor and sons since then, were inspired by dil chahta hai’s aesthetic and the fact that it was subtle abt showing emotions, not melodramatic
Lagaan also also had a massive cultural impact with it being nominated to the Oscar’s , it’s montages being spoofed in other movies , commercial directors like rakesh roshan, rajamouli claiming it hugely inspired them, it was one of the very few films at that time based on sports …
I can’t think of a single movie that was inspired by Gadar, or a single filmmaker who claimed they joined films because they were so inspired by it ….the only movies Gadar inspired was trash like sallus veer (made by the same director) ..it is also telling that neither the director , nor the actors managed to create a stir outside this film in the last 20 years …
If u make a lot of money but create no culturally significant shift in the film industry, u will just be a hit film ….not something that will stay in posterity
that is why hum aapke hai kaun is remembered, not jai santoshi ma….
ddlj is remembered not raja hindustani,
Jane bhi do Yaaro is remembered not himmatwala,
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