Soha, you covered it all. And I read that post when you posted it in the BW section. We agree most of the time, just not when it comes to books. By the way, I think we will both be dead by the time you decide to watch the An Education trailer and tell me your thought.
By the way, here is a post I wrote in Zainab's great topic about whether 90s films should come back or not. More people should have written there.
Zainab and Kanika, you both have brought up so many good points, that I don't know if I can really add much more. And I also "liked" both of your posts, but the button seems to not be functioning at the moment.
For me the 90s was when I was growing up, but it was also the point of time where I lost interest in Bollywood. The family melodrama overload combined with worshipping the needs of the NRI market really drew me away. And I remember sitting in a movie theater in India and watching two different movies a few days after another where the couple goes to Switzerland and that being stated in the movie. It was kind of unnerving in a way.
But yes for all of the boring and stereotypical love stories where the parents blessings' must be attained, there were a few gems like Zakhm and Andaz Apna Apna, as Kanika mentioned. One of my personal favorites is Kabhi Haa Kabhi Naa where SRK loses out on the the girl. It is a sad ending, but I think it really left a mark on the audience too. Love does not necessarily equal happiness; there can be heartbreak.
And yes, it was the decade of the 3 Khans, but I guess SRK was the one, who thrived the most. 80s was the decade of dishoom dishoom, but I think it was also the decade of many other films like Chasme Buddoor (David Dhawan remake news makes me wanna puke), Lamhe, etc. So it wasn't all bad, but I do feel like the 90s was a bit suffocating for me because there were little options. So I think I welcomed the 2000s because it brought out more options, darker films and different themes began to be explored. There were more horror films and gangster films, etc. Yes, I guess a family could not always watch a film together like it seemed to be in the 90s. But really should they always, sometimes you cannot just watch a film with children. Looking at you families, who took your small children, to see KANK at my local movie theater.👎🏼
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