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Readers' Pick: Most Romantic Hindi Films
With Valentine's Day coming up next week, we decided to ask you, dear readers, to vote on your favourite Bollywood romances, and you came up with quite a fine list.
Here are the ten romances you love the most:
10. Love Story
If you think women gave up their hearts only on Hrithik Roshan's debut, think back to this 1981 smash hit that introduced chocolate-boy Kumar Gaurav on screen. Directed by Gaurav's father Rajendra Kumar, the film pitted the young actor opposite Vijayeta Pandit and was an absolute rage.
9. Aradhana
Sachin Bhowmick wrote a high-emotion script for Shakti Samanta's 1969 classic, featuring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore in a tale of love, death and loss. Khanna plays both doomed airplane pilot Arun as well as his son Suraj, and Sharmila copes magnificently in a tale demanding the most from her character, Vandana.
8. Kashmir Ki Kali
While another Shakti Samanta flick, this one getting as many reader votes was a bit of a surprise, largely because the charming 1964 is regarded more as a comedy. However romance too exists, in spades, as millionaire Shammi Kapoor falls justifiably head-over-heels in love with flowergirl Sharmila Tagore.
7. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
While telling us what his daddy said, Aamir Khan made a remarkable debut as a fresh young leading man. An irrepressible Juhi Chawla made for a delightful foil for him in this young, heartbreakingly angsty romance.
6. Lamhe
One of the most astonishingly progressive concepts in Indian cinema, Yash Chopra made this mature story of love transcending generations and boundaries. A clean shaven Anil Kapoor made a memorable partner for Sridevi, who also played her own daughter. A powerful, underappreciated film.
5. Dil
Of all the pairs that defined the nineties, one of the constantly freshest was that of Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit, and this is their most iconic of hits. Indra Kumar's 1990 film is shocking in terms of how far the two protagonists take their practical jokes, but their puppy love -- despite the hideous clothes -- works, for what its worth.
4. Maine Pyaar Kiya
Sooraj Barjatya's 1989 blockbuster isn't known for its originality, but heralds the birth of a superstar. Salman Khan was everything antithetical to reigning Bollywood stars of the time, and while often cloying, there is an undeniable charm in the naivete of the relationship he shares with Bhagyashree.
3. Mughal-E-Azam
What is to fear when you have love? Asphyxiation, actually. Mughal dads seemed quite given to literal stonewalling, and didn't take too kindly to dancing girls daring to make designs on their princelings. An ethereal Madhubala is fantastic alongside Dilip Kumar in K Asif's epic, the most timeless of Hindi films.
2. Dilwale Dulhaniye Le Jaayenge
Bollywood romance was turned on its head with Aditya Chopra's smartly made classic, arguably the most influential film of the nineties. The 1995 film did everything right, catapulting Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to Top-Couple status. Irresistible.
1. Bobby
Young love was never quite as emphatically expressed as when 21-year-old Rishi Kapoor and 16-year-old Dimple Kapadia took the screen together in Raj Kapoor's 1973 romance, about young love and familial conflicts. There's something about Bobby -- and the easy answer is Dimple. Wow.
Text: RAJA SEN
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/04slid1.htm
With Valentine's Day coming up next week, we decided to ask you, dear readers, to vote on your favourite Bollywood romances, and you came up with quite a fine list.
Here are the ten romances you love the most:
10. Love Story
If you think women gave up their hearts only on Hrithik Roshan's debut, think back to this 1981 smash hit that introduced chocolate-boy Kumar Gaurav on screen. Directed by Gaurav's father Rajendra Kumar, the film pitted the young actor opposite Vijayeta Pandit and was an absolute rage.
9. Aradhana
Sachin Bhowmick wrote a high-emotion script for Shakti Samanta's 1969 classic, featuring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore in a tale of love, death and loss. Khanna plays both doomed airplane pilot Arun as well as his son Suraj, and Sharmila copes magnificently in a tale demanding the most from her character, Vandana.
8. Kashmir Ki Kali
While another Shakti Samanta flick, this one getting as many reader votes was a bit of a surprise, largely because the charming 1964 is regarded more as a comedy. However romance too exists, in spades, as millionaire Shammi Kapoor falls justifiably head-over-heels in love with flowergirl Sharmila Tagore.
7. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
While telling us what his daddy said, Aamir Khan made a remarkable debut as a fresh young leading man. An irrepressible Juhi Chawla made for a delightful foil for him in this young, heartbreakingly angsty romance.
6. Lamhe
One of the most astonishingly progressive concepts in Indian cinema, Yash Chopra made this mature story of love transcending generations and boundaries. A clean shaven Anil Kapoor made a memorable partner for Sridevi, who also played her own daughter. A powerful, underappreciated film.
5. Dil
Of all the pairs that defined the nineties, one of the constantly freshest was that of Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit, and this is their most iconic of hits. Indra Kumar's 1990 film is shocking in terms of how far the two protagonists take their practical jokes, but their puppy love -- despite the hideous clothes -- works, for what its worth.
4. Maine Pyaar Kiya
Sooraj Barjatya's 1989 blockbuster isn't known for its originality, but heralds the birth of a superstar. Salman Khan was everything antithetical to reigning Bollywood stars of the time, and while often cloying, there is an undeniable charm in the naivete of the relationship he shares with Bhagyashree.
3. Mughal-E-Azam
What is to fear when you have love? Asphyxiation, actually. Mughal dads seemed quite given to literal stonewalling, and didn't take too kindly to dancing girls daring to make designs on their princelings. An ethereal Madhubala is fantastic alongside Dilip Kumar in K Asif's epic, the most timeless of Hindi films.
2. Dilwale Dulhaniye Le Jaayenge
Bollywood romance was turned on its head with Aditya Chopra's smartly made classic, arguably the most influential film of the nineties. The 1995 film did everything right, catapulting Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to Top-Couple status. Irresistible.
1. Bobby
Young love was never quite as emphatically expressed as when 21-year-old Rishi Kapoor and 16-year-old Dimple Kapadia took the screen together in Raj Kapoor's 1973 romance, about young love and familial conflicts. There's something about Bobby -- and the easy answer is Dimple. Wow.
Text: RAJA SEN
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/04slid1.htm
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