Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

You won't be disappointed!

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Execution & story telling is good but the intent itself sucks.A man who stalks a girl can never be called love.And, leaving a marriage for a creep is a sign of dumbness and idiocy.Bollywood really needs to redefine the concept of real love. This movie has brainwashed an entire decade of generation.

DDLJ is a story about Raj(SRK) and Simran(Kajol) who met each other on a vacation to Europe and secretly fall in love with each other. But problems arise as Simran's strict father Baldev Singh(Amrish Puri) rejects the proposal as he had promised his old friend in Punjab that his daughter will marry his friend's son. Thus Simran and her family leave London. Raj's father(Anupam Kher) suggests him to make Simran as her bride. Raj learns that Simran has left London and gone to Punjab. Eventually Raj also goes to Punjab. Simran and Kuljeet's(Parmeet Sethi) marriage is fixed. Simran meets Raj in Punjab and both of them unite. Simran suggests Raj to elope from there but Raj doesn't accept the suggestion and tells her that he would make her father make Simran as his bride. Soon Raj befriends Kuljeet and gets an entry in his house. There Raj wins everyone's heart and makes a good impression on his family. After few weeks Raj's father visits Raj. But Baldev sees a photo of Raj and Simran together and realizes that he was the one who fell in love with his daughter. Baldev throws Raj and his father out of his house. AT the railway station Kuljeet gets some of his friends to beat up Raj. Thus Raj and Others get into a nasty fight.Raj beats up everyone, All the other family members including Simran arrive at the station. Will Baldev let Simran become Raj's bride or No?Story, Screenplay and Additional Dialogues penned by Aditya Chopra is outstanding. Truly the script is a masterpiece. Dialogues penned by Javed Siddiqui is as good as the story and screenplay, even his work deserves appreciation.SRK AND Kajol's performance in this is award winning. Rest of the cast has also done a fine job. All the expressions are portrayed in an appropriate manner.Direction by Mr. Aditya Chopra is FLAWLESS. His narrative style gives an good impression on the film. The other technical aspects also deserve appreciation.RATING: 3.5/4

In Indian films, there are several plots which are practically clichés because they occur so regularly. The most common, it seems, are the two lovers who fall in love but one or both of them are already pledged by their parents to marry another. Because of this, the plot to "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" is anything but original. However, this familiarity is something the Indian audiences love and pay to see. After all, almost ten years AFTER this movie debuted it was STILL playing in some theaters--such is the love of this sort of film in its native land. Since I am not Indian but love Indian films, I took the plot in stride and see this as a film that can be good but cannot be great simply because of the plot. It's a big case of 'been there/done that' as I watched...though the film is enjoyable and has its moments.When the film begins, Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) is supposed to be graduating from college but isn't because he's a bit of an irresponsible but likable rascal. As for his soon to be lady love, Simran (Kajol) is quite the opposite--very responsible and dependable. However, when they both go on vacations through Europe from their homes in the UK, you KNOW that soon they'll get together but the journey will, of course, be a rocky one. Because the movie is over three hours long, you know they cannot quickly fall for each other--and Raj's devil-may-care ways naturally rub Simran the wrong way...and they battle each other but always end up coming back to each other in the end. And you KNOW they are now in love because they take time to do musical interludes where they both talk about their love for each other. But, given the formula, the cannot get together...at least not yet. Simran is supposed to get married to a man her father chose for her and she's supposed to head to India to marry once this vacation is complete.As I already mentioned a couple times, this film is very predictable and formulaic. But, it works better than it should because Shah Rukh Khan is very good as a likable sort of jerk. This is a tough balancing act because I've seen other Indian films with nearly identical plots where the guy is insufferable and easy to hate. Here, Khan manages to pull it off well. So did I love the film? No. I liked it and think it's worth seeing. The ending was particularly nice. But I don't, for the life of me, understand why it has as strong an appeal as it did in India. But what do I know?! At least I liked and enjoyed it.

I had heard so much about the movie everywhere that one day I decided to watch the movie. And guess what..??? I found the movie overrated. With due respect, I love watching Shahrukh's Chak de, MNIK, Swades, DON 2 (DON 1 was pathetic), but in this movie he was at his hamming best....!!!! I found his veer-zaara or Kal Ho Na Ho much better than this.It would not have been overrated for me had it not been set as a benchmark in Bollywood movies (I mean there is Gangs of Wasseypur, Lagaan, TZP,Mother India, Sholay, Deewar, Swades, Andaaz Apna Apna, RDB and a very long list for setting Benchmarks ). For starters, the movie is actually at least 1 hour longer than what it's actual length should have been. Then there is an overacting Shah Rukh Khan at his peak.... And the script too is not so strong combined with so many loopholes and a monotonous and boring screenplay... I don't know how come it is said to be a benchmark film.Having said that its just my opinion. But one thing is for sure that these filmfares and iifas are all so fake... SRK given the best actor award for DDLJ instead of Aamir Khan who definitely had given an amazing performance in Rangeela...