Still romantic but out of sync with times
Packaging soft-focus romance within a rigid frame of patriarchy, the dilwale dulhania le jayenge love story unfolded in grassy swiss meadows and punjab’s mustard fields 25 years ago and went on to become a cult classic that combined desi sensibilities with nri sensitivities. the film, one of india’s most successful, put shah rukh khan and kajol right up there as among bollywood’s most popular onscreen pairs down the decades. it has withstood the test of time, with many viewers going back to rewatch it, and
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