Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Review
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Genre: Romance
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal
Most people believe in love and for those people, Yash Raj Films' offering “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" rings a bell (in this film, a cow bell to be more precise). The film opens with a small happy Punju family in London. A typical Indian family with the man of the house (Amrish Puri) busy at his shop and the lady of the house (Farida Jalal) busy bringing up her two daughters. One daughter, Simran (Kajol) who is waiting for her Prince Charming to emerge from the heavens and the other daughter, Chutki (lesser know actor) a little two small and smart to fall in love!
Meanwhile some where in London meet Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) a rich spoilt brat of a rich funny father (Anupam Kher) is busy whiling away time drinking, playing soccer and romancing women, who has decided to go for a long Euro Rail trip with his buddies.
Cut to Simran who pleads with her parents to allow her one her first and last euro Rail holiday after which she vows to get married to a Punju boy and settle with him in India, as per her parent's wishes. Simran's father allows his daughter to enjoy her last few days of independence.
As luck would have it, and also like any other Hindi movies', Simran meets Raj and they begin with arguments. Raj tries his luck with Simran when they miss their train because of a cow bell that Simran stops to buy. However after a lot of cute songs, Simran and Raj come back to reality, only for Simran to discover that she cannot forget Raj. When Simran confesses to her mother about this love, her father decides that it's best that the family shifts to India and Simran fulfil her vow to them (like a good Indian girl)
Raj discovers that he is actually in love with Simran, thanks to his dad's persistence and then goes to visit Simran, simply to realize that she has left for India, leaving behind the cow bell as a symbol for Raj to decipher.
Raj decides to follow Simran to India. He befriends the man Simran is to marry and with some tricks becomes close to Simran's family, Some cute moments follow. Raj's father decides to come to his son's rescue and lands in Punjab to help his son find his true love.
What happens when Raj's identity is revealed? Does Simran's dad believe in his daughter's love? Well, a clever audience does not really have to wait till the end as the title suggests the end loud enough.
A musical delight, this film is for the mushy Mills and Boon readers. But hey, what wrong in believing in love – you can fall in love anytime
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