Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge: (The "Brave-Hearted Will Take the Bride") (BFI Modern Classics)
Anupama Chopra
Language: English
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0851709575
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge opened to huge popular acclaim in India in 1995. This work points out that it is a paradoxical film which affirms old-fashioned values of pre-marital chastity and family authority, affirming the idea that Westernization need not affect an essential Indian identity.
Film Comment (November/December 2014)