Aka. DDLJ. Sweet funny engrossing love story featuring two of the most good-looking and charismatic people to ever do it. Amazing music sequences. Kajol. Lata Mangeshkar. Shah Rukh Khan. Plus the Bellamy is straight up Gaston from B&tB. It’s awesome. I laughed. I cried. It’s a perfect gateway into Bollywood.
the best duo in bollywood, their movies together are bangers and i recommend every one. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
gorgeous romance epic, there’s tradition, there’s eyebrows, there’s eurotrip, there’s european bureaucrats being morrons, theres a frisky love interest with a cool hat, transcendent love, there’s a minxy aunt. it’s just so shockingly beautiful, watch it with friends, try to find a big tv, the first time i saw simran standing on her balcony and the wind blows so her hair reveals her face i clutched my chest out of sheer awe
50s beatnik downtown jazz witches. Jack Lemmon is a tom-tom playing warlock. Kim Novak walks around barefoot on shag carpet in black capris. Jimmy Stewart is the charming and befuddled object of her affections. It’s Christmas. And there’s always snow on the ground. Seriously what more could one possibly want in a movie. Feels like the TO CATCH A THIEF of witch movies. Or maybe a grownup version of BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.
It’s fun and wacky and feels like living inside the movie. And it’s full of SoCal wish-fulfillment. (And unlike some Pynchon it’s never a grind to read.)
A delightful (82-minute) screwball (with a super-weird title). The movie made me wonder: was Molly Ringwald the reincarnation of Ginger Rogers?! She’s great here. It even features a scene where she competes in a dance contest!
