text: DCH also captured the angst felt by some of us when we are at crossroads in our lives. Saif Ali Khan’s character was excellent as was Sonali Kulkarni’s. They were against the whole arranged marriage thing and found their own way of coping. I was impressed with the way the older woman-younger man romance was handled. For one thing, it was one sided and secondly, it was not vulgar or obscene and nothing like the MILF scenarios we see in some movies. The older woman was also an alcoholic…another taboo with the indian mentality. There was a single mother who completely supported a brooding artist son and an uncle who saw his niece’s trauma but couldn’t help because of class struggles. Amir Khan’s character was immature and unbelieving until reality struck him too.
  I personally DCH it because it allowed all the characters to grow and embrace maturity in their own ways. The music helped of course. Besides, what’s not to like about a movie that has a song that is a parody of older romantic videos?
  Bollywood needs to upgrade its movie theaters. They audience to seating ratio is 100:1. Advertisements can only be seen from a birds eye view. At least thats what 6th grade california text books are saying. Check out the picture and see for yourself.
  Bhojpuri movies have taken off like a rocket at the box office & are returning incredible ROI numbers. Needless to say, bhojpuri movies are retro bollywood with 10-20 songs, rural settings etc. Many big bollywood stars, including the bachchans, have already signed up!
  Most Bollywood movies these days are being made for a younger, hipper and more well to do crowd, save for the ocassional Mithun Chakroborthy(sic??) potboiler. As a result, seems like they’re getting drubbed in the rural areas by the C-grade or regional language movies. Hard to say if the trend is permanent but seems like ultimately Bollywood will stop catering to the rural population and consequently the “formula” movies will be replaced by more “sensible” cinema.
  do you think the mother-i-can-see-miracles, the till-we-die-hyperemotional-relationships, the omnipotent-scumbags-running-fiefdoms, the indentured-slaves-posing-as-’servants’ are not real? beg to differ. or is it the green-field fantasy not real? the fantasy IS very much real.
  if the people didnt see themselves and their aspirations reflected in the movies, the industry wont exist. Of course, the fact that the NRI audience is calling the shots… aamir khan’s genius is not in his acting – the sonuvabitch is an accountant, painting by numbers and raking the money through his target market. got to hand it to him.
  Can someone recommend some good, new Bollywood movie sans prolonged song/dance routine. My wife keeps bugging me to rent some Hindi movies.