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In ALL of SRK’s movies in the 90s, he hits on married women or women engaged to other men. Example: Darr, Anjaam, DDLJ, Dil to Pagal Hai, Pardes and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I am sure I missed many. SRK’s goon style, aggressive, maniacal and often one-sided proposals were adored by Indian girls. These moves became hits. But unfortunately for the Indian girls, the Indian boys got their idea of love and romance from SRK’s cheap antics. Today we have a huge problem of Indian men raping women. It all started with SRK’s movies whether you like it or not. SRK’s on-screen characters in the 90s were quasi-rapist for the most part. Indian society is facing the music today.
Theres Nothing Wrong In Being Nostalgic the film D D L J Was a Block Buster Released During Indias Festival Of Lights Diwali 1995 Played To Packed Crowds from New Dehli To Jullundur City Punjab. But as Far As Comparing The 1990s Era Out Of Which The First 6 years 1990-1995 Were Epic, Years 1997-2020 Dont Even Come Close in Any Form Be It Films-Politics-Music Or Society in General worldwide.
Lol,you contradicted your own statements throughout the article…and such hypocrisy..you refrain from being *woke* when the problem is from Bollywood but you be woke when the problem is from elsewhere..that cringeworthy movie needed to be dragged then itself..let alone now..
Subtle harassment starts from there..kids of 90s learnt from movies like that and still are not learnt enough on subjects like consent..their is a huge problem with that movie and your thinking (it is not ok to defend a subject in your own accordance and make selective outrage..pseudo)
Very cute defense of patriarchal nonsense portrayed in the film which should have been unacceptable even in 1995. “hindustani aurat” ki izzat and exchanging an 18 year old girl’s entire life (not to mention choice) for “baap ka wachan” without any choice of educating her because “apni desh ki mitti ka kabootar and rasam”….I can go on…I found it regressive AF even in 1995 as a 7th grade student.
Bullcrap. DDLJ was a stupid movie in the 1990s and it is a stupid movie now. I remember my parents taking me to watch this stupid movie when I was in 7th grade and I slept half way through the movie. I never got the fuss of this idiotic movie except the fact that to many of us it was nice to to see such exotic locations in Europe. That is all. To think it is considered a cult and an epitome to Indian movie industry makes me puke and cannot hate this movie enough. I actually I can probably hate on those other shit movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai even more. Grow up there is nothing innocent of this shit of a Bollywood propaganda. I am just glad we had some better actors and scripts in the last decade or so but there is still a long way to go for this industry to be an art. Otherwise just put your brain aside and laugh stupidly at stupid movies if you are into such things.
You need to be a woman’s man first before you become a man’s man. That’s how the cruelty against women will recede and a great family will be founded.Women are torch bearer of family .bFamily is the smallest unit of nation. And DDLJ is one of the finest film. And even the ” izzat” is still relevant in modern time. India is not about few millions living in urban areas. That word ” izzat” is the reason of child marriages.
The writer mentions the 1990s as a long gone period with old and obsolete values. The 90s are long gone, 25 yrs ago, but patriarchal values have the same stronghold, whether in Indian families living in India or abroad. The film depicts that Indians hold on to their traditions even if they have lived in a foreign country for over 2 decades- parents have to arrange the marriages of their children and the bride has to observe karwa chaut. This is often true even today.
Well another pseudointellectual elite of the society…. So called’know it all’… Seriously don’t we have any other issues prevalent in the society that you’re dissecting this movie….Grow up!!
Who is this author, let’s focus on what it got right. Oh so a sexism is allowed in a movie as long as it gets everything else right. How much money did you get paid and how much moral gymnastics did you have to play to come up with this logical fallacy?
A very well written article. Context and time is extremely important. Do we destroy the Pyramids because the slaves built them or destroy the Taj because the hands of its workers were chopped off? Is Mother India a cringe movie because we frown upon a mother shooting his son or Sholay because it shows a widow in such a gloomy light? It is amazing we are woke now and creating better movies but we should not criticise the giants of past with the benefit of hindsight. Let’s opt for love instead of hate.
Great article and a great entertainer- it was DDLJ! It was really a novel concept unlike the blood spattering of most love stories of 80’s and 90’s where a rape of the heroine would supply the failed love story, towards the end. Real escapade from the drudgery and nepotism of everyday life.
We have seen far more progressive and feminst movies and series way before 1995 and DDLJ.
DDLJ was shit and now you are just making up excuses to justify your fandom. We had movies like Darmiya, Khamoshi, Maachis, Lamhe, Bombay, Zakhm etc. These movie may have also had some problematic scene which makes them a product of thier time. But these movies tried to make a point. What does DDLJ stand for??? It’s just a stupid Love story, a masala entertainer which was made to make money and for the masses… It’s like saying Wanted or Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was a product of its time. Such movies are regressive and are made regressive to appeal to a certain section of society.
Nothing cohesive and coherent.Basically the cringe laden excuses by masochistic insecure females veering off towards horrible humans and ironically piloting the protests.Does the irl hardworking M/F’s injustice.
Good analysis after 25 years of DDLJ release in the context of present time. Discussed women dreams and promises which almost failed but for the climax. Yes, he is right about difference of those days and present days in thinking of the India regarding IZZAT and also questioned whether it is for only Indian women or for other countries women also. Yes, inspite of some flaws DDLJ is not only a definitely watchable movie but also left a message to the then generation regarding some social myths and culture of feminine. It taught to some section of the society how to value and respect the women and their feelings also. In toto good analysis of one of the good movies.
This crap movie is made to run forcibly in martha mandir theatre mumbai. I went to maratha mandir theatre on 84 th day of the movie released, at 11 o’clock morning show and on 84th day at 11 o’clock show there were hardly 11 people to watch the movie. Still they run the show for 22 to 23 years in the same theatre as morning 11 o’clock show!how this miracle was possible?it happens only in india?
It’s about time we took fiction as fiction. By and large try not see movies as a means of reforming the society or a mirror of the latter. Movies are meant to be watched and forgotten (or rewatched). They are a source of entertainment for us and income for them. If every movie has only feminists/ progressive/ ethical characters how would it proceed. There would be screwed people in the movie as there are in our lives. Period.
There were great films happening even in 1995 or 1985, even 1955, DDLJ was a shitty piece of art(if you can even call that art) back in the day and remains one so even today. I remember to have had the same thought in the 90s when i first laboured hard to watch the film, the experience has remained unchanged even now. To get one man sitting by YRF in Maratha Mandir and saying the films has never stopped running since is the most ridiculous thing i have seen to sell a substandard product
What a pointless article. Ms Sood, you can make up as many excuses as you like. DDLJ might have been a product of its time, but it’s still a reel of crap. Period. This entire article is cringeworthy and echoes the hypocrisy of the 21st century Indian woman. Her own worst enemy, in addition to all the horrible men. Disgusting.
The movie was cringeworthy, outdated and unwatchable when it first came out let alone by the standards of 2020. Why don’t you write about something we don’t know??
In ALL of SRK’s movies in the 90s, he hits on married women or women engaged to other men. Example: Darr, Anjaam, DDLJ, Dil to Pagal Hai, Pardes and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I am sure I missed many. SRK’s goon style, aggressive, maniacal and often one-sided proposals were adored by Indian girls. These moves became hits. But unfortunately for the Indian girls, the Indian boys got their idea of love and romance from SRK’s cheap antics. Today we have a huge problem of Indian men raping women. It all started with SRK’s movies whether you like it or not. SRK’s on-screen characters in the 90s were quasi-rapist for the most part. Indian society is facing the music today.
Theres Nothing Wrong In Being Nostalgic the film D D L J Was a Block Buster Released During Indias Festival Of Lights Diwali 1995 Played To Packed Crowds from New Dehli To Jullundur City Punjab. But as Far As Comparing The 1990s Era Out Of Which The First 6 years 1990-1995 Were Epic, Years 1997-2020 Dont Even Come Close in Any Form Be It Films-Politics-Music Or Society in General worldwide.
It’s a movie. Can it be left at that ? P
Lol,you contradicted your own statements throughout the article…and such hypocrisy..you refrain from being *woke* when the problem is from Bollywood but you be woke when the problem is from elsewhere..that cringeworthy movie needed to be dragged then itself..let alone now..
Subtle harassment starts from there..kids of 90s learnt from movies like that and still are not learnt enough on subjects like consent..their is a huge problem with that movie and your thinking (it is not ok to defend a subject in your own accordance and make selective outrage..pseudo)
Misogyny packaged in commercial glam.
Sadly many girls/women love the movie and are inspired by it.
And Justify its terrible treatment of women.
Like you. And the actresses who defend it breathlessly.
Maybe Indian women should demand more and not settle.
Thats why its dangerous and needs to be trashed.
Very cute defense of patriarchal nonsense portrayed in the film which should have been unacceptable even in 1995. “hindustani aurat” ki izzat and exchanging an 18 year old girl’s entire life (not to mention choice) for “baap ka wachan” without any choice of educating her because “apni desh ki mitti ka kabootar and rasam”….I can go on…I found it regressive AF even in 1995 as a 7th grade student.
Bullcrap. DDLJ was a stupid movie in the 1990s and it is a stupid movie now. I remember my parents taking me to watch this stupid movie when I was in 7th grade and I slept half way through the movie. I never got the fuss of this idiotic movie except the fact that to many of us it was nice to to see such exotic locations in Europe. That is all. To think it is considered a cult and an epitome to Indian movie industry makes me puke and cannot hate this movie enough. I actually I can probably hate on those other shit movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai even more. Grow up there is nothing innocent of this shit of a Bollywood propaganda. I am just glad we had some better actors and scripts in the last decade or so but there is still a long way to go for this industry to be an art. Otherwise just put your brain aside and laugh stupidly at stupid movies if you are into such things.
You need to be a woman’s man first before you become a man’s man. That’s how the cruelty against women will recede and a great family will be founded.Women are torch bearer of family .bFamily is the smallest unit of nation. And DDLJ is one of the finest film. And even the ” izzat” is still relevant in modern time. India is not about few millions living in urban areas. That word ” izzat” is the reason of child marriages.
The writer mentions the 1990s as a long gone period with old and obsolete values. The 90s are long gone, 25 yrs ago, but patriarchal values have the same stronghold, whether in Indian families living in India or abroad. The film depicts that Indians hold on to their traditions even if they have lived in a foreign country for over 2 decades- parents have to arrange the marriages of their children and the bride has to observe karwa chaut. This is often true even today.
Samira seems a little confused..and contradicts herself in most of the article.
the self cringeworthy article with the cringeworthy love shit movie????
of shahrukh khan, duh!??
Well another pseudointellectual elite of the society…. So called’know it all’… Seriously don’t we have any other issues prevalent in the society that you’re dissecting this movie….Grow up!!
Who is this author, let’s focus on what it got right. Oh so a sexism is allowed in a movie as long as it gets everything else right. How much money did you get paid and how much moral gymnastics did you have to play to come up with this logical fallacy?
One woke telling other wokes about how to make some woke -allowances because you like it. Wokeness come and go, values stay.
A very well written article. Context and time is extremely important. Do we destroy the Pyramids because the slaves built them or destroy the Taj because the hands of its workers were chopped off? Is Mother India a cringe movie because we frown upon a mother shooting his son or Sholay because it shows a widow in such a gloomy light? It is amazing we are woke now and creating better movies but we should not criticise the giants of past with the benefit of hindsight. Let’s opt for love instead of hate.
Great article and a great entertainer- it was DDLJ! It was really a novel concept unlike the blood spattering of most love stories of 80’s and 90’s where a rape of the heroine would supply the failed love story, towards the end. Real escapade from the drudgery and nepotism of everyday life.
We have seen far more progressive and feminst movies and series way before 1995 and DDLJ.
DDLJ was shit and now you are just making up excuses to justify your fandom. We had movies like Darmiya, Khamoshi, Maachis, Lamhe, Bombay, Zakhm etc. These movie may have also had some problematic scene which makes them a product of thier time. But these movies tried to make a point. What does DDLJ stand for??? It’s just a stupid Love story, a masala entertainer which was made to make money and for the masses… It’s like saying Wanted or Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was a product of its time. Such movies are regressive and are made regressive to appeal to a certain section of society.
Nothing cohesive and coherent.Basically the cringe laden excuses by masochistic insecure females veering off towards horrible humans and ironically piloting the protests.Does the irl hardworking M/F’s injustice.
Good analysis after 25 years of DDLJ release in the context of present time. Discussed women dreams and promises which almost failed but for the climax. Yes, he is right about difference of those days and present days in thinking of the India regarding IZZAT and also questioned whether it is for only Indian women or for other countries women also. Yes, inspite of some flaws DDLJ is not only a definitely watchable movie but also left a message to the then generation regarding some social myths and culture of feminine. It taught to some section of the society how to value and respect the women and their feelings also. In toto good analysis of one of the good movies.
This crap movie is made to run forcibly in martha mandir theatre mumbai. I went to maratha mandir theatre on 84 th day of the movie released, at 11 o’clock morning show and on 84th day at 11 o’clock show there were hardly 11 people to watch the movie. Still they run the show for 22 to 23 years in the same theatre as morning 11 o’clock show!how this miracle was possible?it happens only in india?
It’s about time we took fiction as fiction. By and large try not see movies as a means of reforming the society or a mirror of the latter. Movies are meant to be watched and forgotten (or rewatched). They are a source of entertainment for us and income for them. If every movie has only feminists/ progressive/ ethical characters how would it proceed. There would be screwed people in the movie as there are in our lives. Period.
There were great films happening even in 1995 or 1985, even 1955, DDLJ was a shitty piece of art(if you can even call that art) back in the day and remains one so even today. I remember to have had the same thought in the 90s when i first laboured hard to watch the film, the experience has remained unchanged even now. To get one man sitting by YRF in Maratha Mandir and saying the films has never stopped running since is the most ridiculous thing i have seen to sell a substandard product
Aptly titled. “Dear woke Swara, …” also works in light of her comments. Sometimes one needn’t do anything but to let them speak.
If you don’t like don’t watch.
At least not many star kids.
Great article! Well written with great insight! I’m going to watch DDLJ with my family this weekend for the first time in a lot of years!
What a pointless article. Ms Sood, you can make up as many excuses as you like. DDLJ might have been a product of its time, but it’s still a reel of crap. Period. This entire article is cringeworthy and echoes the hypocrisy of the 21st century Indian woman. Her own worst enemy, in addition to all the horrible men. Disgusting.
The movie was cringeworthy, outdated and unwatchable when it first came out let alone by the standards of 2020. Why don’t you write about something we don’t know??
Does this ‘woke Indians’ include Indian muslims too?
What does one’s religion has to do here. I think this mindset of bringing religion into everything is cringeworthy.