![]() ![]() An immensely likeable movie, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge performs the rarely-achieved feat of stretching a predictable plot over three hours and making every minute enjoyable. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is also a very picturesque film.Its beauty doesn't end when the action moves to Punjab for the second half, where several scenes take place in a gorgeous field of yellow flowers stretching to the horizon. His interactions with Amrish Puri as Simran's stern, glowering father, are particularly hilarious. Khan can be hard to take seriously in dramatic efforts like Dil Se and Asoka, but he excels at comedy. The film is dominated by Shah Rukh Khan, who careens through it like a hyperactive Cary Grant, charming everyone in his path and generally showing why he's been one of the most popular bollywood stars of the past decade. With a perfectly executed classic Hollywood boy-meets-girl plot, charismatic stars and great songs, it overflows with the specific kind of joy that only great Bollywood movies can produce. The phenomenally popular Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (it played in Indian theaters for five years straight) is, in many ways, a perfect introduction to Bollywood. Original Yashraj Films Blu-ray Disc Review ![]()
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