Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is a romantic comedy about a young woman named Simran and a young man named Raj who meet while touring Europe. Simran is engaged to be married to someone she hasn't met. Raj is a bit of a partier and failed out of school. The two fall in love during their European adventure, but Simran must go to India to marry and fulfill her father's promise. Raj follows her there to try to win her father over and take Simran as his bride.
DDLJ is only the second Bollywood movie I have ever seen, the first being Mother India. I know Bollywood films are known for their musical numbers, but I wasn't quite ready for this. Mother India was a very serious film, and the songs matched. The songs in DDLJ were over the top cheesy.
The movie was so cheesy at first I was tempted to shut it off, but I stuck with it since it is my goal to watch every film on the 1001 list. I'm glad I watched the entire 3 hour film, because the second half was much better than the first. It lost some of the cheese and became more enjoyable. I can see why this is one of the biggest Bollywood hits of all time.
The film is available on Netflix instant streaming until April 15th, so watch it if you are a fan of Bollywood.
As a side note, I found Simran's eyebrows very distracting. It isn't often that you see a unibrow on an actress.
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