Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 5028157206668
Format: PAL
Label: Eros
Manufacturer: Eros
Number Of Discs: 1
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Eros
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Running Time: 163 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 20610
Studio: Eros
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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I am a recent lover of Bollywood and SRK. When I got this movie I read about the different depths of love on the back cover and the reviews about 'magic' etc.
I was unprepared for how powerful this movie is - and that includes quite a bit of violence and a lot of emphasis on terrorism and martyrdom.
The love depicted is of the tragic, almost unrequited kind. It is more about infatuation and obsession and a confusion of pain and love. It isnt one of the light Bollywoods and it doesnt have a happy ending (sorry for the spoiler).
The acting was generally excellent and Shahrukh Khan superlative in all the aspects of character he played; the dancing, sensuality and acting. The photography was often breathtaking. The well-known song Chaiyya Chaiyya is not only incredibly catchy but the dance is one of the most memorable Bollywood numbers so far I've seen.
The film quality at the beginning is a bit dodgy but it does improve and change throughout the movie.
I guess it deserved 5 as it is so well done. I am dropping it a star as it wasnt what I was lead to expect given the back cover and general description. It was a bit harrowing rather than uplifting as I was hoping. But then if this is your style this may not bother you.
I am Australian and not Indian but a Sri Lankan lady told me recently that she likes Bollywood movies as 'they don't burden the mind'. Well I found my mind a bit burdened after this one.
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Is the story background the Kashmir conflict or the North eastern conflict?
Since both these conflicts are so different, It has caused lots of confusion.
The conflict in this movie is not about Kashmir, Its about the conflict in the North East (Assam Region). They speak Assamese and several mention of the North east. However, they do go to Ladakh (This may have caused some confusion along with the allegory to Sufism).
If this was about Kashmir, then its a terrible depiction since the Kashmir conflict is primarily due to Pakistan and Its terrorists operating in Kashmir Not home grown resistance (There is that part too...but they are very small). And Pakistan loves to portray the Kashmir problem as an indigenous groups uprising. This is more like the home grown resistance from the Indian state of Assam and that area.
In India where there are so many terrorist bombs going off in different places so frequently, people in India have little patience for being sympathetic to the alleged "victims".
In India, everyone is a minority. A Tamil person has his/her own grievances, so does a person from Benga and Punjab and hundred other "Victims". So when you have a nation that is so diversified and yet pluralistic and democratic, where different ethnic groups have their representatives in the Parliament, if any minority has an issues, they need to use that legitimate process to address their grievances. So the rest of the minorities (The rest of India) are not going to be too kind to the "we are the ONLY minority and we are the only one with a Problem and hence we want to secede" groups.
for me, this movie was a total WTF! No wonder this movie failed miserably in India.
But if you watch this movie like its happening in some far far away land and not based on any real world conflicts, then you may have a movie here.
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I got interested in this movie after listening to the 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' remix from the Bombay Dreams soundtrack and then finding the original 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' clip on YouTube.
I got this movie as a present for my birthday and I'm really happy I did. The movie was beautiful and tragic.
My sister and my mother who have never seen a Bollywood movie before and aren't really much interested in Bollywood watched it and loved it.
This movie sealed my love for Shahrukh Khan, and started my Bollywood DVD collection. And while Preity Zinta wasn't the main female lead in the movie, she was really great and was perfect for the role.
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For people not brought up on Indian films, this might be a bit of a stretch - but set aside your expectations and you might be blown away by this one. The story: The portrayal of the inner world of terrorists is very convincing and consistent with recent research (the peer group pressure being the strongest influence on suicide bombers). More than that, it's a powerful liebestod, a love-death story of life in the midst of war. The music by AR Rahman: amazing. The dancing: this is what very first caught my attention; it's simply astonishing. The choreographer Farah Khan seamlessly melds classical Indian and European styles, Sufi, and Western modern dance from Duncan to Tharp. She can do anything, and so can these performers. And throughout the film there is fabulous cinematography in service to the music, dance, plots and subplots - and doing justice to the beautiful scenery of Ladakh. Acting: Superb by all. Now to the negatives... if you're not used to Indian films you must relax and let go of your expectations. The integration of different moods (from silliness to tragedy) isn't something we're used to anymore (though you find plenty of that in, say, Shakespeare) - but this juxtaposition is unavoidable and constant in real life, as Indians know. Then there's the length: reset your inner time clock. Scenes go on longer and sometimes the acting seems over the top. Like most Hindi movies it's long (remember the fuss about that when the movie Gandhi came out?) but this length (as with that other great movie) allows an experience that goes deeper that we're used to, too. Altogether, this struck me (as a longtime film buff) as an extraordinarily original film: a masterpiece on all fronts.
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I'll make this short and sweet for those who don't want to read through ten pages of adoration for Shah Rukh Khan.
I'm an American who loves Bollywood movies to the point that I don't really care to watch much from Hollywood anymore. Add to that the fact that I am a HUGE Shah Rukh Khan fan and adore almost everything he does. Even so, I just don't care for this movie. I bought it for the songs, and I feel that they are such winners that it doesn't really matter that I don't like the actual film that much.
Buy this and watch the movie once... if you like it, then you'll be happy. If you don't like the movie, you can always just play the songs and you'll still be happy. The music videos are simply outstanding.
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