Wednesday, June 2, 2010

It doesn't work like that

'Ja Simran ja. Raaj ke saath ja. Is se zyada pyar tujhe aur koyi nahin kar sakta'

This is Amrish Puri's dialogue in the ending scene of the most successful movie in Bollywood history 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge', when he finally agrees for his daughter to marry a guy he hated all throughout the movie. It's one of the most famous love stories in Indian cinema, and a lot of people find inspiration in it. But there's a problem here. This doesn't work in real life. Life's not a two and a half hour movie, which always ends happily. Don't expect your girlfriend's father to forgive and accept you just like Amrish Puri did to Shah Rukh Khan. That's just a movie. An overhyped movie, with a typical Bollywood ending.

I might sound pessimistic. But listen to me. It doesn't work. If it does, you're a very lucky guy.

Believe in your love. Not in movies.

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