![]() ![]() These may have helped it to not only top the box office in India (where it also won a pack of Filmfare awards), but to become a huge hit among Indian communities overseas, to whom it finally gave some positive recognition. DILWALE, or “DDLJ” as the Indian-English press collapsed its unwieldy title, initially appears headed down the same road-as a sour-faced Chaudhury Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri) feeds pigeons in Trafalgar Square while yearning for the green fields of “my land, my Punjab”-but then takes a number of surprising and refreshing turns. Remember when the West was a threatening place, where Indians perforce went to make money, but then the men surrendered their culture and the women their modesty? (In case you don’t, the trope may be seen at full tilt in PURAB AUR PACCHIM, 1970 it remains alive and kicking in recent films like PARDES, 1997). Story – screenplay: Aditya Chopra Dialogue: Javed Siddiqui, Aditya Chopra Music: Jatin-Lalit Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Cinematography: Manmohan Singh Directed by Aditya Chopra, Produced by Yash Chopra
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