Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Bollywood DVD With English Subtitles

I wil miss this movie from primetime... it is going to go away... I wish I Ould purchase it but it does not show anything like it... It is a very good old traditional India's actors and some of them are not here anymore. I enjoyed this so much I thought it would n3ever go away... Hope to see it again in the near future!!! maybe to buyout and keep it in my Primetime and then I do not worry again.

Whenever I think of a film that's considered to be a romantic classic, this movie always comes to mind! I watch DDLJ every now and again and I'm pleased to say that though I'm a slightly different person each time, my love and admiration only grows every time I see it. The main reason being that what irritates me about many other young love romantic movies (especially the 2000's American ones) is the immaturity consistency displayed between the main leads (especially the guys), but DDLJ never makes me feel that way. Though Raj loves his pranks and maybe child-like at times, he's always sincere, takes accountability for his actions, and never fails to apologize to Simran afterwards (even when they were strangers). Simran, on the other hand, is not your average rom-com girl who's desperate for love and willing to settle for less or even jaded and doesn't believe in love. She never backs down from what she sets out to do, has always allowed herself to dream, and though stubborn at times, is always willing to work things out. On a broader note, I can't get enough of the extremely honest acting, raw and vulnerable emotions, deep family and cultural sentiments, and the incredible chemistry not just between SRK and Kajol, but between all the main cast is simply phenomenal (personally adore the bond between Raj and his Pops!). I just LOVE the plethora of cute moments between the couple that seem so natural, the hilarious jokes in between the more serious moments, and the tear-jerking ending that never fails to remind me why this movie is ALWAYS worth the watch. Though it's been 30 years since this movie came out, the forever relatable themes of true love, sacrifice, and bravery beautifully portrayed in DDLJ are exactly why it's is considered by many, myself included, to be a timeless piece of art. All in all, If you're ever considering watching this movie, DO IT... because I promise, you won't regret it. P.S. - they just don't make them like Raj anymore!

This is the first Bollywood/Hindi movie I saw. It bowled me over and I was hooked on Shah Rukh Khan's films from that day onward! His movies have everything I could ask for in romantic, heroic characters, comedy, drama, melodrama, musicals, action, the list goes on and on, yet they are very different from what is generally seen in American films. That's what is so good about them. Most of them contain fun and romantic music, singing, and dancing, but when it applies there are lovely melodies, or suspenseful battle tones, etc. Mr. Khan does most of his own stunts and had had many serious injuries, but he will not let that slow him or stop him from continuing to make movies. In fact, today (2014) at nearly 50 yrs. of age he now struts a 6-pack abs chest that looks like a perfectly uniform 10 abs despite recent serious injuries. He is not a handsome guy some say, but the cameras make him seem like a every woman's dream and many a man's inspiration to be like him. His movies are simple and uncomplicated in some ways and not up to Hollywood standard until the last few years but, they are DIFFERENT in ways so unique that one can hardly get enough of them (bearing in mind that people don't all have the same tastes in movies, genres, etc.). This particular story is a humorous romance, especially the way the guy and girl (main characters) meet and their experiences on a trip to Europe which they end up going together by mistake after mistake after mistake. It's young-love romantic, real life drama and circumstances (parts of which occurred in Shah Rukh Khan's own life and relationship with his wife) rivalry, beautiful scenery, delightful music and dancing, mischievous pranks, moments you feel like crying, brutal (a bit over-the-top) fighting that keeps you wondering if anybody will survive it, and finally, a very memorable almost signature end. I hope you give it a test run. Just throw your all of your emotions in a stew pot and this movie will stir them up for you into a one-of-a-kind sensation!

I have to say that watching this movie was an amazing introduction into Bollywood! It easily made its way into my Top 10 favorite movies of all time, and as an indie filmmaker, my list of favorites is huge! I hope that tells you something about the quality of the film - the performances, cinematography, script/storyline, editing, and score are almost flawless. This is one of those movies that made me laugh and cry more than once during the first and subsequent viewings. There's a reason why it has run for 800 consecutive weeks in India! If you're looking at buying this movie, I'll assume you know how awesome it is and/or have read other reviews, so I'll just add a comment on the DVD itself. I bought the one that said it had English subtitles, not knowing whether or not the original had any. I did not know at the time DDLJ is on Blu-Ray, or I would have just ordered that instead. The video quality was acceptable, although I would have liked to see such a famous film remastered. The DVD menu is animated and cute. There is an option just to play the songs, which is nice, as sometimes that's enough to relive the experience without watching all three hours of it again. The one problem I would note is that the subtitles disappear during the scene where she breaks her fast for the Karwa Chauth (right when they are putting the candles in the water). The titles do return a few minutes later, but I do wish that wasn't a problem. The movie's great, though, so I have to give it five stars anyway. My love for it trumps any technical glitches. But bottom line - if you like the movie enough to consider a purchase, just go ahead get it on Blu-Ray. That's what I'm going to do now. :) [EDIT] We did wind up buying the BluRay version, and I can't tell you how blown away I was by the difference in quality. You still have the occasional interlacing that you may notice at times, but the clarity of and the details you can see in the video are amazing, and the color pops with intensity! It's really, really a much better quality product than the regular DVD, and completely worth it if you love the movie. My one complaint, I guess, is the quality of the bonus DVD that came with it. The special features are not BluRay - they are only standard definition DVD. And there are no subtitle options. True, they speak in English about half of the time, but I'd really like to know what they're saying for the rest of it, too. So if you get this one, buy it for the quality of the movie and not the bonus features. Otherwise, I thought it was great, and I feel good about this purchase, even after having the other version already. It actually made me appreciate the BluRay more...

It all began a few years ago, when we accidentally watched Veer & Zaara, and it hasn't stopped since. We are wild for Hindi movies! There are no better family nights then sitting together and watching a 3-hour Bollywood film, and like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, most of them star our favorite Hindi actor Shah Rukh Khan! Like Veer and Zaara, but an earlier film, this movie is about the accidental meeting of a young Indian couple that was not meant to be as she had already been promised by her father to the son of friend. Because there is no sexual contact in Hindi films, these movies are always safe bets for younger children, and our tween daughter is obsessed with Hindi films now. In this movie, Shah Rukh Khan has little time to win the approval of his new lovers hard-nosed and controlling father, never mind getting him to retract the arrangement he has made for his daughter to marry his friends son. But Shah Rukh Khan goes to extreme lengths to win over her family, because he wants to marry her with her fathers approval, instead of just eloping. There's great music, beautiful costumes and fantastic scenery, all typical of Hindi movies. There's tension and romance and in this film, there's even comedy. Dilwale Dulhanie Le Jayenge wins a place of honor in our Hindi movie collection!

This is the only Bollywood movie I own. I watched it first on NetFlix and then immediately ordered it. It is a romantic comedy. The lead actress is hot and the guy is so funny. It runs for 3 hours but that went by in a flash. The chemistry between the two leads is undeniable. I loved the comedy and I loved the music and dancing. There were many dreamy sequences in the mountains of Switzerland that were outstanding as well. The Blu-ray does not have English audio for the movie itself but does have English sub-titles. About 80% of the bonus material is spoken in English. The image quality of this Blu-ray is excellent.

Step into a world where love is real and violence is pretend. This is my sixth watched Hindi film and I am now a total convert. Bring on the silliness, bring on the songs, bring on the dancing and bring on the drums. I can't get enough of any of it! Thousands of years of Hindi civilization does mean something, really. When I watch a Hindi film I feel better. When I watch it again I feel better yet. My wife loves the men and I love the women and our own little world is a better place because of these films. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge features characters who are transplanted Indians living in England who suffer from "absence makes the heart grow fonder" syndrome. In their longing for Mother India they so much want to be more Hindustani than Hindustanis. Because of this, they are almost pathologically caught up in the tradition of arranged marriages as proof of this truth. The absolutely stunning irony is that the "real" Indians are hunting doves from horseback like something the English would do. It's brilliant, yes?

That Indian romance could be so good? Winner of 11 film awards and a classic of Bollywood, I had never heard of this film(translated, The Brave Heart will Take the Bride) and stumbled across it by accident on Netflix, getting it on a whim. What a joyous discovery. While prevented from overlong song sequences and a more than a small dose of sheer goofiness from being another Romeo and Juliet or Pride and Prejudice, this is an intensely romantic, delightful, and well-made concoction, starring in what was to become their most famous role a couple who are apparently famous in Bollywood film, Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, known informally as Srk-Kajol. The two have almost painfully intense chemistry at times, and this, along with Shahrukh's character, the bafflingly annoying and yet intensely charismatic Raj, lights up the film. The first half is taken up by their initial meeting, which leads Simran, Kajol's character, to instantly hate him, and by a series of circumstances that throws them together. What I particularly liked about this film is it's so wildly unpredictable, not merely for the colorful Indian melodrama and singing/dancing scenes the characters were likely to spring into at any moment but also because rather than taking the traditional route of romantic comedies the producers instead trace a delicately nuanced, hilarious, and often painfully realistic path for the passion that springs up between the two, and for the fact that it is not during those initial scenes of being thrown together(so requisite for any romance) that they really fall in love but later on, when they part. An odd mix of wit, comedy, melodrama, and genuine feeling in the first half, I was already in love with it, but the turn to utterly convincing passion in the second, as the lovers struggle with her family and tradition, completely took my breath away. I give only one example - Raj finally comes to find Simran at her family's home, and finds her in a field of golden wheat outside her family's home, where she has been drawn by the haunting music of his banjo, which she thinks is yet another dream. The moment when she sees him and runs to him is one of the single most classic scenes I have ever seen onscreen. And not only women will enjoy this romance - Raj, as a womanizing, shameless, overconfident, ever-witty and tricky(even, and most especially, to Simran) wealthy Indian expatriate, is someone that every man can identify with and in fact envy(as I learned to my cost while watching it). The two main flaws this movie does possess - which keep it from being a true romantic classic - is, as I said before, over-the-top music sequences and its healthy splurge of goofiness. But with the longest-running initial release in Indian history, this movie had to have something good. And indeed it does. It glows.