Tag Archives: Farida Jalal

Lajja (2001)

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Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, She explores cultural misogyny with a quartet of compelling tales in this intense and personal drama. Pregnant and locked in a loveless marriage with her uncaring husband, Raghu, Manisha abandons him to embark on a soul-searching and sometimes disturbing journey. The four Sitas she meets on her long journey each weave a telling tale concerning their integral roles in their respective communities and the hardships they’ve faced in trying times.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

Directed by Karan Johar, Rahul and Anjuli were best friends in college, but their relationship grew stagnant when Anjuli was unable to tell Rahul how much she loved him. In the interim, Rahul met and married Tina. But when Tina dies in childbirth, she leaves her infant daughter a series of letters to read when she grows up,  Through these letters she learns that her mother knew that another Anjali was in love with Rahul, imploring her to find Rahul’s college lover so that he may begin again.

Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)

Directed by Yash Chopra, Rahul is a dancer and the director of a successful music and dance troupe. He believes that Nisha, one of his dancers, is his best friend; Nisha acts like his pal, but is secretly in love with him. Nisha injures her foot and Rahul needs a new dancer. He hires Pooja. She and Rahul are increasingly attracted to each other,  Pooja, unknown to Rahul, is already engaged to Ajay, the son of family friends who raised her when her parents were killed. A romance with another man would be scandalous, The story of four lovers: Rahul, Ajay, Pooja, and Nisha.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Directed by Aditya Chopra, Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. The two meet on a month long Eurotrip, and what began as pranks and fun and games, ends in love. But by the time they realize it, it is already too late.

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