Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge opened to huge popular acclaim in India in 1995. This work points out that it is a paradoxical film which affirms old-fashioned values of pre-marital chastity and family authority, affirming the idea that Westernization need not affect an essential Indian identity.
The epitome of contemporary Bollywood and the film that changed the course of a nation's cinema.
Acknowledgments61áTerah ka tees': The DDLJ Phenomenon72The Making of a Director163The Making of a Blockbuster334Believable Fantasies545áCome...fall in love'596Tradition and Modernity, Fear and Comfort85Notes90Credits94