I adamantly disagree with the other reviews on this site, this movie isn't like other Bollywood movies, just like the Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet strayed from the norm of Hollywood movies. It pushes the boundaries of story telling and what can be shown on Indian movie screens, and the methods with which you can show fierce hatred between two families and love that can bloom even with huge conflicts surrounding it.
This leads me onto where Sanjay Leela Bhansali got some of his inspiration from and in my opinion he has intertwined a very religious time of the year in Indian culture excellently with the intricate and fierce story of Romeo and Juliet. He has also still managed to maintain a modern twist whilst still retaining the religious and cultural past times of India.
I feel that the majority of reviews are from people who don't appreciate the story of Romeo and Juliet and the different adaptations in the past that have lead to what will now be referred to as the Indian version of said classic story. Please take some time and watch the original Shakespeare version and the Baz Luhrmann version as these will give you a good representation of an excellent story and telling the story in a different and unusual way.
I loved the chemistry between Deepika and Ranvir and they're now one of my favourite on screen couples, that said the majority of the acting in this movie was very convincing with the mother of Leela being a particularly fearsome character.
All in all, don't try and compare this to other Bollywood movies, it's most definitely in a different league. It mixes playful flirting, fierce love, hatred, revenge, bitterness, contempt and finally sorrow and remorse into a moving screenplay that truly had me begging for the film to not finish as the classic story of Romeo and Juliet does.
This leads me onto where Sanjay Leela Bhansali got some of his inspiration from and in my opinion he has intertwined a very religious time of the year in Indian culture excellently with the intricate and fierce story of Romeo and Juliet. He has also still managed to maintain a modern twist whilst still retaining the religious and cultural past times of India.
I feel that the majority of reviews are from people who don't appreciate the story of Romeo and Juliet and the different adaptations in the past that have lead to what will now be referred to as the Indian version of said classic story. Please take some time and watch the original Shakespeare version and the Baz Luhrmann version as these will give you a good representation of an excellent story and telling the story in a different and unusual way.
I loved the chemistry between Deepika and Ranvir and they're now one of my favourite on screen couples, that said the majority of the acting in this movie was very convincing with the mother of Leela being a particularly fearsome character.
All in all, don't try and compare this to other Bollywood movies, it's most definitely in a different league. It mixes playful flirting, fierce love, hatred, revenge, bitterness, contempt and finally sorrow and remorse into a moving screenplay that truly had me begging for the film to not finish as the classic story of Romeo and Juliet does.