It becomes the first of its kind of release in India more facts about Radhe Salman Khan starrer Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai will have a hybrid release simultaneously in theaters and on multiple digital platforms. Kriti Sanon starrer Mimi will be a worldwide direct-to-digital release on Jio Cinema and Netflix on July 30 more facts about Mimi It also stars Rajkummar Rao, Paresh Rawal, Aparshakti Khurana, and Ratna Pathak Shah in key roles.
But we can keep loving the film because in addition to giving us some epic songs, it also gave us a female lead who had a backbone.Mahima Chaudhry Top Hindi Net Collection Movies SNĪfter 'MIMI', Kriti Sanon's 'Hum Do Humare Do' will also release on a digital platform via Disney Plus Hotstar on October 29. It glossed over the fact that Ganga's father nearly killed her because she had dared to 'ruin' the family's honour, and the hero, despite being problematic, 'won' the girl at the end of the day. The ending of the film was very typical of Bollywood. Bilkul nahi piyegi tu zeher.” Source: source Pehle ma baap ki suno, phir pati ki suno, phir bachho ki suno. This is where her Dadi steps in with this epic dialogue, “ Kyun piyegi tu zeher? Sadiyon se hum aurtein zeher hi toh peeti aa rahi hain. But, when her father refuses to back off, and pushes his patriarchal views about family and honour down her throat, she almost caves. Ganga walked away from Rajiv after breaking off their engagement. When Ganga caved, Dadi stepped in to fight for her.
This was a big deal in the 90s, since it was still considered normal that the guy should always make the first move.
When Ganga realises she is in love with Arjun, and he also feels the same way, she goes up to him and demands that he own up to it. Ganga demands that Arjun acknowledges his love for her.Īrjun refused to acknowledge that he loved her out of some misplaced loyalty he had for his foster father Kishori Lal. The film, being so staunchly sanskari and patriarchal, could have easily portrayed her as a damsel in distress, but it didn't. She not only knocks him over, but nearly kills him with a knife. Rajiv tried to rape Ganga when she wouldn't consent to sleeping with him. She nearly kills Rajiv when he tries to force himself on her. But Ganga giving Rajiv a piece of her mind when he drunkenly rants about her family being illiterate and boorish was some powerful cinema. The film's tarnishing of the western culture and glorification of the Indian culture was pretty cringe-worthy. She defends her values when Rajiv goes on a drunken rant against them. Even when Arjun tries to push her to compromise, Ganga puts her foot down and walks away. When Ganga realises that she was basically fed big fat lies about Rajiv, she takes a stand for herself. Source: source Ganga refuses to settle for anything less than love (and faithfulness) from Rajiv. Ganga, who could have easily been written off as a doormat, was actually pretty badass in the film. And that's primarily because of Ganga's character, played by Mahima Chaudhry, and Dadi's character, played by Dina Pathak. Despite that, there were quite a few reasons why we watched and re-watched Pardes every time it was on TV, and will happily do so even now. People have already criticised the overselling of nationalism and demonising of everything that is western in the film. While DDLJ was about NRIs who were still very desi at heart, another 90s favourite, Subhash Ghai's Pardes, was all about the dichotomy between western and eastern morals and values. Bollywood was trying to evoke feelings of patriotism in the hearts of our NRI cousins to sell movies to a global audience. In 1995, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge started catering to NRI audiences.