Dil Se..

[tikistitch]

Singin' in the train.



I had this one in the queue for a while, waiting until I was in the right mood. This is a romance, full on Romeo and Juliet style.

It's also more like a poem than a movie. Or maybe it's an opera. Or a dream.

It's fucking gorgeous: I've rarely seen such stunning cinematography. I won't lie: the last hour is difficult to watch, but it still looks amazing.

A bit of the plot: Shah Rukh Kahn is in a trouble part of India, interviewing rebel groups. One night at a train station, he asks a guy for a light. The dude's scarf blows up, and he sees it's a lady. This being BW, he immediately and irrevocably falls in love. A few songs later, it turns out she's mixed up with the terrorists. I'm skipping over a lot of territory, but it's difficult for me to describe in words. This is a movie that's all about music and imagery.

SRK ends up back home, where he is even engaged to a girl (Preity Zinta, in what I think is her first role). But he can't forget Terror Girl. On the evening of his engagement party, guess who washes up on his door? SRK starts to suspect her, but will he find her first, or will the bullying policemen or her murderous terrorist buddies stop him before he stops her?

This is an amazing film, and I'm kind of sorry I waited so long to brave it. Though I did immediately have to stick in Dhoom 2 afterwards, to clear my brain.

Oh, and by the way, since Tam asked about playback singers, this is Lata. When you hear a high-pitched voice on the sountrack, lip-synced by Kareena or Preity or Aishwarya? It's probably her. She's done hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of movies. And, yes, she is a little grandma.