Over time, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) hasn’t simply attracted fan following but additionally some critics. Among the many many scenes, the one scene that was criticised by individuals was the place Shah Rukh Khan’s Raj pretends he and Kajol’s Simran slept collectively after she obtained utterly drunk, making her imagine she misplaced her virginity. This scene and others sparked discussions concerning the film’s gender politics, which Karan Johar tried correcting along with his movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
In a current dialog with Lilly Singh on her YouTube channel, Karan mentioned, “It goes again to what I started with. Once I made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I used to be known as out by Shabana Azmi and it made me suppose. As a result of in my coronary heart, in my head, in my being, I’m a born feminist and I used to be like, ‘I’m that particular person.’ I imagine in equality. I imagine in right gender politics so why am I not positioning that total perception on celluloid. And that’s why Rocky Aur Rani mattered to me as a result of I wanted to say what I wanted to say. It was a movie that was not simply of household drama, it wasn’t only a love story, it was calling out our patriarchy. It was additionally addressing cancel tradition as a result of it’s one thing I imagine that must be addressed.”
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Karan Johar additionally introduced up the ‘questionable’ DDLJ scene between Raj and Simran, and shared, “I used to be in that second on that set. I can guarantee you none of us thought that years down the lane, it might be mentioned like this. All people did it with an entire house of honesty.” Karan justified his concepts saying that when he began his profession, he didn’t make issues he believed in however was impressed by the Hindi motion pictures he had watched.
The filmmaker mentioned, “Every part that you just noticed in my preliminary motion pictures, all of it got here from Hindi cinema. Ultimately, Hindi cinema began evolving and so did the filmmakers.”
