Originally Posted by Optimistic
there are plenty of websites etc. etc. which are about bollywood and discuss those kind of movies. here we prefer something of more profound and deep and meaningful nature, a bit more than: boy meets girl, girl meets boy, mutual feeling...and oh! behold! calamity....father against it or father has daughters marriage arranged already......in the end good triumphs over evil, goodies live on, baddies die from just one wound or one shot but the hero never dies no matter the number of wounds etc. (i do realise that nowadays their are exceptions. but its still a rule) and everyone lives on happily ever after...even the father who has found a son he never had in the son-in-law. of course the mother always loved him, but being the subordinate and not the 'man in the house' she has to stay silent and watch her childrens lives ruins. now isnt the time or the place to analyse all the meanings behind it but those of you familiar with film studies im sure uv already picked up on the innuedoes behind the plots and also what period/genre they fit in.