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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Directed by Aditya Chopra, starring Shahrukh Khan, Kajol - 1995

Sum-up : The plot revolves around Raj and Simran, two young non-resident Indians, who fall in love during a vacation through Europe with their friends. Raj tries to win over Simran's family so the couple can marry, but Simran's father has long since promised her hand to his friend's son. (cf wikipedia)

Literally the most iconic Indian movie. BEST EVER!!!

Veer Zaara

Directed by Yash Chopra, starring Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Manoj Bajpai - 2004

Sum-up : Veer is an Indian Air Force pilot and Zaara is a Pakistani woman hailing from a rich political family of Lahore. When Veer learns Zaara loves him, he quits his job to go to Pakistan, where he is imprisoned on false charges. Years later, a young Pakistani lawyer finds Veer in prison and upon listening to his story, tries to free him. (cf wikipedia)

Reminds me of Sirius Black

Jodhaa Akbar

Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, starring Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ila Arun - 2008

Sum-up : The film centres on the romance between the Mughal Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar and the Rajput Princess Jodhaa Bai who becomes his wife. (cf wikipedia)

Historical romance, and absolute goals.

Kabhie Kushi Kabhie Gham- aka K3G

Directed by Karan Johar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor

Sum-up: The film tells the story of an Indian family, which faces troubles and misunderstandings over their adopted son's marriage to a girl belonging to a lower socio-economic group than them. (cf wikipedia)

Super heartfelt and emotional

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Directed by Karan Johar, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Salman Khan - 1998

Sum-up : The plot combines two love triangles set years apart. The first half covers friends on a college campus, while the second tells the story of a widower's young daughter who tries to reunite her dad with his old friend. (cf wikipedia)

Iconic, watch before K3G. Super super sweet!!

Main Hoon Nah

Directed by Farah Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao - 2004

Sum-up: The film is the story of Indian army Major Ram Prasad Sharma who becomes embroiled in the events to ensure that "Project Milap" - the releasing of civilian captives on either side of the borders of India and Pakistan - can take place as a sign of trust and peace between the two nations. (cf wikipedia)

Fun and interesting, a bit stereotypical action movie

Hum Apke Hain Koun...!

Directed by Sooraj Barjatya, starring Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Mohnish Bahl, Renuka Shahane - 1994

Sum-up : It celebrates the Indian wedding traditions by relating the story of a married couple and the relationship between their families; a story about sacrificing one's love for one's family. (cf wikipedia)

So many feels, very sweet

Padmaavat

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh - 2018

Sum-up: Loosely based on the epic poem Padmavat by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen known for her beauty, wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, played by Shahid Kapoor. Sultan Alauddin Khilji, played by Ranveer Singh, hears of her beauty and attacks her kingdom to claim her. (cf wikipedia)

Historical romance, so absorbing, you get drawn in

Om Shanti Om

Directed by Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher - 2007

Sum-up : Om, a junior artist of the 1970s, has a crush on a secretly married superstar. Her husband, a Producer, kills her in a fire; Om witnesses this and dies from the injuries sustained from trying to rescue her. Reincarnated as a superstar in the 2000s, he seeks to avenge his love. (cf wikipedia)

Suspenseful and dramatic

Kal Ho Nah Ho

Directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta - 2003

Sum-up : It narrates the story of Naina Catherine Kapur, a pessimistic and uptight MBA student. She falls in love with her neighbour Aman Mathur, a terminally-ill heart patient who tries to get Naina and her friend Rohit Patel to fall in love with each other, since he does not wish to bring her the pain of his death by reciprocating her feelings.

So good and painful

Pardes

Directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Mahima Chaudhry, Apoorva Agnihotri, Alok Nath, Himani Shivpuri, Aditya Narayan - 1997

Sum-up: Pardes is a story that discusses the cultural values of the East and West portrayed by Arjun and Ganga. Kishorilal is a wealthy businessman living in America visits his old friend Suraj Dev in India. During his stay at the conservative traditional Indian household, he gets to know Suraj's eldest daughter Ganga who shares his love for Indian culture. (cf wikipedia)

Great songs

Taal

Directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna - 1999

Sum-up: When the wealthy and affluent family of Mr. Jagmohan Mehta and his son Manav Mehta arrive in Chamba, India for a long vacation, they meet the beautiful daughter, Mansi of a poor spiritual singer named Tara Babu. (cf wikipedia)

Oof, super nice songs, love the plot

Rab Ne banadi jodhi

Directed by Aditya Chopra, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak - 2008

Sum-up: A mild-mannered office worker named Surinder Sahni, whose love for the beautiful and vivacious Taani causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving "Raj" to win her love. (cf wikipedia)

sweet, cool plot, great characters

Dilwale

Directed by Rohit Shetty, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon - 2015

Sum-up: A young couple falls in love, but conflicting loyalties drive them apart. Years later, fate intervenes and hands them a second chance. (cf Netflix)

watch after DDLJ, it’s in honor of it. A lot of people don’t like but I think it’s fabulous

Happy New Year

Directed by Farah Khan, starring Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff - 2014

Sum-up: In order to avenge his father who’s been accused of a crime he didn’t commit, a man decides to steal the diamonds in the keep of the culprit who set up his father years before. But for the robbery to be a success, he and his team must participate in a dancing competition to have an access to the vault.

stereotypical action movie but really sweet and funny

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Directed by Kabir Khan, starring Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kareena Kapoor Khan - 2014

Sum-up: Salman Khan plays Bajrangi, an ardent devotee of Hindu deity Hanuman, who embarks on taking a mute six-year-old Pakistani girl (Malhotra), separated in India from her parents, back to her hometown in Pakistan. (cf wikipedia)

SUPER SWEET, about a guy who crosses into Pakistan to get a girl back home.

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