The Village Voice, April 14th, 2004
CINEMA INDIA!
April 16 and 17, Asia Society
April 23 through June 25, AMMI
A Bollywood survey mixes English lit with high camp
In Bollywood touchstone Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (The Braveheart Will Take the Bride), hellcat Kajol throws hissy fits as Simran, the South Asian Londoner whose star-crossed lover is yummikins Shahrukh Khan. Wailing "the mute soil doesn't read your letters," Simran is so fussy about virtue that one longs to send her to Dosa Hut for another helping of slut juice. DDLJ, released to raves in 1995 and still playing at a Mumbai theater, is one of six features in Cin...
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