Technically the film might have been better as the cinematography was not that good. The film is according to me beautifully narrated and Subhash Ghai's direction is very good. There also starts the realisation that Ganga and Arjun are actually in love.
The social, cultural and economical gaps rise, and Ganga finds herself lonely in a world which is very distinct from hers, where no one except for Arjun seems to understand her.
Arjun and Ganga befriend each other, but the real trouble starts when Ganga is taken to LA to live with Kishorilal's huge NRI family before marriage. Ganga's father agrees to the proposal and soon comes Arjun, Kishorilal's faithful nephew, who is also a good friend of Rajiv, to organise the engagement before Rajiv, who's never been to India, comes to see his bride. Kishorilal is immediately charmed by Ganga and wants her to marry his young son Rajiv. Her father's best friend, Kisohrilal, who's been living in the US for over 20 years, comes to visit them. The film is about a young Indian girl named Ganga who lives in a rural village in India with her extended family. Besides that, the story was very lovely and the film was according to me believable and moving due to the performances, the music and the overall writing. The film may be slightly stereotypical, it may be a bit incorrect, but should it really matter to me as long as I enjoy it? The portrayal of the US may have been flawed, but the film's issue was in my opinion dealt with convincingly. Whatever anyone may say about Subhash Ghai's 'Pardes', I personally found it very entertaining, engaging and charming. If I should forget who I am.what I am.I know that I can watch this film and remember.
#Shahrukh khan pardes movie#
Lastly: I'm going to be starting medical school next year and I'll definitely be taking this movie with me. Basically, if you're an ABCD or an NRI with little attachment to India, you won't enjoy this movie, probably because many immigrants adopt the ways of the denizens (just human nature to do so I suppose).
It is aimed at Indians who have not forgotten that without the culture imparted by their motherland, they would never be as successful, nor have the extended families we take for granted. But guess what? This movie isn't aimed at that audience. They won't even visit it, much less want to stay there. I know for a fact that many NRIs look upon their homeland with disdain. However, let us put all the cards on the table at this point. The movie has hyperbole like this throughout it. Rajiv: (While shaking his head) But I am bad, Paul! - In all candor, I don't know of any Americans who speak like this (or of any other human beings for that matter). Rajiv: Why? Paul: We are not bad people Rajiv, we are good Indians. Granted, there are some lines that the American 'bad son' (Rajiv) says which are ridiculous and comical, such as: - Paul: We are going to India? To fight? Rajiv: Yes. The director shows the audience the best of India and the worst of America to make the viewer appreciate the Indian culture our parents try to impart to us. The exaggerations of Indian morals and of western vices are done for a reason, and a very good reason at that. This movie is nothing short of a masterpiece. As an NRI myself, I must greatly DISAGREE with conclusions like these. Many reviewers have said that this film is 'Anti-American' propaganda and 'stereotypes' NRIs. I was going to only see about the first 30 minutes of it but this movie was so good that I watched it all the way through. It was midnight and I had no wish to see a movie which was three hours long.
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