As an American watching in 2016 for the first time...

Thanks to Netflix I was able to watch this classic for the first time in 2016.

First off, 1995 was only a year after Tarantino's Pulp Fiction came out. Also George Lucas was contemplating the Star Wars Prequel, James Cameron was high off of Terminator 2 and working on Titanic. Kids were still quoting Kevin Smith's Clerks. Independent Film was just becoming a thing. This is what I remember about US film back then.

Meanwhile, in India... one of the biggest movies was apparently about a couple who falls in love in 1 month, and later the guy sneaks into her wedding party, to try to convince her dad to bless their marriage. All of the drama, suspense, and plot revolves around this. That's it. No nuclear holocaust, no robot armies, no bank robbers, no heroin shots into the heart, no sinking oceanliners. But it holds the viewers attention from beginning to end.

I really liked it. Although, in modern times, Raj's behavior might get him in trouble with the police and Simran might be posting on Instagram about a "creep who wont stop bothering her". And the whole arranged marriage involving the entire family is a little hard to wrap my head around...

But there is something about it that is just... has a touch of magic that transcends all the barriers of time and culture. I don't know how or why. So many great little moments and mini-speeches about people's conflicted feelings. Like for example when Simran's mother happens upon Raj and Simran, through the doorway by accident... those moments captured my imagination and touched me.

Reminds me of what it feels like to be in love, young and deep in. Really great.