Note: I realize this is 6-7 years later, but bear with me.
That's pretty snobby generalization. Anyway...
There's more to film than just the language. Even cinema's best dialogue can't all the horrendous, over-the-top melodrama and performances. Also, all the unnecessary lavish set costs and designs are very distracting.
Back to the language, I found the nuances and vernacular in the '55 version beautiful and musical to my ears. It also helped that it had a much more flowing and much less dramatic story with better performances.
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bubbles-118-232316
12 years ago
I agree. I live in America and I'm not Indian or southasian I am from turkey but I am proud to say that I do understand some Hindi/Urdu since my dad lived in Pakistan until he was 12 and that is kind of his mother tongue. Although both of us don't understand it that well so we had to put subtitles on. I did understand a lot of it though and I think the person who wrote the subtitles was kind of in a rush to convert it. For those who are hating on the movie: go away. This is actually the only Indian movie that I like and didn't find a single moment of it silly, like n most Indian movies. I feel that people who are not of the south Asian race value this movie more than the south Asian people. I can't believe how badly people ignored and did not support this movie. It's my favorite movie!
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