Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011)

First off, let's set the record straight. Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is a straight ahead Bollywood romantic comedy. There is the requisite romantic triangle, the impressive singing and dancing that occurs at every emotional decision point in the film that is so spectacular and a signature of the genre. As one critic said, it is a very pleasant movie to see once, but you will not feel compelled to watch it again. This is no 'Lagaan'. The reason that I bring it up at all, other than that it has been a year since I have seen a Bollywood movie that I have liked as much, and because there is a fair amount of English, so if you get subtitle fatigue, this is a movie that moves between languages freely, and while there are subtitles throughout, half the time you can understand the dialogue. The thing I liked about this was that it portrays an India that is betwixt and between, in a cultural sense. The lead female character, Dimple (Katrina Kaif), has grown up in London. She wears modern and very revealing clothes, is wildly flirtatious and salacious, but she is convincingly offended when a boy she has swung her hips at and thrown a beverage to suggests that she sleep with him. The crux of the story is a classic love triangle, Indian style. Kuhn and Luv are brothers--Luv is in London, Kuhn in India. Luv decides that it is time for him to marry, and while he would like his parents to be a part of the process, he assigns Kun the job of making the final decision--which he does brilliantly. So well, in fact, that he himself falls in love with her as well. But fails to tell her until after the engagement--so the rest of the story is how are they going to get both of their families out of this with them married to each other and their reputations intact.