By Subhash K. Jha
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day Friday, a range of Bollywood celebrities picked their favourite romantic movies and songs from the Hindi film industry as well as from abroad. The 1995 romance drama “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” seems to take away the lion’s share.
Here’s what the celebrities had to say:
Prabhudheva: For me, the most romantic film is “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge“. My favourite love song is “Jeena laga hoon” from “Ramaiya Vastavaiya”.
Parineeti Chopra: My favourite romantic film is “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge“, and my favourite song would be “Dekho na” from “Fanaa”.
Ayushmann Khurrana: “My favourite romantic films are “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” and “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”. Both because of the king of romance, Shah Rukh Khan. My favourite romantic songs are “Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar” from “Tere Ghar Ke Samne”, the songs of “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak”, “Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam” from “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, the “Aashiqui 2” songs…And I love my own songs for my beloved wife, though she prefers retro.
Sooraj Pancholi: My favourite romantic song is “Tum hi ho” from “Aashiqui 2” and my favourite romantic film is “Aashiqui 2”. My favourite romantic Hollywood films are “P.S. I Love You” and “The Notebook”.
Taapsee Pannu: To me, “Twilight” with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson is the ultimate love story. My favourite romantic song is “When you say nothing at all” by Ronan Keating.
Rajkummar Rao: My favourite romantic film is “Falling In Love” featuring Robert de Niro and Meryl Streep from Hollywood. In Hindi, it is “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”. My favourite romantic song is “O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena” from “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”.
Amit Sadh: My favourite romantic films are “P.S. I Love You”, “Cloud Atlas”, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” and “Roja”. My favourite romantic songs are the title song from “Bas Ek Pal” and “Meethi boliyan” from “Kai Po Che”, and my favourite international romantic songs are “Mine would be you” by Blake Shelton and “Highway don’t care” by Tim McGraw.
Richa Chadda: For me, the most romantic film is “Lamhe” and most romantic song is “Humne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mehekti khushboo” from “Khamoshi”.
Ali Fazal: My favourite romantic films are “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, “City Of Angels”, “Bobby”, “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham” and “Blue Is The Warmest Colour”. My favourite romantic songs are “Let her go’ by Passenger, “Book of love” by Peter Gabriel, “Chanda re chandra re” from “Sapney”…listen to these songs even if you don’t have a Valentine. There are many out there who don’t have fathers and mothers. At least you still have a choice.
Poonam Pandey: My favourite romantic films are “P.S. I Love You”, “Veer-Zaara” and “Titanic” and my favourite romantic song would have to be “Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam” from “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”
