Vivah

One of the most memorable Hindi films from my childhood has to be Sooraj Barjatya’s Maine Pyar Kiya. Along with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and later a horde of films from the stables of Yash Raj banners, it breathed new life into the dying genre of romantic movies in India. It reintroduced the younger generation to an elusive charm that was the mainstay of films produced by Barjatya's father and grandfather under their Rajshri Productions (our parents and grandparents still rave about Nadiya Ke Paar).

Here was a young director who had his hand firmly place....