Bobby: Adorable Young Love and not-so-adorable 70s fashions

[dangermousie]

Today's clip-of-adorableness is courtesy of the Bollywood classic Bobby.

Bobby, a huge and very influential Bollywood hit of the early 1970s (I think most of the 'young love' story movies are indebted to Bobby some way or another), follows a rather simple but effective story. Raj (Rishi Kapoor), the only child of neglectful, rich parents (seriously, they are dreadful) falls in love with Bobby (Dimple Kapadia) the warm and vivacious daughter of a poor fisherman. But young sweet love might have no chance against society and parental disapproval.

One of the things I love is that it reminds me of American teen movies from 1950s, and another is that, unlike a lot of movies nowadays, actors playing teenagers are very young: Rishi is 17 and Dimple 15. And they are adorable together (they both became huge stars as a result). And the 1970s fashions are much too fun.

Anyway, here is the clip. Raj and Bobby are waltzing together for the first time, at the same time their fathers are deciding their children are never to be allowed together.

Comments

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee, Bobby! A movie of my childhood! :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love that movie so much, it's so adorable.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

Ohhh Bobby. I saw it so many times (especially when I was younger) that I didn't even realize I had seen it until a lot later. Does that make any sense? Lol.

As Smi said, it was definitely a movie of our childhood. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, it does.

I can't believe Rishi's son is all set to make his debut, now...

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

I'm more shocked about Anil's daughter. Anil was a STAPLE in our childhood, and now his DAUGHTER is so old and ready for movies? WOW!

[morwen_peredhil]

Aww. So cute! The kids, that, is, not the fathers with the scary mustaches (particularly the Hitler mustache!) who are intent on thwarting their love.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is that these actors reunited for a movie in 2005 where they played older widowers who want to hook up. But this time they face opposition from their kids. True love seems to never run smooth in Bollywood :)