Yaadein… (2001)

Yaadein…: Directed by Subhash Ghai. With Jackie Shroff, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri. Raj Singh Puri is best friends with L.K. Malhotra who is in turn younger brother to J.K. Malhotra. The brothers are business tycoons and Raj works in their company. Raj is father to three young daughters, the first one gets married through arrangement but the second one marries her lover. After a few weeks at her in-laws, the second daughter returns home asking for divorce. After this Raj and her last daughter become strictly against love and relationships. All this changes when Isha (the third daughter) falls in love with the heir to the Malhotra empire, Ronit, L.K. Malhotra’s son. The ask for Raj’s blessing but he bluntly refuses and Isha understandingly shuns Ronit and Raj arranges for Ronit to be married to the daughter of another tycoon. Ronit is unhappy and makes Raj realize that his fiancé’s family is not right for them and Raj approaches the Malhotras to break off the engagement however J.K. Malhotra shuns him by calling him poor and small. The other Malhotras join forces to make J.K. to realize his mistake and Ronit is finally married to Isha.

“Letu0026#39;s look at why I feel that u0026quot;Yaadeinu0026quot; is a nice, entertaining movie (and justifies a score much higher than the 4.5/10 awarded to it:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e1. The songs are really terrific.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e2. Everyone has acted quite well when compared to the acting levels that one generally sees in Hindi cinema.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e3. The story is credible.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e4. The director is very well known.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo why has this movie got such a low score?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy personal belief is that Hindi movies get wild, inconsistent ratings from fans who have not thought the matter sufficiently through. How else can one justify a rating of 9.2/10 for u0026quot;Dil Chahta Haiu0026quot; and just 6.0/10 for u0026quot;Asokau0026quot;? Is u0026quot;Dil Chahta Haiu0026quot; a better movie than, say, u0026quot;Shawshank Redemptionu0026quot; which was rated 9.0/10?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Dil Chata Haiu0026quot; is good. But 9.2/10? I donu0026#39;t think so. And does u0026quot;Asokau0026quot; deserve the low rating of 6.0/10? I donu0026#39;t think so.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt appears that very few people rate Hindi movies compared to the numbers of reviews that English movies get (45 people rated u0026quot;Yaadeinu0026quot;; 75,837 people rates u0026quot;Shawshank Redemptionu0026quot;). This causes distortion in the average especially when the u0026quot;swingu0026quot; (as seen in the case of u0026quot;Yaddeinu0026quot;) is so large.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI belive that u0026quot;Yaadeinu0026quot; should be rated 6.0/10. Itu0026#39;s a nice entertaining movie and not the sinking ship that it has been likened to.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSee it and decide for yourself.”