Swara Bhasker Says, 'Bollywood Makes Stalking Seem Romantic', As She Agrees With A Twitter User Calling DDLJ's Raj A Creep

It has been 25 years since Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge hit the theatres and the fan base of the film that runs in millions was drowning in nostalgia as the makers and cast of the film celebrated the milestone on social media. There is however a section that did call out the film for being problematic in its depiction of a romantic hero and Swara Bhasker acknowledged that DDLJ has its flaws while agreeing with one of the users.

Swara who had initially posted a tweet with stills from the film that read, ‘Find a guy who looks at you the way Raj looks at Simran!!!!’, couldn’t help but agree when a user pointed out the flaws of Shah Rukh Khan’s Raj as a romantic hero. The user listed these issues and wrote, “Raj does the following to Simran: 1. Lie that he raped her as a joke 2. Tears her clothes in public (accidentally, but who pulls a woman by the back of her dress anyway?) 3. Forces her to dance, and in the process gropes her and feels up her bare back. Why do women love creeps?”

Swara in her reply agreed and wrote, “Sadly u r are right.. I mean abt what all Raj does.. This is precisely the power of #Bollywood right? It makes stalking seem romantic. And we all are influenced by it - sometimes in the form of nostalgia & sometimes despite our own best intent. We all need to learn & change :) :).”

While DDLJ’s content might be up for debate the film remains a modern day romantic classic that has become synonymous with Bollywood itself in many parts of the world. The movie that starred Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol is also Bollywood longest running film in a theatre.