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Riddhi Son – Media Studies

I hate luv stories – my cast studies

I hate luv stories is postmodern because of the use of references and parody moments of Bollywood,

some which have been shown and some which have been told trough the storyline. Other

postmodern elements such as irony have also been used through the story line.

Postmodern is a complex theory with many different definitions but postmodernism is a reaction to

modernism in all disciplines such as art/film/video games/music/literature/etc.

The song SADKA KIYA is very postmodern because it has reference to other Bollywood films, it starts

will a direct reference to DIL CHAHTA HAI, as the actor closes his eyes he can see the love of his life,

this reference is very clear to the audience as it is done in a very similar way by using the same

colour change effect making every but the girl black and white showing the audience she is the most

important, and through using the same fades and transactions between cuts within this sequences.

Then shows a famous scene from MOHABBATEIN has been referenced several times through one

famous stance the and the clothes being worn as this is direct reference to the film.

Pastiche has also been used in the song, the actor and actresses are referencing and copying the

couple from KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI, another element of pastiche is shown by showing famous

romantic couple within Bollywood for example in a scene where J and Simran are near mountains

and with sand and a lake, which is where a song from BACHNA AE HASEENO, the scene after show J

and Simran in a park, J wears a green shirt and Simran wears a Blue dress exactly like in DIL CHAHTA

HAI.




The film has a scene which is full of referencing the best bit from most Bollywood films which have

been produced and or directed by Karan Johar who makes very predictable love stories, many of his

films have been shown for example DIL THO PAGAL HAI, KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI, KHABI KUSHI KHABI

GAAM and many more. Irony has been used a lot throughout the film and especially in this scene

with the character J, as he has been shown to not believe in love however when he is on the set of

film and sees all the love scenes he related it to himself

The 1st

sequence shows 2 people talking about love the man says ‘how will I know that person is

made for... will they be carrying a bored around them’ it then cuts to the character J who smiles to

himself and looks away through his body language that audience can see that he doesn’t believe in

this and finds it all a joke, the director then cuts to Simran holding a big red heat which shows irony

as he doesn’t believe in love yet he is falling in love with Simran.

Another films referencing to a film with irony is shown, the scene shows a girl praying to go and

asking for god to show who she’s good in and then cuts to a man, this is meant to show that god is

showing her that he is the one for her. In the back ground the famous song from the film ‘RAB NA

BANDI JODI’ which makes the referencing very clear to that audience. The director then cuts to J

who is watching the shot, which his body language and his facial expressions once again the

audience believe he doesn’t believe in this, however when he turns he see Simran walking towards

him showing irony.

The actor is shown saying in Hindi ‘if she loved me her will turn around... Turn...Turn...Turn’ the

actress then turns around, this is scene is directly making a reference to the film Dilwale Dulhania Le

Jayenge, the camera then cutes to J and with his body language the audience can a change in her

body language he is squinting his eyes with one raised brow and lean slightly forward giving the

impression that J is confused about weather love is true and weather it is happening to him.

However he turns around and sees Simran turning back at him at the same time, he then gets very

scared and then run off.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Mh1lLoooA – 1.50 (all the different scenes)

The film ‘RAB NE BANDI JODI’ is being used and is has been made as a joke therefore the film using

parody in the film for example when J meets Simian’s boyfriend Raj, J finds out both Raj and Simran

don’t drink on weekdays, J then makes a comment saying ‘wow! RAB NE BANDI JODI’ which means

‘match made in heaven’ thus was making a small joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T82C-bxDPMA – 2.10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Mh1lLoooA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T82C-bxDPMA




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