The Romantics

Movies, a dream of a maker, shown on a big screen to a wider audience, who tend to find themselves within it, building up their own dreams.

This series is a tribute to one of the legends, whose name will remain, as long as there is Hindi Cinema. I would agree to his dislike to the term "Bollywood" as in India, now, at least the south is making way bigger movies, so bringing all the different cinema's under one umbrella is a little harsh.

This tribute is beautifully told not only by the actors who under the direction of Yash Chopra became the legends, but also showing the love, the affection, his family has for him.

Growing up in 90's, can depict the behind the scenes of making some of the all time best movies coming from this industry. It shows how it all started, the journey of many, the low's, the rising and how till date it continues.

If you like Hindi movie cinema, do watch this 4 episode tribute, you will like to see the star's telling / sharing their stories.

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This 4 part docuseries traces the journey of Yash Chopra as a larger than life director, who transformed Indian Cinema forever.

An inspiring tale of a visionary who broke away from the shadow of his illustrious elder brother BR Chopra, carving out his own niche in the industry, breaking pre-existing norms, achieving unparalleled success & leaving behind his everlasting legacy for all Indians to feel proud about.

It talks about his passion for making films, not always playing to the gallery, taking risks at times & putting up a brave face when the gamble didn't pay off (Silsila, Lamhe).

It also talks ABT his dream of putting Bollywood on the world map, having his own studio and finally handing over the baton to the next generation ( Adi & Uday) to carry his legacy forward.

With around 35 celebrities ( Amitabh, SRK, Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji Madhuri Dixit etc ) & friends lending their insights into the life of this enigmatic filmmaker, this one is definitely a must watch for Bollywood afficianado's !

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Absolutely enjoyed the interviews and the stories. I am someone who doesn't like the Melodramatic bollywood, songs and dance movies but would definitely appreciate it's existence and important to the core of our Indian identity. This show has documented Mr. Yash Chopra's struggles and film making skills. There are interviews of his films actors and newer generation artists. And man! They managed to interview Aditya Chopra, yes you read it right. I never imagined I would see him in front of the camera. I believe this his way to give respect to his father. I would highly recommend this documentary to all the Bollywood movie lovers.

It was really good to see Aditya Chopra talking, the pioneer of Hindi cinema, and Indian cinema as well, who bought us DDLJ, Dhoom, all these time he has been at the forefront of the trajectory of the industry itself, and I think his contribution is huge as a creative producer of YRF than the director, IDK, if that's correct because DDLJ still running in theatres is not a small feat and this kinda feat is never achieved by any filmmaker at all, he's the only kind. The film running in north India is understandable but re-releases of it running in other non-Hindi speaking states is definitely an outlier and no other film even comes closer to this kinda achievement.

On favouritism/nepotism: after seeing him talk for the first time, it feels like Aditya Chopra hasn't been part of that usual group of Bollywood folks that has triggered this whole nepotism thing. 2 parts of his talk: 1. Saying that he doesn't want to get into that group that make films just to get awards and competing for awards wasn't for him, making the best films was only his goals; 2. When he said that he introduced Ranveer Singh just because he did well in his first audition and how he always relates to the common audience as he himself is an avid film goer and does so every Friday which in itself shows his passion for cinema as a whole.

Overall, it's a documentary where most Bollywood fraternities talk and it slightly gave a feeling that this documentary itself was made & released now to make people feel that there's no nepotism in Bollywood and how these people even hate saying Bollywood itself, a more like a brain-washer for the common audience but just with a little understanding of the current pathetic state of Hindi film industry, one could easily understand that this is again a gimmick by these people to instate the confidence in Bollywood but these pricks aren't still getting the point that nothing matters in the end except making good films and if they start doing it again, everything's gonna fall in place again, it's damn so simple but these people's brains are so fried out of popularity that they're not able to see/imagine this simple picture of their mind, god bless them.

But, if you're still reading to see if you should watch this documentary or not, I'd say you must if you're following Indian Cinema since this is probably the first time the pioneer of Indian Cinema, Aditya Chopra has opened himself up and its really good to see him take us through his journey of film making and his passion for Cinema is just fascinating to see.

The Romantics is a film lover's delight. If you love cinema in general, you'll like this comprehensive documentary on filmmaking by the leading filmmakers of our country. There's so much to unpack and unravel here. Kudos to its makers and Netflix too.

It's a fitting tribute to an all time great filmmaker, Yash Chopra. But my biggest take from it has to be the man, the myth, the legend, Aditya Chopra. He's a revelation in himself. One of the finest minds of modern day cinema. A must watch for that alone.

It's an eye opener on how the biggest Indian film studio came into being. It reflects on its glory and the legacy it'll leave behind for generations to come.