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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge : Pigeons, Mustard Fields, and New Connections

Raj (Shah Rukh Khan), and Chaudhry Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri) have a conversation about what being an Indian means in the context of being an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) in a mustard field in Punjab, India. Baldev and Raj feed pigeons as they speak to each other. Raj uses the metaphor of pigeons to symbolize the NRIs and how they are still Indian at heart.

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acting, close-up, costume, dialogue, dolly shot, editing, eyeline match, hue, long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, natural lighting, over the shoulder shot, pan, setting, sound, nondiegetic, symbolism, tilt, two-shot

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"Pigeons, Mustard Fields, and New Connections" in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Directed by Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films, 1995, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1325

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Katherine Kim, Nyaari Kothiya, Peter Schavee

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