An early scene in Rajshri Productions’ Prem Ratan Dhan Payo gives us a pointer of the old values this film appears to be quick to engender. Yuvraaj Vijay Singh is meeting writers in the keep running up to his climb to the throne of his kingdom. A dazed newsperson gets some information about the fittingness of the fancy crowning ceremony service in this cutting edge world. It’s verging on amusing, says the man. "You think conventions are entertaining?" an insulted Yuvraaj shoots back delicately.
His insulted tone is certifiable. I could very nearly picture the delicate voiced, curiously moderate essayist executive Sooraj Barjatya tossing unequivocally that question in definitely that tone to a pundit distracted at the great conservatism of his most recent film. It would be a truly felt question in light of the fact that Sooraj – as I assembled from a long collaboration I once had with him – is really persuaded of the virtue of the backward situations he depicts in his movie