28 Years of Lamhe: Bollywood Could Do with More Heroes Like Anil Kapoor’s Viren
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28 Years of Lamhe: Bollywood Could Do with More Heroes Like Anil Kapoor’s Viren

Yash Chopra’s Lamhe is not “ahead of its time” for daring to show a salt-and-pepper Viren falling for a barely legal Pooja. What makes it unique, to me at least, is the man’s intense internal struggle, self-flagellation, and multiple desperate efforts to not act on the impulse. How often have we seen a hero who doesn’t feel entitled to the affections of the woman his heart desires?