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{{Short description|Indian reality documentary series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = The Romantics.jpg
| genre = Documentary
| creator = [[Smriti Mundhra]]
| based_on =
| writer = Smriti Mundhra Michael T Vollmann
| story =
| director = Smriti Mundhra
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring =
| country = India
| language = English and Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 4
| executive_producer = [[Aditya Chopra]] [[Uday Chopra]] Smriti Mundhara Jonathan Reiman
| producer =
| cinematography = Lars Skree
| editor = Michael Bourne Michael T. Vollmann
| runtime =
| company = [[YRF Entertainment]]
| released = {{Start date|2023|2|14|df=yes}}
| first_aired =
}}

'''''The Romantics''''' is a 2023 documentary series, created by [[Smriti Mundhra]] and Michael T Vollmann.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Netflix's 'The Romantics' Aims to Give Bollywood the Homage It Deserves |url=https://time.com/6255756/bollywood-the-romantics-netflix/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Time |language=en}}</ref> The four-part series explores the impact of [[Yash Chopra]], his son [[Aditya Chopra]], and their company [[Yash Raj Films]] on [[Hindi Cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taneja |first=Nidhima |date=2023-02-15 |title=The Romantics on Netflix is one place where the 3 Khans don't matter. Aditya Chopra shines |url=https://theprint.in/features/reel-take/the-romantics-on-netflix-is-one-place-where-the-3-khans-dont-matter-aditya-chopra-shines/1372903/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramaniam |first=Tara |title='Cinema of aspiration': The romance filmmakers who redefined Bollywood's quintessential genre |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/netflix-india-bollywood-the-romantics-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix's The Romantics doesn't ask the uncomfortable questions around Yash Chopra's legacy |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/netflixs-the-romantics-doesnt-ask-the-uncomfortable-questions-around-yash-chopras-legacy/cid/1922718 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==List of films featured==
===Episode 1: The Boy from Jalandhar===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Film
! Cast
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957 || rowspan="2" |''[[Naya Daur (1957 film)|Naya Daur]]'' || [[Dilip Kumar]]|| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[Vyjayanthimala]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1959 || rowspan="4" |''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]''|| [[Ashok Kumar]]|| rowspan="4" | Directorial debut of [[Yash Chopra]]
|-
|[[Rajendra Kumar]]
|-
|[[Mala Sinha]]
|-
|[[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1961 || rowspan="2" |''[[Dharmputra]]''|| [[Shashi Kapoor]]|| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Mala Sinha
|-
| rowspan="5" |1965
| rowspan="5" |''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]''
|[[Raaj Kumar]]
| rowspan="5" |
|-
|[[Sunil Dutt]]
|-
| Shashi Kapoor
|-
|[[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]
|-
|[[Sharmila Tagore]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973 || rowspan="3" | ''[[Daag (1973 film)|Daag]]'' || [[Rajesh Khanna]] || rowspan="3" |
|-
|Sharmila Tagore
|-
|[[Raakhee]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1975 || rowspan="4" |''[[Deewaar]]'' ||[[Amitabh Bachchan]] || rowspan="4" | Considered a "landmark" in Hindi Cinema;<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/features/insight/50-years-of-deewaar 'Deewaar' Turns 50: Amitabh Bachchan, Salim-Javed, and the Birth of the New Bollywood Hero]</ref> {{see also|Angry Young Men (miniseries)}}
|-
|Shashi Kapoor
|-
|[[Neetu Singh]]
|-
|[[Parveen Babi]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |1976
| rowspan="6" |''[[Kabhi Kabhie]]''
|Amitabh Bachchan
| rowspan="6" |
|-
|Shashi Kapoor
|-
|Raakhee Gulzar
|-
|Waheeda Rehman
|-
|Rishi Kapoor
|-
|Neetu Singh
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981 || rowspan="4" | ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]''|| Shashi Kapoor || rowspan="4" |
|-
|Amitabh Bachchan
|-
|[[Jaya Bachchan]]
|-
|[[Rekha]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1984 || rowspan="3" |''[[Mashaal]]'' ||Dilip Kumar|| rowspan="3" |
|-
|[[Anil Kapoor]]
|-
|[[Saeed Jaffrey]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Faasle]]'' ||[[Sunil Dutt]] || rowspan="2" |
|-
|Rekha
|-
| rowspan="6" |1988|| rowspan="6" | ''[[Vijay (1988 film)|Vijay]]''|| Rajesh Khanna|| rowspan="6" |
|-
|[[Hema Malini]]
|-
|Rishi Kapoor
|-
|Anil Kapoor
|-
|Saeed Jaffrey
|-
|[[Anupam Kher]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |1989|| rowspan="3" | ''[[Chandni (1989 film)|Chandni]]''|| [[Sridevi]] || rowspan="3" |
|-
|Rishi Kapoor
|-
|[[Vinod Khanna]]
|}

===Episode 2: Prodigal Son===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Film
! Cast
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1991|| rowspan="4" | ''[[Lamhe]]''|| [[Sridevi]] || rowspan="4" |
|-
|[[Anil Kapoor]]
|-
|[[Waheeda Rehman]]
|-
|[[Anupam Kher]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |1993|| rowspan="3" | ''[[Darr]]'' ||[[Sunny Deol]] || rowspan="3" |
|-
|[[Juhi Chawla]]
|-
|[[Shah Rukh Khan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]''|| Shah Rukh Khan || rowspan="2" |Directorial debut of [[Aditya Chopra]]
|-
|[[Kajol]]
|}

===Episode 3: The New Guard ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Film
! Cast
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="6" |2000 || rowspan="6" |''[[Mohabbatein]]'' || [[Shah Rukh Khan]]|| rowspan="6" | Rebooted [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s career; directed by Aditya Chopra
|-
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|-
|[[Aishwarya Rai]]
|-
|[[Uday Chopra]]
|-
|[[Jugal Hansraj]]
|-
|[[Jimmy Sheirgill]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |2002 || rowspan="4" |''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]''|| [[Hrithik Roshan]] || rowspan="4" |
|-
|[[Rani Mukerji]]
|-
|[[Kareena Kapoor|Kareena Kapoor Khan]]
|-
|[[Uday Chopra]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |2004|| rowspan="4" | ''[[Hum Tum (film)|Hum Tum]]'' || [[Saif Ali Khan]]|| rowspan="4" |
|-
|[[Rani Mukerji]]
|-
|[[Rishi Kapoor]]
|-
|[[Jimmy Sheirgill]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004|| rowspan="3" |''[[Dhoom]]'' || [[Abhishek Bachchan]]|| rowspan="3" |
|-
|[[John Abraham]]
|-
|[[Uday Chopra]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |2004|| rowspan="5"|''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' ||Shah Rukh Khan || rowspan="5" |
|-
|[[Rani Mukerji]]
|-
|[[Preity Zinta]]
|-
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|-
|[[Hema Malini]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005|| rowspan="3" | ''[[Bunty Aur Babli]]'' || [[Amitabh Bachchan]] || rowspan="3" |
|-
|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]
|-
|[[Rani Mukerji]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007 || rowspan="6" |''[[Chak De! India]]''|| [[Shah Rukh Khan]]|| rowspan="6" | The film's theme song is [[Chak De! India (soundtrack)#Legacy|frequently played, or sung by fans, at sports events in India]].
|-
|[[Vidya Malvade]]
|-
|[[Shilpa Shukla]]
|-
|[[Sagarika Ghatge]]
|-
|[[Anaitha Nair]]
|-
|[[Seema Azmi]]
|}

===Episode 4: Legacy ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Film
! Stars
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]]'' ||[[Shah Rukh Khan]]|| rowspan="2" |Directed by Aditya Chopra
Special appearances in the song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte"

* [[Preity Zinta]] as [[Sharmila Tagore]]
* [[Kajol]] as [[Nargis]]
* [[Rani Mukerji]] as [[Neetu Singh]]
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as [[Sadhana Shivdasani]]
* [[Lara Dutta]] as [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]

|-
|[[Anushka Sharma]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |2012|| rowspan="6" | ''[[Jab Tak Hai Jaan]]''|| Shah Rukh Khan || rowspan="6" | Final film of Yash Chopra
|-
|Anushka Sharma
|-
|[[Katrina Kaif]]
|-
|[[Anupam Kher]]
|-
|[[Neetu Singh]]
|-
|[[Rishi Kapoor]]
|}

== Featured interviews ==
===[[List of Hindi film families#Chopra family|Chopra family]]===
* [[Yash Chopra]] (archival footage)
* [[Aditya Chopra]]
*[[Pamela Chopra]]
* [[Uday Chopra]]
* [[Rani Mukerji]]
* [[Karan Johar]]

=== Actors ===
* [[John Abraham]]
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]]
* [[Mohnish Bahl]]
* [[Sooraj Barjatya]]
* [[Juhi Chawla]]
* [[Ajay Devgn]]
* [[Madhuri Dixit]]
* [[Dharmendra Deol]]
* [[Sunny Deol]]
* [[Kajol Devgn]]
* [[Katrina Kaif]]
* [[Anil Kapoor]]
* [[Arjun Kapoor]]
* [[Karishma Kapoor]]
* [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]]
* [[Ranbir Kapoor]]
* [[Rishi Kapoor]]
* [[Aamir Khan]]
* [[Saif Ali Khan]]
* [[Salman Khan]]
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
* [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Ayushmann Khurrana]]
* [[Manisha Koirala]]
* [[Akshay Kumar]]
* [[Ameesha Patel]]
* [[Bhumi Pednekar]]
* [[Arjun Rampal]]
* [[Hrithik Roshan]]
* [[Anushka Sharma]]
* [[Namrata Shirodkar]]
* [[Neetu Singh]]
* [[Ranveer Singh]]

=== Filmmakers, choreographers, and writers ===
* [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]]
* [[Sooraj Barjatya]]
*[[Anupama Chopra]]
* [[Salim Khan]]
* [[Manish Malhotra]]
*[[Vaibhavi Merchant]]
* [[Namrata Rao]]
*[[Maneesh Sharma]]
* [[Lilly Singh]]

== Reception ==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=83|count=6|average=|consensus=|ref=yes |access-date=28 November 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Romantics Season 1 |work=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_romantics/s01|access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>

Suchin Mehrotra of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' in his review stated "''The Romantics'' works best when it uses the YRF filmography merely as a stepping-off point to discuss Hindi cinema as a whole. The show comes to us at a time when it feels like filmmakers are looking back and celebrating what was."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=The Romantics Review: The YRF Docu-series works best when it focuses on films over family |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/the-romantics-review-the-yrf-docu-series-works-best-when-it-focuses-on-films-over-family-101676424985778.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> A reviewer for Indian Express stated "It’s all rah-rah, hardly any nose-digs, but then you don’t really expect any in a series like this, about the biggest, most storied production house in Hindi cinema."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-14 |title=The Romantics review: It's all rah-rah, hardly any nose-digs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-romantics-review-yash-chopra-yash-raj-films-8444035/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Renuka Vyavahare of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the first season 4 stars out of 5 and remarked "''The Romantics'' is a treat to watch if you love Hindi cinema and Yash Chopra, which are pretty much synonymous."<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Romantics Season 1 Review: A celebration of Yash Chopra's legacy and the evolution of Hindi cinema |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/the-romantics/season-1/seasonreview/97861400.cms |access-date=2023-03-16 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Shubham Kulkarni from Koimoi rated 4/5 and wrote "''The Romantics'' is an ode to the man who defined Hindi cinema for decades and even died with his director’s hat on."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Shubham |date=2023-02-15 |title=The Romantics Review: Chandni's Chiffon Saree Flies Again, Shah Rukh Khan's Raj Sprinkles His Charm One More Time; An Emotional Return To The Love Yash Chopra Taught Us! |url=https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/web-reviews/the-romantics-review-chandnis-chiffon-saree-flies-again-shah-rukh-khans-raj-sprinkles-his-charm-one-more-time-an-emotional-return-to-the-love-yash-chopra-taught-us/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Angry Young Men (miniseries)|Angry Young Men]]'' (2024)
*''[[The Roshans]]'' (2025)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=26542635}}
*"[https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-romantics-interview-netflix-1234809298/ Netflix’s ‘The Romantics’ Is Essential — and Unprecedented — Hindi Film History]"- [[IndieWire]]

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