“Mill workers ki biwiyan choodiyaan pehenne ke liye nahin, todne ke liye khareedti hain" (Wives of mill workers buy bangles not to wear them, but to break them).
This is a dialogue from Kaala Patthar, a masala commercial blockbuster.
“Ye wo building hai jahan meri maa eentein uthaaya karti thi" (This is the same building where my mother used to lift bricks).
From another commercial blockbuster, 'Deewaar.'
The first film is about the exploitation that mine workers suffer and the greed of mine owners. The second is about a maligned union leader, his son who becomes a coolie, and then a criminal. It is about crime and punishment.
Action hai, drama hai, romance hai suspense hai...and the stories of the majority of Indians, most of whom are constantly invisibilised, persecuted, and discriminated against. When the current generation(s) thinks of Yash Chopra, they remember Switzerland, Kashmir, chiffon sarees. They forget films about mines, communal violence, greed, and more. Yash Chopra told the stories which needed to be told, and he entertained you while at it.