Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
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Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge : Lesser Known facts The Times of India <> Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge's record breaking run at Maratha Mandir comes to an end today V Lakshmi,TNN | Feb 19, 2015 The Times of India <> Mitwa: Obama’s DDLJ moment Srijana Mitra Das,TNN | Jan 28, 2015 The Times of India
The record breaking run
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released on October 19, 1995, just a couple of weeks before SRK's 30th birthday. The film was a huge hit with the audiences
After the 1000 week celebrations in December 2014, the theatre had requested Yash Raj Films to prepone the DDLJ morning show to 9:15 AM instead of 11:30 AM as it was becoming difficult for the cinema to accommodate multiple new releases every week with just 3 regular shows.
YRF obliged from 13th Feb 2015. However, while the theatre management was happy to continue the film for as long as it continued to draw in the audiences, owing to logistical issues of their staff having to work inordinately long hours to accommodate an additional early morning show, it was mutually decided to end the films historic & record breaking run.
After a historic, uninterrupted 1009-week run, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge made its final curtain call at the iconic Maratha Mandir in the 9:15 AM show on 19 Feb 2015.
The film
The film told a very simple love story of Raj and Simran, played on the silver screen by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol respectively
Shah Rukh Khan played the charming loverboy Raj Malhotra in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Apparently Shah Rukh was not the first choice for the film. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge defined a huge milestone in SRK's career, but it was not actually meant to happen.
Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal of Raj Malhotra's loving ways and humorous mannerisms made him an instant favourite. However there is a reason why SRK's character was named Raj.Apparently Aditya Chopra had named Shah Rukh Khan's character Raj after the famous actor Raj Kapoor, while the title for this movie was suggested by Kirron Kher, wife of Anupam Kher, who plays SRK's father in the film.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge had many firsts. The film marked the debut of television actress Mandira Bedi. She played the character of Parmeet Sethi's sister. In the film Mandira falls for Shah Rukh Khan, who is actually in love with Kajol. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge also marked the onscreen debut of filmmaker, Karan Johar. His brief stint was to play SRK's friend in the movie.
The making of the film
The character of Raj was first offered to Saif Ali Khan who turned down the role after which Shah Rukh Khan came into the picture.
The music of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was a huge hit. A lot of hard work went in creating those foot tapping numbers. 'Mere Khwaboon Mein Jo Aaye' was the first song to be recorded. And according to IMDB, Aditya Chopra rejected 24 verses by Anand Bakshi before giving a nod to the final one. While another hit number, 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' that featured Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol was actually made for some other movie. But as destiny had it, the song went on to be one of the biggest hits of DDLJ.
The huge success of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge also established Aditya Chopra as an ace director. To get the best out of his team of actors, Aditya tried out a few tricks too. In the end of the song, 'Rukh Jaa O Dil Deewane,' Shah Rukh Khan drops Kajol. However, Aditya Chopra had not informed Kajol about the same, so as to capture her genuine and candid reaction. Also Aditya Chopra had some trouble filming the sequence where Raj jokes with Simran about the previous night. The reason was that every time Shah Rukh Khan would open his shirt, Kajol would start laughing. The pictures of the lips on Shah Rukh's chest were drawn by Kajol.
President Obama, DDLJ and Mitwa
It was possibly the most filmi speech by a US President. Addressing media, students and civil society groups at Delhi's Siri Fort Auditorium in January 2015, Barack Obama started with Shah Rukh and ended with Aamir Khan.
In a talk containing as many cultural references as bilateral plans, President Obama had his audience cheer when he described the "pretty good bhangra" wife Michelle and he displayed on their last stay, pouting he felt "a little hurt" when newspapers described Michelle as a better dancer.
Obama stopped several hearts when he smiled at Michelle and murmured, "Senorita, bade bade deshon mein...", the vintage DDLJ line.
But even as the audience burst into applause, Obama mentioned Shah Rukh Khan again, alongside Milkha Singh and Mary Kom as Indian achievers.
As his speech closed, Aamir Khan's 'Mitwa' from Lagaan burst forth on the hall's speakers, its 'Tu aaja re' lyrics evidently encouraging the students mobbing the Obamas. The enthusiastic response and 'O-ba-ma!' chants could be understood, given the President's blockbuster speech.
Cast
Shah Rukh Khan Raj Malhotra
Kajol Simran Singh
Parmeet Sethi Kuljeet
Amrish Puri Chaudhry Baldev Singh
Farida Jalal Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh
Anupam Kher Dharamvir Malhotra
Satish Shah
Achala Sachdev
Himani Shivpuri
Anaita Shroff
Karan Johar
Mandira Bedi
Preeti Singh
Uday Chopra (cameo)
Crew
Director
Aditya Chopra
Writers
Aditya Chopra ... (screenplay)
Javed Siddiqui ... (dialogue)
Producer
Yash Chopra ...
Cinematography
Manmohan Singh
Editing
Keshav Naidu
Art Direction
Sharmishta Roy
Songs
Music
Jatin Lalit
Lyrics
Anand Bakshi
Playback singers
Abhijeet
Ajay Trivedi ...
Asha Bhosle ...
Kumar Sanu ...
Lata Mangeshkar ...
Manpreet Kaur ...
Pamela Chopra ...
Udit Narayan ...
Choreography
Farah Khan
Saroj Khan
