Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

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Directed by Aditya Chopra
Produced by Yash Chopra
Written by Aditya Chopra
Javed Siddiqui
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Kajol
Music by Jatin Lalit
Cinematography Manmohan Singh
Editing by Keshav Naidu
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 189 min.
Country India
Language Hindi
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Devanagari: दिलवाले दुल्हनिया ले जायेंगे, Urdu: ﮯﮜ ﮞﯿﺎﺠ ﮯﻟ ﺎﯿﻧﮩﻠﺩ ﮮﺍﻭﻟﺩ), also known as DDLJ (English: The One with a Heart Will Take the Bride) is an Indian film which premiered on October 19, 1995 and was released nationwide on October 20, 1995. The film was made by Aditya Chopra, and stars Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, and Amrish Puri. As of June 2006, the film had made the record books by completing 570 weeks of continuous play in Maratha Mandir, a Mumbai cinema. It is still showing there.

There are fisticuffs, comic interludes, and a stern father insisting on an arranged marriage. However, there are also fresh, new elements. Filmed in Switzerland, it was one of the first Bollywood films to feature Indians living outside India.

The film was included in the Cinema India showcase, "The Changing Face of Indian Cinema", which toured the United States in July and August 2004. Film critic Charles Taylor of Salon.com wrote:

"It's a flawed, contradictory movie — aggressive and tender, stiff and graceful, clichéd and fresh, sophisticated and naive, traditional and modern. It's also, I think, a classic."[1]

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Raj and Simran, played by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, are young Indians living in the United Kingdom. Simran meets Raj on a graduation trip, and after some initial misadventures, they fall in love. Simran goes home and tells her family about her romance. Her father, played by Amrish Puri, will have nothing to do with a love marriage, and is adamant that she marry his best friend's son, to whom she has been promised since she was born. Her mother wants to spare Simran, but cannot sway the domineering father. Simran finally agrees to the marriage and her family returns to the Punjab. Their large family compound and the groom's household bustle with preparations for a lavish wedding.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The lover will take the bride)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The lover will take the bride)

Raj, however, does not give up so easily. He follows Simran to the Punjab and meeting her privately, assures her that he will save her from the arranged marriage. However, he refuses to elope with Simran. He wants to marry her with the consent of her father. But how can he change her father's mind? Raj befriends the soon-to-be groom and pretends to be a friend of the family. He helps with the wedding preparations and soon gains everyone's friendship. Even Simran's father is won over. However everything comes crashing down when Raj's true identity is revealed. It seems that all is lost. Then, as Raj is preparing to leave, the father realizes that Raj truly and sincerely loves Simran, and that this is the best guarantee of her happiness. He allows Simran to leave with Raj, and all ends happily.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Swiss appreciation

In October 2006, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai organised a formal dinner to congratulate the stars and producers of the movie for its record-breaking long run in Mumbai. Many other Bollywood celebrities attended.[citation needed]

[edit] Awards

[edit] 1995 National Film Awards

  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Medal), Popular Film.

[edit] Cast

Actor/actress Role
Shah Rukh Khan Raj Malhotra
Kajol Simran Singh
Amrish Puri Chaudhry Baldev Singh
Farida Jalal Lajwanti Singh
Anupam Kher Dharamvir Malhotra
Satish Shah Ajit Singh
Achala Sachdev Simran's grandmother
Himani Shivpuri Kammo Singh
Pooja Ruparel Rajeshwari Singh / Chutki
Hemlata Deepak Sheena
Arjun Sablok Rocky
Karan Johar Roby
Parmeet Sethi Kuljeet Singh
Mandira Bedi Preeti Singh

[edit] Trivia

  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which was a critical and commercial success and has entered its twelfth year in Mumbai theaters, grossed nearly twelve billion rupees in all.
  • Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) two friends Roby and Rocky are played by Karan Johar and Arjun Sablok, both of whom would later become film directors.
  • Kiron Kher, Anupam Kher's wife suggested the title. (Aditya Chopra Credits her by mentioning this in the Titles of the Movie)
  • According to Uday Chopra, in the Special Extended Edition DVD he can be seen on a bicycle wearing a brown jacket, shortly after Simran and Raj part ways in London.

[edit] Also see

[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ dir.salon.com. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.
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