Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Aditya Chopra

Writers:

Aditya Chopra (screenplay)
Javed Siddiqui (dialogue)

Release Date:

20 October 1995 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh...

Plot Keywords:

Love | India | Nri | Wedding | Trip

Awards:

11 wins

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Raj Malhotra
Kajol	...	Simran Singh
Amrish Puri	...	Chaudhry Baldev Singh
Farida Jalal	...	Lajwanti
Anupam Kher	...	Dharamvir Malhotra
Satish Shah	...	Ajit Singh
Achala Sachdev	...	Simran's Grandmother
Himani Shivpuri	...	Simran's Aunt
Pooja Ruparel	...	Rajeshwari / Chutki
Damyanti Puri
Lalit Tiwari	...	Simran's Uncle
Hemlata Deepak	...	Simran's friend
Mohit Kumar
Mansoor Merchant
Govind Khatri

Also Known As:

Lovers Will Walk Off with the Bride (UK) (informal English title)
The Big-Hearted Will Win the Bride (USA) (informal English title)
The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride (USA) (informal literal title)

Runtime:

189 min | Japan:183 min | USA:181 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Germany:6 | India:U | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Angel Underground Station, Islington, London, England, UK

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

The working title of the film was "The Brave Heart will take the Bride."

Goofs:

Errors in geography: During the climax, the railway station where Raj and Kuljit have a fight is shown to be 'Apta' (as seen on the signboard). Apta is a small station near Mumbai and is more than 1700 km away from Punjab where the plot is based.

Quotes:

Raj Malhotra: You son of a gun.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Gudumba Shankar (2004)

Soundtrack:

Doop (Sidney Berlin Ragtime Band Mix)

Srk-Kajol's chemistry at its best.

Srk-Kajol have worked in a lot of blockbusters together(Baazigar, Karan Arjun, KKHH, K3G) but DDLJ will always be recognized as their best to date. Debutant director Aditya Chopra so perfectly brings these two together at the back-drop of a realistic family setting that its hard not to fall in love with them. Its chemistry at its finest. For Srk it was his first "Raj" character(play-girl type guy with the right values and morals) which he plays to perfection. For Kajol, DDLJ was a career making movie. As Simran she's beautiful, sweet, sensitive and a bit stuck-up too. Thank god Madhuri didn't have the dates to work in DDLJ cuz no actress suits Srk better then Kajol. There are countless heart-warming scenes between em' in DDLJ. Each one of them is uniquely different and just as much fun to watch. The entire setting of DDLJ is very simplistic, which brings out that special "oomph" in their romance. The songs are first-class. The strong supporting cast of Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher and Satish Shah definitely helped the movie to become the classic as its now seen as.

Bottomline: DDLJ is 'romantic comedy' with Indian emotions at its peak. From the cast, chemistry, music, direction and the awesome pairing of Srk-Kajol....its perfect!