The statue will depict a part of the scene that was shot in Leicester Square. The hashtag #DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge is also among top trends.Ī bronze statue of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol will also be unveiled on the film’s anniversary at London’s Leicester Square. DDLKJ established the hit jodi of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.Īhead of DDLJ’s anniversary, photos and videos from the film have already started trending. Raj follows Simran all the way to Punjab, where her family is marrying her off to a family friend she has never met, and tries to win them over. The film follows two non-resident Indians (NRIs), Raj (Shah Rukh) and Simran (Kajol) who meet on a Europe trip and fall in love. I thought she was just cool, a little old-fashioned but cool,” Kajol said in an interview to Hindustan Times.ĭilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which also starred Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal and Parmeet Sethi, is one of the most successful Bollywood films ever and ran in a theatre in Mumbai for over two decades. You want to get that approval, you want to get that feeling of you are approved of and that you are doing something right in the world. Lot of people don’t do the right thing but we always want to do that. “I realised there is a lot of a lot of Simran in almost everybody we know, there is always that wanting to do the right thing in someone. Kajol, meanwhile, thought her character was a little boring. Shah Rukh was shooting for Karan Arjun when he made up his mind to do Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, and said yes to Aditya. At one point, the filmmaker gave up hope and began considering other actors including Saif Ali Khan for the role of Raj. Shah Rukh Khan gave a hilarious replyĪditya met Shah Rukh several times over three weeks to convince him to star in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Besides, the other two Khan heroes – Aamir and Salman – were playing the lover boy roles with great success, and Shah Rukh was happy to be regarded as a hatke (different) actor,” she wrote.Īlso read: Kajol was once asked how she would respond if Aryan Khan were to elope with Nysa. He wasn’t interested in singing songs in pretty locations and then eloping with the girl, as was the Bollywood norm. “Shah Rukh thought that romances were ‘pansy’, effete. In her book, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: A Modern Classic, film journalist Anupama Chopra revealed how Shah Rukh came to be a part of the film.
It took several meetings, and then, history was created. Did you know that he originally turned the film down because he was not keen on doing a film in the romance genre?Īs Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge completes 25 years of its release, here is looking back at how Aditya Chopra, then a debutant director, almost lost hope of casting Shah Rukh in the film. His 1995 blockbuster, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, put him on the map as the ‘king of romance’. The SRK and Kajol starrer had marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra in 1995 and now after 26 years he is all set to take the magic overseas.No one does romance like Shah Rukh Khan.
A global casting search begins shortly for this big budget musical. It also features Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning Bill Sherman (In The Heights, Sesame Street, Hamilton) in Music Supervision. Emmy and Tony Award winner Derek McLane (Moulin Rouge!, Hairspray Live!, 33 Variations) is on Scenic Design. Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford (Frozen, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boys from Syracuse) will choreograph with associate choreographer Shruti Merchant. Laurence Oliver Award-winner Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde, Mean Girls) is penning lyrics! Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani are music composers. Yash Raj Films shared the official poster of the musical on their Instagram account with a caption that read, “#AdityaChopra will mark his debut as a director on Broadway as he is set to direct #DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge again after 26 years! Titled Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical, it is opening on Broadway in 2022 and is being produced by #YashRajFilms A stellar creative team of Indian and US based artists are coming together. Aditya has been working on this passion project for the past three years and the musical will be named Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical. The musical will have maestros like Nell Benjamin, Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani, Rob Ashford, Derek McLane, Bill Sherman.
Chopra believes that ‘Western musical theater and Indian films are two long lost lovers separated in time.’ Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Broadway musical will also mark filmmaker Aditya Chopra’s debut on the prestigious American stage.
Simran and Raj will now be swooning the broadway fans with their heart-melting romance.
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Bollywood’s most iconic movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which starred Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, is all set to now spread its magic of romance in America as DDLJ will be adapted into a Broadway musical.
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