Yash Chopra also gave a million dollar advice to King Khan, which proved beneficial for him in his professional life.
However, Yash Chopra decided to intervene and convinced Shah Rukh for the movie. As a result, Aditya Chopra was planning to rope in Saif Ali Khan for the lead. So, when Aditya approached him to play the lead role of a lover boy in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Shah Rukh Khan rejected the offer. As a result, the superstar was keen to focus on taking negative roles only. And while we still can’t get enough of the superstar’s charm in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, did you know King Khan had refused to be a part of the movie? Yes! He had turned down the offer four times.ĪLSO READ | Blast From The Past: Shah Rukh Khan REVEALS the dumbest thing he has done in the name of love for Gauri KhanĪccording to media reports, Shah Rukh had tasted success with his negative roles back in the 1990s with his movies like Baazigar and Darr. Besides, this Aditya Chopra directorial played a huge role in SRK’s career and also established him as the king of romance in the industry. Shah Rukh’s performance as Raj has made us go weak on our knees and it did raise the bar for all the men around.
After all, it gave us our ideal couple Raj (played by Shah Rukh Khan) and Simran (played by Kajol) and a story which reinstated our faith in true love. This movie has released in 1995 and continues to be among the favourite of the masses even after 25 years of release. We are talking about Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. But among these, there is one legendary movie which is cherished by everyone across the country. The tickets for DDLJ were sold at Rs 20, Rs 17 and Rs 15 - much cheaper than the prices charged by multiplexes.ĭDLJ's 1009-week uninterrupted run makes it the longest running film in the history of Indian cinema, a record previously held by 1975 blockbuster Sholay which ran in Mumbai's Minerva Theatre for five years.Over the years Indian cinema has given us several iconic movies which we never fail to cherish. Maratha Mandir managing director Manoj Desai, however, told news agency IANS: "We have 1105 seats in one screen and out of which hardly 100 to 200 seats used to get occupied so it doesn't make sense to run it any longer."
The film played out in the 9:15 AM show today for the last time at the theatre. After playing for 1009 uninterrupted weeks, the films unprecedented performance has come to an end at the Maratha Mandir. 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. An audience of 210 watched the final show.Ī statement from DDLJ makers Yash Raj Films read: "Post the 1000 week celebrations last December, the theatre had requested YRF 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. Mumbai's Maratha Mandir cinema showed Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Bollywood's definitive romance, for the very last time on Februweeks - almost 20 years - after it began playing on October 19, 1995.