Can it really be 20 years since Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol redefined love for an entire nation in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge? In a fascinating documentary released by Yash Raj Films, the cast and crew of the film re-live their experiences during the making of the film. The 1995 blockbuster remains a benchmark for romantic drama in Bollywood even today, and it catapulted SRK, Kajol and its debutant director Aditya Chopra to superstardom.
The special feature is packed with interesting trivia right from Kajol’s reluctance to shoot the popular song Mere Khawbo Mein Jo Aaye in a towel to Shah Rukh’s apprehensions of starring in a romantic film.
It also has an unseen video of actress Juhi Chawla making cameo in the film, which did not make it to the final cut.In the videos, the film’s lead actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, assistant director Karan Johar, Yash Chopra’s wife Pamela, music composers Jatin Lalit, and choreographer Saroj Khan recount interesting incidents during the shoot. In between their discussions, the makers cut to footage archived from 1995 – audience response in theatres, interviews with bandwaalas and staff from Maratha Mandir where it has run for the longest time – and rare black and white photographs of the cast taken off sets.
Highlights from the documentary:
Speaking of the famous ‘lipstick scene,’ Kajol reminisces, “Within 50 retakes, Aditya Chopra was pakaoed with us. He just wanted to shoot us in the head at that point in time and kill us.”
Karan Johar on Kajol: Kajol is a brat. She’s loud, she’s noisy, she’s too difficult to control. Adi used to get fed up, Farida Jalal wanted to kill her. I had to control her because I was her best friend. Her preparation is this nervous energy. Yash uncle used to call her pagli. But when the camera rolled, bang boom she was on.
Shah Rukh Khan on Kajol: You will not find a better pair of eyes than Kajol’s
SRK on Aditya Chopra: Aditya Chopra is very very different on the sets. We call him khadoos, added SRK. He’s very strict on the sets. His brows are closely knit. He’s got a scowl on his face. He doesn’t smile.
Karan Johar on Aditya Chopra: Adi wanted to change the Yash Raj format. For example, he wanted to replace Chiffon saris (hallmark of Yash Chopra-films) with satin ones, but that didn’t work. The film ended up being a quintessential Yash Chopra film
Karan Johar: I never went to a film school, assisted in anything else. My only training ground as a filmmaker is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
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