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               DDlj: 25 years of memories & magic




                     of raj, simran and their love story





         The film is being re-released across Germany, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, USA, UK, Canada, Mauritius,


          South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Estonia, and Finland.
              An Aditya Chopra-directorial, the film starred megastar Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in lead roles



        Our Bureau                                                                                                    break, the fans will be able to

        Mumbai                                                                                                        witness  SRK-Kajol’s  iconic
                                                                                                                      chemistry on the big screen
                elebrating     25    years                                                                            again as DDLJ is all set to
                to  Bollywood’s  iconic                                                                               return to the cinema halls.
        Cfilm  ‘Dilwale  Dulhania                                                                                        According to film critic and
        Le  Jayenge’  (DDLJ),  the  dis-                                                                              trade analyst Taran Adarsh,
        tributors  re-released  the  film                                                                             the Aditya Chopra directori-
        across the world on Thursday.                                                                                 al will start playing at Mum-
        Confirming the announcement,                                                                                  bai’s  Maratha  Mandir  theatre
        Nelson  D’Souza,  Associate                                                                                   from  Friday.  “#DDLJ  BACK
        Vice  President - International                                                                               IN CINEMAS... As theatres
        Distribution  said,  “DDLJ  is  a                                                                             reopen      in    #Maharashtra,
        film  that  made  people  fall  in                                                                            #AdityaChopra’s  iconic  film
        love and has constantly won                                                                                   #DDLJ  -  starring  #SRK  and
        hearts whenever it has been                                                                                   #Kajol  -  will  start  playing  at
        screened across the world. On  time. Besides SRK, the movie  ing Raj & Simran, with all your                  #MarathaMandir  [#Mumbai]
        its special 25th anniversary, we  also starred Amrish Puri, Fari- heart. This always feels special.          *again* from TODAY,” tweet-
        are very happy to announce  da Jalal, Anupam Kher, Mandi- #DDLJ25@yrf.”                                       ed Adarsh.
        that we are re-releasing ‘DDLJ’  ra  Bedi,  Satish  Shah,  Himani            On the occasion, actor Ka-          “The  longest-running  and
        so that audiences can celebrate  Shivpuri among many others. jol penned a note of thanks                      one of the most successful
        this cult classic.”                     As the film clocks 25 years  to all her fans for showering            #Hindi  films  of  all  time,”  his
                                             on the horizon of Indian cine- their love to the cinematic               tweet  further  read.  Mumbai’s
        “audiences  all  over  the           ma, to commemorate the oc- marvel throughout the years.                  Maratha Mandir cinemas had
                                             casion, SRK has changed his  Taking to her Instagram han-
                                                                                                                      run the iconic film for over 20
        world will get a chance to  Twitter  profile  to  his  famous  dle,  Kajol  shared  the  iconic               years after its release in 1995.
                                             character in the movie - Raj  train  sequence  from  the  90’s
        watch the film once again            Malhotra. The 54-year-old  blockbuster movie co-starring                 ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’
                                                                                                                      team last month celebrated 25
        on the big screen as we are  star has also changed his pro- superstar Shah Rukh Khan in                       years of the release of the film.
                                                                                                                                                 ‘Chha-
                                                                                                                          Meanwhile,
                                                                                                                                          the
        planning the re-release in           file picture to Raj from DDLJ.  the lead role. The scene comes           laang,’ actors Rajkummar Rao
                                             In  the  profile  picture,  SRK  is  when Bauji (Amrish Puri-
        several key diasporas and  seen sporting the iconic leather  played Simran’s father) finally                  and Nushrratt Bharuccha were
        non-diaspora global mar-             jacket, with a brown shirt and  realises Raj (Shah Rukh Khan)            on Monday seen enjoying their
                                             a black hat adorned with feath- and  Simran’s  (Kajol)  love;  he
                                                                                                                      own ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jay-
        kets,” d’souza added.                ers, as he smilingly poses for  couldn’t  help  himself  and  ut-        enge,’ (DDLJ) moment as they
                                             the lens.                           ters the famous dialogue, ‘Jaa       recreated an iconic scene from
            The film will be re-released        Reminiscing       about    the Simran Jaa, jeele apni zindagi’.       the film. The ‘Dream Girl,’ ac-
        across Germany, UAE, Saudi           DDLJ shooting days, Shah  Simran runs to catch the train                 tor posted a video of herself and
        Arabia, Qatar, USA, UK, Can- Rukh Khan got nostalgic and  and boards it after Raj extends                     Rao where the duo is seen en-
        ada, Mauritius, South Africa,  posted -- a special clip both  his hand to help her get on to it.              acting Raj (Shah Rukh Khan)
        Australia,  New  Zealand,  Fiji,  on his Instagram and Twitter               Sharing the iconic scene,        and  Simran  (Kajol)  from  the
        Norway,  Sweden,  Spain,  Swit- profiles  --  some  memorable  Kajol  wrote,  “Simran  caught                 famous mustard field scene of
        zerland, Estonia, and Finland  glimpses from  the  classic  hit.  the train 26 years back and we              ‘DDLJ.’  As  the  video  begins,
        to begin with.                       Expressing gratitude to his  are still thanking everyone for             Bharuccha is seen standing in
            Written and helmed by Ad- fans over achieving the land- all this love.”                                   the middle of a mustard farm
        itya  Chopra,  DDLJ  starring  mark, and on the silver jubilee               As the theatres reopened         calling  out,  “Raj,”  following
        Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol  anniversary  of  the  film,  SRK  in Maharashtra after almost                       which Rao whose back is facing
        went  on  to  become  the  lon- noted, “25 years!!! Filled with  eight months of being shut                   the camera is seen calling out
        gest-running  Hindi  film  of  all  gratitude towards you for lov- following the COVID-19 out-               “Simran.”


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