Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge completes 1,000 weeks on December 12. Recently, Shah Rukh Khan, who played the loveable Raj in the film and paved way for the boy next-door heroes in the decade that followed, had revealed his wish to celebrate the blockbuster in a grand manner.
According to Mumbai mirror, SRK, along with his costar, Kajol, who played Simran, the obedient daughter to Amrish Puri, will be making an appearance on Kapil Sharma’s show to mark the occasion.
A source close to Comedy Nights With Kapil, said, “The duo plan to shoot on November 30 at Film City. They will talk about the film and share their memories.”
This is the perfect platform for the celebration, considering that DDLJ was the first film to have a thirty minute television show chronicling its making which was telecast on the national broadcaster Doordarshan.
Interestingly, film critic Anupama Chopra too wrote a book, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge: The Making of a Blockbuster, analyzing the film’s success.
It is learnt that a celebration is being planned at Maratha Mandir, which has had non-stop screening of the Raj-Simran love story since its release on October 20, 1995, making it the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema.
Buzz is, the Bible of Bollywood romance, which is still a crowd-puller in the 11.30 am matinee show, may be pulled out from Maratha Mandir once the 1000 weeks are over. However, theatre owner, Manoj Desai, insisted that they had not taken a call on this yet. “I haven’t received any official intimation from the film’s makers about whether they want to continue after the 1000 run is over. I don’t know what the plans are. I have only been told not to screen any film in the 6 pm and 9 pm slots on December 12.”
Rohit getting SRK and Kajol together?
According to a report in Mid-Day, Rohit Shetty will direct SRK in his next and has signed Kajol for the film.
A source was quoted saying to Mid-Day that the director has signed SRK for his next and has signed Kajol opposite SRK. The pre-production work is going on and soon he might make it official. Rohit is waiting to finish the final draft of the film and it will go on floor in the first half of 2015. Rohit is very close to Ajay Devgn and reportedly he played the peace maker between Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay.
Rohit Shetty has always entertained us with his films and he is back again taking the franchise several notches higher in every aspect of film making! His recent film Singham Returns has won critical as well as audience acclaim.
A gripping story, high octane action, power packed performances by the cinema icons of the country and foot tapping music complemented with memorably cult dialogues makes Rohit Shetty’s films a hit.
