Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Director: Aditya Chopra
Genre: Coming of age, Romance Film, Comedy, Bollywood, Musical, World cinema, Romantic drama, Family Film, Drama
Year: 1995
Country: India
Language: Hindi Language, Urdu Language, English Language, Punjabi language
Starring: Mandira Bedi, Satish Shah, Himani Shivpuri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher, Karan Johar, Kajol, Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Pooja Ruparel, Achala Sachdev, Pooja Ruparel
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (English: The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride), also known as DDLJ, is a Hindi language film released on 20 October 1995. A romantic comedy, the film marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, who also wrote the story. It was produced by his father Yash Chopra, and stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. The film tells the story of a young couple who fall in love on a European vacation, and relates how the boy tries to win over the girl's parents so that she can marry him rather than the boy that her father has chosen for her. It was filmed in India, London, and Switzerland.
Earning over 106 crore (US$21.15 million) in India and 15 crore (US$2.99 million) overseas, the film became the biggest Bollywood hit of the year, as well as one of the biggest Bollywood hits ever. During the 1996 awards season, the film won 10 Filmfare Awards, the most ever for a single film at that time, and also won the National Award for being the most popular film of the year.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was ranked by Indiatimes Movies among the "25 Must See Bollywood Films". It was one of two Hindi films in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list along with Mother
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