What made SRK the next big star after Amitabh Bachchan? What made his pairing with Kajol at par with Raj-Nargis and Amitabh-Rekha? What made Yashraj the biggest banner of 90s after some failures on BO? Answer is very simple – DDLJ. Aditya Chopra’s debut film was one of the highlights of entire 90 along with an equally popular Hum Aapke Hai Kaun. But DDLJ is on this list because they brought in some trends which defined cinema over next 18 years.
Raj and Simran, Indians in Britain fall in love in Switzerland. Simran’s wedding is arranged. Raj masquerades and win hearts. However, reality come to fore. After some action, love wins. Cliched to the extent of boredom. However, the narrative allows viewers to connect and relate to the motion on screen. Story was well complemented by brilliant cinematography and memorable music. And who can forget the ‘sarson ka khet’ scene? Also, the biggest heist was the pairing of Kajol and SRK. Though they had worked earlier in Baazigar, romance was hardly in focus in the thriller.
DDLJ literally opened the doors of Bollywood in UK and US. It was perhaps the biggest Hindi film in west since Raj Kapoor’s Awara. It was perhaps the first film where NRIs were subject. Many films like Pardes exploited the NRI angle with great success but failed to come anywhere close to DDLJ’s legend.
Trivia: Aditya Chopra wanted Tom Cruise initially. He wanted an Anglo-Indian love story. Yashraj thought otherwise.
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