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‘DDLJ’: Why a Bollywood classic about forbidden love still captivates Indian movie-goers 30 years on

Inside the Maratha Mandir movie theater, audience members jump to their feet as the first notes of an iconic mandolin riff play, their bodies casting silhouettes against the opening credits of a film ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

A look inside how the Old Globe is bringing Bollywood’s most beloved romance, ‘DDLJ,’ to the American stage

In 1995, 23-year-old Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra wrote and directed his first Bollywood movie, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.” The globe-hopping romantic comedy told the story of two young British ...
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The new 'DDLJ' musical cast a white man as the lead. Fans aren’t happy about it.

Shah Rukh Khan’s character Raj in the Hindi film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” is as iconic as the movie itself. The funny, flirty, animated man became synonymous with romance in 1995, and the fondly ...
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U.K. Culture Secretary Hails ‘DDLJ' Bollywood Musical as Symbol of Growing India Ties (EXCLUSIVE)

U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy is pointing to the British premiere of Bollywood musical "Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical" as evidence of strengthening cultural ...