He is strict and a man of few words but Chaudhary Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri) loves his wife and isn't shy about wearing his heart on his sleeve once in a while. Amrish Puri Serenades Farida Jalal With Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen As Amrish Puri feeds pigeons and intones Aao in his deep baritone, Raj pops up declaiming Phurrrr.ġ6. As he attempts to win over the Father of the Bride, Raj decides to skip subtle in favour of style.
Little did Raj know that stealing a crate of beer in London would prove an almost-insurmountable obstacle in his romantic life. Simran's expression of surprise mingled with her attempt to disguise her elation is only matched by Shah Rukh's poker face as he says, " Namaste Simran ji"
Kuljeet introduces his jigri yaar from London to Simran. A little bit of ingenuity later, Raj and Kuljeet - who he's just saved from a gory fate in a jungle (not really)- are the best of friends and Raj is a step closer to his love. The first task is to gain entry into a house which is preparing for Simran's wedding to the testosterone-fuelled Kuljeet. Now that he's in India to win his love, Raj is a man of action. DDLJ did it in 100% Bollywood fashion with the mustard fields of Punjab providing the scenery and Raj's guitar picking out the chords to Tujhe Dekha Toh Ye Jaana Sanam. When you've been prised away from your one true love in one continent and are reunited with him in another, you need a romantic setting and soundtrack. As Simran turns to give Raj one last wide smile, her smile mirrors ours.' Time and again, lovers have sworn by the Palat test. " Agar woh tujhse pyaar karti hai, toh woh paltegi. The second most iconic scene - after the train scene - in DIlwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is when Simran turns to look at Raj as she walks away. Raj thinks it's fun to yell and hear his voice echo but is silenced by a withering look from Simran. While waiting for their bus, Raj and Simran visit a church. She breaks down the shop displays, runs about the city giving Raj a hard time. This is what happens when a 'good girl' gets drunk.
Simran now sees Raj in a new light - and we get to see her in one too. Shah Rukh's side-splitting way with words in the scene left us in stitches. On the contrary, Raj comes to her rescue just as the French policeman is all set to arrest her. Talking matters into her own hand, Simran decides to hitch a lift only to fall into trouble again - this time, however, with no help form Raj. We don't blame her, after all that Raj has put her through. And who is to blame? Raj! In one of the most hilarious moments from the film, Kajol dissolves into tears as she realizes she's stuck with the co-traveller from hell. Still touring together, Raj and Simran miss the train. She forgives him, only to discover it's another trick. Gentlemanly Raj apologises to Simran for his rudeness with a flower. She was as shocked by Shah Rukh's rudeness as we were when we first saw it. Trivia: While they were shooting for the song, Kajol actually had no idea that Shah Rukh would drop her. The SRK-Kajol romance is the stuff of Bollywood screen legend, made all the more memorable by bittersweet moments like when he drops her in the song Ruk Ja O Dil Diwane. Helping her catch her train doesn't guarantee you a place in her heart, discovers Raj as he labours through the most cliched lines which are pointedly ignored by Simran as she reads her book, upside down. In fact, Shah Rukh Khan himself spoofed the train sequence in Rohit Shetty's Chennai Express. The train moments are also the most spoofed and reenacted scenes in Bollywood. The 'Raj And Simran Train Moment', as we'd like to call it, became everyone's most desired way of meeting their true love. After all, as his 'Pop' (played by Anupam Kher) says, Raj made his ancestors (who had only failed in India) proud by failing in videsh.Įurostar, you're famous. If you are going to fail your exams, do it in style. Now, if Raj hadn't stolen the beer, he may have had an easier time winning over Simran's dad - but then, would there have been a film at all? 20 years after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released on October 20, 1995, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's film is still the definitive love story for Bollywood fans.ĭDLJ, as it is fondly known, has given us some of the most hilarious and romantic moments on film and, as it celebrates a milestone birthday, here are our top 20 moments: Two decades ago, a dilwala named Raj romanced a young woman named Simran in Switzerland and the mustard fields of Punjab, where she eventually became his dulhania.
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