Of this, Rs 1.60 lakh came in the opening weekend. In it’s week-long run from Feb 26 to March 4, the Aditya Chopra directorial raked in Rs 3 lakh at the ticket window, with footfalls of approximately 3000. Due to lack of content, the iconic single screen, Raj Mandir in Jaipur screened DDLJ last week with 3-shows a day and replaced it with Hum Aapke Hain Koun on March 5 to run of a week.Īnd we Pinkvilla has exclusively got some details about the box-office collections of the two films at this iconic property. While the Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit family drama proved to be the biggest blockbuster of Indian cinema, by shattering all box-office record emerging the highest grossing film of all time, the Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol love story is the longest running film of Indian cinema, with a run extending to over 1250 weeks. DDLJ’s BTS was an eye opener for the industry to do the same going forward and we are proud that our film contributed in setting a new benchmark in India when it comes to marketing a film.The year 19 are iconic for Indian cinema with the release of Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. When the making aired, we got tons of wishes and it was a huge validation for trying to do something new for audiences. The channel made a special show out of the exclusive content that was shared to them. Uday says, “We were the first film whose behind the scenes footage was telecast on Doordarshan. Thus, total collections stood at Rs 102.50 crores worldwide in 1995! In today’s inflation adjusted value, DDLJ’s collection stands at a staggering Rs 455 crores in India and Rs 69 crores in overseas territories, taking the total worldwide collections to a phenomenal Rs 524 crores! The film was made at a budget of Rs 4 crores and the blockbuster, in 1995, collected Rs 89 crores in India, Rs 13.50 crores in overseas markets.
DDLJ was the first film that started a trend which is now popularly called BTS! Behind The Scenes (BTS), though back then we just called it ’The Making’.”ĭDLJ is also the winner of a record-breaking (at the time) 10 Filmfare Awards and the film literally changed the face of Bollywood globally. He adds, “I remember I would literally have a camera in one hand and the clap in the other, with a utility belt to keep all the batteries, charging cables and spare parts I was quite a sight on set! The advantage, which I later discovered was that all the artists were very comfortable with me being right in their faces and this made for some really interesting and intimate shots, which helped the BTS footage tremendously. RECOMMENDED READ: Ahead of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge's silver jubilee, Shah Rukh Khan reveals the story behind ‘aao aao’ scene So apart from being an assistant on the set I also became the videographer for the BTS footage!” The first thing we needed was lots of footage on set and back then S-VHS was kind of the only viable option to do it.
Having just returned from film school in California, I decided this would be a great opportunity to try my hand at another aspect of film-making.
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He asked me to be in-charge of directing the ‘making’ and since this had not been done before, I had to pretty much invent how to go about it. Uday Chopra reveals, “Adi wanted to do something that no one had ever done before in India with DDLJ.
It also went on to become the longest-running Hindi film of all time! Little do people know that DDLJ, which completes 25 years on October 20th, was also the first film in the history of Indian cinema to produce a making of a film, popularly called Behind The Scenes (BTS) today! The film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol gave India a new on-screen pair to fall in love with for generations to come. Written and directed by debutant Aditya Chopra, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (lovingly also called DDLJ), shattered all box office records and is one of the biggest all-time blockbusters in the history of Hindi cinema.
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