In lighter vein!

The movie, 'Dilwaale dulhania le jaayenge' is creating history of sorts. On the 12th of this month it attains the milestone of being the first Indian film to run a 1,000 weeks, non stop, in a single theatre. The film featuring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol has been playing at the Maratha Mandir in Bombay all this while.

It's slotted in the 1130h show every morning and continues to run 'houseful' on many occasions - especially, Sundays - even to this day! By achieving the milestone, it completes 20 years of screening!!

Interesting snippets:-

      * The role of Raj Malhotra, played by Shah Rukh Khan, was actually offered to Saif Ali Khan
         initially but he wasn't interested

      * Shah Rukh Khan had till then acted in roles with a negative streak - Baazigar, Darr and Anjaam

      * It's a positive oriented film and the lead actor captures the heart of the viewer

      * The name of the film was suggested by Kiron Kher, the wife of Anupam Kher, who incidentally
         plays the role of Shah Rukh Khan's father

      * It was the first movie that was directed by Aditya Chopra

      * The Punjabi 'bhangra' and 'balle balle' became universally acceptable after this movie.


Tailpiece.

And in attaining this unique milestone, it has pushed the following behind:-

       (a) Mughal-e-Aazam        6 yrs
       (b) Sholay                         51/2 yrs.