Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - Revision history

Pdewan: /* Offending the Christians */

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‎Offending the Christians

Pdewan: /* The record breaking run */

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‎The record breaking run

Pdewan: /* In 2023, The New York Times revisited India’s longest running film */

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‎In 2023, The New York Times revisited India’s longest running film

Pdewan: /* Offending the Christians */

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‎Offending the Christians

Pdewan: /* Cast */

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‎Cast

Pdewan: /* In 2023, The New York Times revisited India’s longest running film */

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‎In 2023, The New York Times revisited India’s longest running film

Pdewan: /* The record breaking run */

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‎The record breaking run

Pdewan: /* Cast */

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Pdewan at 19:04, 10 February 2023

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Pdewan at 19:02, 10 February 2023

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 Then ‘Raj mak[es] the usual sign of one wanting to go and relieve himself [urinate],’ writes [http://www.planetsrk.com/community/threads/longest-running-film-in-hindi-cinema-review.1497/ Planet SRK].
 (See picture)
+[[File: ddlj12aaa.png| The church sequence begins with Raj questioning if churches are 'things' (cheez) worth seeing. <br/>A more precise translation of what Raj says would be, ‘Are churches things worth looking at?’<br/> Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)  |frame|500px]]
 He whistles and hisses as he dances his way towards the Bible.
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 Finally, in an act of magnanimity towards Lord Jesus, Raj goes to the altar, kneels and addresses the Jesus idol (offscreen) with an irreverent ‘Hi!,’ introduces himself, like a cool-dude, as Raj and clarifies that he is not there for himself.
-[[File: ddlj12aaa.png| The church sequence begins with Raj questioning if churches are 'things' (cheez) worth seeing. <br/>A more precise translation of what Raj says would be, ‘Are churches things worth looking at?’<br/> Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)  |frame|500px]]
+Considering how parochial YRFilms have been over the decades, concentrating (as in ''DDLJ'') on Malhotra heroes, who belong to the Chopras’ own clan, to the exclusion of the Indian minorities in particular, this scene offended the Christians (as it was obviously meant to), who protested gently and with dignity through press statements.
-[[File: ddlj10.png|The Shahrukh Khan character’s tomfoolery in the Swiss church and total irreverence hurt Christian sentiments. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995):(Shahrukh Khan and Kajol are in the frame) |frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj13.png| ‘Raj mak[es] the usual sign of one wanting to go and relieve himself [i.e. urinate],’ writes [http://www.planetsrk.com/community/threads/longest-running-film-in-hindi-cinema-review.1497/ Planet SRK] <br/> However, in fairness, maybe this gesticulation was inadvertent. <br/> Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj11.png|Raj (Shahrukh Khan) addresses Lord Jesus with a ‘Hi!’ and then affects an ‘I’m-too-cool-to-be-here, Bro Jesus’ attitude, unnecessarily offending the Christians. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
-Considering how parochial YRFilms have been over the decades, concentrating (as in ''DDLJ'') on Malhotra heroes, who belong to the Chopras’ own clan, to the exclusion of the Indian minorities in particular, this scene offended the Christians (as it was obviously meant to), who protested gently and with dignity through press statements.
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 YRF obliged from 13th Feb 2015. However, while the theatre management was happy to continue the film for as long as it continued to draw in the audiences, owing to logistical issues of their staff having to work inordinately long hours to accommodate an additional early morning show, it was mutually decided to end the films historic & record breaking run.
-After a historic, uninterrupted 1009-week run, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge made its ''' final curtain call ''' at the iconic Maratha Mandir in the 9:15 AM show on 19 Feb 2015.
+After a historic, uninterrupted 1009-week run, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge made its ''' 'final' curtain call ''' at the iconic Maratha Mandir in the 9:15 AM show on 19 Feb 2015.
 =In 2023, ''The New York Times'' revisited India’s longest-running film=
 [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/world/asia/bollywood-ddlj-maratha-mandir.html   Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj/ India’s Love Story With a Movie Still on the Big Screen After 27 Years/ The New York Times/ Jan. 19, 2023]

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 ''' Indpaedia says 'Never say never again,' because in 2023 the film was back at Maratha Mandir'''
-=In 2023, The New York Times revisited India’s longest running film=
+=In 2023, ''The New York Times'' revisited India’s longest-running film=
 [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/world/asia/bollywood-ddlj-maratha-mandir.html   Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj/ India’s Love Story With a Movie Still on the Big Screen After 27 Years/ The New York Times/ Jan. 19, 2023]
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 Finally, in an act of magnanimity towards Lord Jesus, Raj goes to the altar, kneels and addresses the Jesus idol (offscreen) with an irreverent ‘Hi!,’ introduces himself, like a cool-dude, as Raj and clarifies that he is not there for himself.
 Considering how parochial YRFilms have been over the decades, concentrating (as in ''DDLJ'') on Malhotra heroes, who belong to the Chopras’ own clan, to the exclusion of the Indian minorities in particular, this scene offended the Christians (as it was obviously meant to), who protested gently and with dignity through press statements.
 =President Obama, DDLJ and Mitwa=

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 [[File: ddlj8.png|Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
 [[File: ddlj9.png|Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj12aaa.png| The church sequence begins with Raj questioning if churches are 'things' (cheez) worth seeing. <br/>A more precise translation of what Raj says would be, ‘Are churches things worth looking at?’<br/> Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)  |frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj10.png|The Shahrukh Khan character’s tomfoolery in the Swiss church and total irreverence hurt Christian sentiments. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995):(Shahrukh Khan and Kajol are in the frame) |frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj13.png| ‘Raj mak[es] the usual sign of one wanting to go and relieve himself [i.e. urinate],’ writes [http://www.planetsrk.com/community/threads/longest-running-film-in-hindi-cinema-review.1497/ Planet SRK] <br/> However, in fairness, maybe this gesticulation was inadvertent. <br/> Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj11.png|Raj (Shahrukh Khan) addresses Lord Jesus with a ‘Hi!’ and then affects an ‘I’m-too-cool-to-be-here, Bro Jesus’ attitude, unnecessarily offending the Christians. ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
 Shah Rukh Khan/ 	Raj Malhotra
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 Uday Chopra 	(cameo)
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 Srijana Mitra Das,TNN | Jan 28, 2015 [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mitwa-Obamas-DDLJ-moment/articleshow/46037113.cms ''The Times of India'']
-YRF obliged from 13th Feb 2015. However, while the theatre management was happy to continue the film for as long as it continued to draw in the audiences, owing to logistical issues of their staff having to work inordinately long hours to accommodate an additional early morning show, it was mutually decided to end the films historic & record breaking run.
+[[Category:Cinema-TV-Pop|D DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE
 =The film=
 The film told a very simple love story of Raj and Simran, played on the silver screen by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol respectively

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 [[File: ddlj1.png|Shahrukh Khan  in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)(The picture you had expected to see here is on the page [[Hindi-Urdu cinema: 1990-99 ]])|frame|500px]]
 [[File: ddlj2a.png| Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)  |frame|500px]]
-[[File: ddlj3.png| Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
+[[File: ddlj3a.png| Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
 [[File: ddlj4.png|Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '' (1995)|frame|500px]]
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