Bollywood classic 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and actor Shah Rukh Khan talks about the secret for you. Lead actor in the movie, Shah Rukh reveals many scenes in the film were improvised. Shah Rukh, along with Kajol, Anupam Kher, and several others who were involved in the making of the film, such as designer Manish Malhotra and music composer duo Jatin-Lalit, took part in an oral history of the movie.
Shah Rukh said, “There were several improv moments. They enhanced the script, for sure. There was this scene with Amrish Puri where he was feeding the pigeons. And we had this really funny scene where we are both awkwardly going 'aao, aao' to the pigeons. It is a call for pigeons I had heard in Delhi, so I added it. Even the flower that sprays water on Kajol's face, we hadn't told her what would happen.”
Shah Rukh added, “It was a set of friends just having fun...with the material. Adi had a much clearer vision where he was going with it and what he wanted to say in it. So the voices belong to us, but the words and feelings are all his, to be honest.” Released in 1995, 'DDLJ' became a runaway hit cementing Shah Rukh and Kajol as a romantic pair.
