The longest-running Indian film of all time and one of Hindi cinema’s most beloved movies - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - has completed 30 years since its release. Marking the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, son of the legendary Yash Chopra and now head of Yash Raj Films, the movie stands as a landmark in Indian cinema. It’s a film that made both desi audiences and the NRI diaspora fall in love with its charm - and that romance remains as strong as ever, three decades later, even becoming a Broadway play. ‘DDLJ’ 30th Anniversary: UK PM Keir Starmer Visits YRF Studios in Mumbai, Announces Cultural Collaboration With Yash Raj Films To Bring Bollywood Productions Back to Britain .
Credited (and rightly so) for turning Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol from stars into superstars, Dilwale Du