When Bauji saw Raj and Simran's love, he couldn't help himself and he uttered the famous line, ' Jaa Simran Jaa'. Raj didn't stayed quiet but when his father was hit, he could not contain himself. The action was saved for the last, when Simran's groom (Parmeet Sethi) and his friends attacked Raj. It was a cry of pain, of sorrow, of regret, of loss and of helplessness, and rightly conveyed. Raj delivered a dramatic and emotional monologue, where every line started with 'Toh kya hua?' It was so strong that all the chachas, mamas and cousins of the house had to look away. So when the truth was out, all hell broke loose.Īmrish Puri's Bauji was seething when he saw Raj's real intention. It's Simran's mother (played by Farida Jalal), who suggests that Raj and Simran should elope, as her husband would never allow their relationship.īut NRI Raj's ' dil' was ' Hindustani' and he just could not do that. Raj's heart-to-heart chat with Simran's mother On Karva Chauth, a festival that has spun a whole lot of filmi moments, Simran fakes unconsciousness to save herself for Raj. Of course, Raj manages to find a place in Kajol's home. Kajol turned into a quintessential Yash Raj heroine even as Shah Rukh Khan spread out his arms in his signature pose.Īfter they fall in love, Raj has to win Simran's large family over, not an easy task since they're preparing for her big fat Punjabi wedding. Tujhe Dekha Toh, filmed in the sarson ke khet, with Kumar Sanu joining in, was the biggest chartbuster of that year. Of course, it's the other Lata Mangeshkar number that has become the face of DDLJ. The author analyses two popular Hindi films of the mid-1990s, Dilwale dulhania le jayenge (DDLJ) and Pardes, that thematise the problems of transnational location in respect of courtship and marriage. This is when Raj and Simran realise that they are in love! ABSTRACT: A significant new development in the field of Indian family and kinship is the internationalisation of the middle-class family. Naa Jaane Mere Dil Ko Kya Ho Gaya, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan, is perhaps the best placed song in the narrative. The simple way in which Raj tested his love on Kajol's Simran seems to have become the litmus test of love since! The ' palat' scene has been attempted so many times in so many movies since DDLJ, that one has lost count. Had the film been made in current times, this dialogue would have spun a thousand memes.įor everything that went amiss in the film, Shah Rukh Khan had a ready philosophy of life.