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'DDLJ started the trend of behind-the-scenes in Bollywood'
Updated On: 18 October, 2020 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Little do people know that Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was also the first film in the history of Indian cinema to produce a making of a film
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Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in a still from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge. Image sourced from mid-day archives
Written and directed by debutant Aditya Chopra, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (lovingly also called DDLJ), shattered all box office records and is one of the biggest all-time blockbusters in the history of Hindi cinema. The film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol gave India a new on-screen pair to fall in love with for generations to come. It also went on to become the longest-running Hindi film of all time! Little do people know that DDLJ, which completes 25 years on October 20th, was also the first film in the history of Indian cinema to produce a making of a film, popularly called Behind The Scenes (BTS) today!
Uday Chopra reveals, "Adi wanted to do something that no one had ever done before in India with DDLJ. He asked me to be in-charge of directing the 'making' and since this had not been done before, I had to pretty much invent how to go about it. Having just returned from film school in California, I decided this would be a great opportunity to try my hand at another aspect of film-making. The first thing we needed was lots of footage on set and back then S-VHS was kind of the only viable option to do it. So apart from being an assistant on the set I also became the videographer for the BTS footage!"
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