{"id":2101590,"date":"2025-10-19T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2101590"},"modified":"2025-10-19T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:28:09","slug":"iconic-bollywood-romance-marks-30-years-of-nonstop-run-at-mumbai-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/iconic-bollywood-romance-marks-30-years-of-nonstop-run-at-mumbai-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Bollywood romance marks 30 years of nonstop run at Mumbai theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A theatre in Mumbai is celebrating 30 years of screening a much-loved Bollywood romance that has become India\u2019s longest-running film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai, the financial capital of India, will mark three decades of daily screenings of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Bravehearted Will Take the Bride), which shot actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to superstardom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film, widely known to fans as DDLJ, redefined modern Hindi romance and continues to draw hundreds of cinemagoers to its morning screenings with its tale of young lovers bucking tradition since its release on October 20, 1995.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have seen it about 30 times \u2026 and I will continue watching it,\u201d Mohammad Shakir, 60, told the AFP news agency as he bought a ticket for 40 rupees ($0.45).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 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break-words\">Manoj Desai, the head of the cinema located near Bombay Central Station, told AFP that weekday crowds tend to be made up of university students and young couples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOn Sundays, you will find around 500 people, even after 30 years,\u201d said Desai.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Clash of values<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film, which far outstrips the five-year run of the 1975 action-thriller Sholay (Embers) at another Mumbai theatre, revolves around the contrast between the more liberal values of second-generation Indians overseas and the conservative values of their parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Desai said it was common for audiences to break into cheers and applause during the film\u2019s climax, when the heroine runs alongside a moving train into her lover\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis is the goosebump moment,\u201d Desai said. \u201cThe father letting his daughter go, saying she won\u2019t find a better partner to spend her life with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is a message that continues to resonate with younger viewers, even those who were not born when it was released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIn our generation today, we often see transactional relationships,\u201d Omkar Saraf, 23, told AFP. \u201cBut in this film, the hero crosses all boundaries to win his love with no expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have watched it on television, on our mobiles, but the big screen gives us goosebumps.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"an iconic scene is seen during the screening of the popular Bollywood Hindi film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" 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6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A scene from the film [Indranil Mukherjee\/AFP]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">\u2018Cultural monument\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Desai said one die-hard fan of the movie had been coming to screenings for 20 years, while for others, the film had played a part in their own love stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One couple watched it while dating, before inviting Desai to their wedding. \u201cThey went abroad for their honeymoon \u2013 and came back to watch the movie,\u201d Desai said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film\u2019s daily screenings were almost discontinued in 2015, but backlash from fans meant the decision was reversed, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Film critic Baradwaj Rangan said the film had enduring appeal in a country still navigating the tensions between traditional and modern values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt represents a certain point in Indian culture, and that is why it is still loved,\u201d Rangan said, adding that it \u201cperfectly captured\u201d the friction between two generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe film has become a kind of cultural monument,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it is going to be playing forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 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