15 Mindblowing Facts About ‘DDLJ’ We Bet You Didn’t Know Even After 25 Years

Director Aditya Chopra wanted to cast Tom Cruise as the hero in this film. The first title of the film was also 'The Braveheart Will Take the Bride'.

Shahrukh refused to do the film after reading the script of DDLJ. The film's director Aditya Chopra convinced Shah Rukh to play a role in the film. If Shahrukh would have not agreed, then this role was being offered to Saif Ali Khan.

During the song 'Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye' from the movie 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', Kajol was supposed to dance with a towel. Kajol was hesitating to do this scene. Then director Aditya Chopra assured her that he would present the scene in a classy manner. After seeing the song, Kajol was very happy and also praised Aditya Chopra.

Uday Chopra and Karan Johar were given the responsibility of editing the video of the making of the film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. For this work, both of them kept themselves locked in the editing room for several days.?

The title name for this movie was suggested by famous actor Anupam Kher's wife, Kirron Kher. In fact the credits of the movie also carry her name under 'title suggested by'.

The film's famous song 'Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam' was shot in mustard fields in Gurgaon. The farmers of Haryana protested over the shooting of the song as their crops were severely damaged. Shah Rukh then pacified the farmers by speaking in Haryanvi language.

One of the most popular tracks 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' from the movie was originally made for some other movie.

Kajol's green outfit in song 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' was designed by Manish Malhotra and Aditya Chopra wasn't in the favor of it as traditionally Punjabi brides would wear colours like red, maroon or pink.

The scene when Raj teases Simran about the previous night by showing her the kisses, was actually shot with a lot of difficulty. The real reason was that every time Shah Rukh Khan would open his shirt, Kajol would start giggling, as the lips on Shah Rukh Khan's chest were drawn by Kajol.

Aditya Chopra named Shahrukh in the film 'Raj' which was inspired by the showman Raj Kapoor. His full name in the film was Rajnath, which was inspired by Rishi Kapoor's name in the 1973 film 'Bobby'.