DDLJ’s reign over our hearts will continue: Farida Jalal

“It is sad that it (the film) is leaving. They (theatre owners) shouldn’t have removed it and let it run,” the actress told IANS over phone.

“But the charm of the movie will live on forever,” she added.

The actress is quick to note that no other movie can recreate the magic of DDLJ, which featured Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher and late Amrish Puri.

“No movie can match the mark it created. It was one of a kind movie. We had so much fun while shooting for the film. I cherish all the memories around it,” she said.

In Pics: SRK, Kajol’s DDLJ to be taken down from Maratha Mandir: Let’s relive the moments with Raj and Simran

Produced by the late Yash Chopra, the film marked Aditya Chopra’s debut as a director.

DDLJ has a simple story — a fun loving London-bred Punjabi boy Raj (Shah Rukh) meets an NRI simpleton Simran (Kajol) during an European holiday. Love blossoms between them, but winning over the girl’s conservative family is not a cakewalk for the hero, who then makes every effort to take his ‘dulhania’ (bride) with him.

Be it the Raj and Simran chemistry, iconic dialogues like “Bade bade shehron mein chhoti chhoti baatein hoti rehti hain” or “‘Ja Simran ja, jee le apni zindagi”, mustard fields– all the unforgettable hallmarks of DDLJ live on.