Did you know these 10 things about Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge?

Here are some lesser-known trivia about Aditya Chopra directorial Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles. (Photo: Express Archive)

Apparently, Shah Rukh Khan was not the first choice for DDLJ. Director Aditya Chopra wanted to cast Tom Cruise in his debut movie. (Photo: Express Archive)

The title of the movie was suggested by actor-politician Kirron Kher. The film's credits bear testimony to this fact. (Photo: Express Archive)

The 'Palat' scene in DDLJ was inspired by a scene in Clint Eastwood film In the Line of Fire. In an interview, Aditya Chopra said, “I copied the idea of ‘palat’ from a film that has nothing to do with Hindi cinema or love stories. It’s from a Clint Eastwood 1993 thriller called In the Line of Fire. There’s a moment where Eastwood sees his love interest walk away and says to himself “turn” or something to that effect. It got stuck in my head.” (Photo: Express Archive)

Did you know that the role of Raj was also offered to Saif Ali Khan? (Photo: Express Archive)

Shah Rukh's signature black leather jacket was bought by Uday Chopra from a Harley Davidson store in California for 400 dollars. (Photo: Express Archive)

Did you know that Aditya Chopra took only one month to write DDLJ? (Photo: Express Archive)

Shah Rukh almost said no to DDLJ. In an interview, Aditya Chopra said, "It was not easy convincing Shah Rukh. When I narrated the story to him, he was surprised I was making a love story. He thought I’d make an action film as a first movie. At that point in time, he wanted to play macho action hero roles and did not want to work in what he called pansy love stories.” (Photo: Express Archive)

Jatin-Lalit initially meant to use the song "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" in 1992 film Khiladi. (Photo: Express Archive)

After several disagreements with Aditya Chopra, choreographer Saroj Khan was replaced by Farah Khan at a later stage of the production. Farah choreographed the song "Ruk Ka O Dil Deewane" in the film. (Photo: Express Archive)