Bollywood Mondays: 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' (1995)

October 22, 3:30pm - 6:45pm
Mānoa Campus, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics Auditorium (HIG 110)

This epic 1995 movie, lovingly referred to by its hundreds of millions of fans as DDLJ (‘The One with Heart Will Win the Bride’), is the longest-running film in Indian cinema history – still playing today in Bombay 17 years after its release.

Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) is a rich and carefree second-generation Indian living in London. Simran (Kajol) is the daughter of Chaudhury Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri), who, despite emigrating to England, demands strict adherence to Indian customs and values. The two youth meet on a month-long trip across Europe, and what begins as innocent flirtation slowly blooms into love. But by the time the young couple realizes this, it is already too late, as Simran has left for India to complete an arranged marriage with a family friend since childhood. Raj follows her with a mission on his hands, and thus launches a beloved contemporary Bollywood saga.

This is the eighth movie in the 11th UH Bollywood film series, running every Monday this fall. For a copy of the full film schedule, please see the contact information below.


Ticket Information
Free and open to the public

Event Sponsor
History, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Ned Bertz, 956-6766, bertz@hawaii.edu

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