Shekhar Kapur said that DDLJ defined a generation
As Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is ready to complete 1,000 weeks in Mumbai's Maratha Mandir theatre,internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur praised the top grosser of 1995 saying "the film defined a generation".
DDLJ, as the romantic drama is called, was Aditya Chopra's debut film as a director. It will compete 1,000 weeks on December 12. Shekhar Kapur, who has entertained the audience with hit films like
Masoom and
Mr. India, tweeted
Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal and Mandira Bedi, the love story revolves around a fun-loving London-bred Punjabi boy and a girl brought up in a conservative family. How he wins over the girl's family, forms the rest of the story.