Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol Devgan pose during a special screening of ‘DDLJ’ at the Maratha Mandir theater in Mumbai on Wednesday.

MUMBAI: ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, which made superstars out of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, has completed 1000 weeks and SRK believes the film has lived so long because the story is relevant even today.

The two stars got together at Yash Raj Films studio to relive many moments of the cult romantic film, which was the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra.

“I think people should watch the film as it has realities which were true for that era and are true for this era as well. It says that it is cool to be Raj and Simran while maintaining our Indianness and culture. I think it is very relevant even today,” Shah Rukh said last evening in a conversation with Kajol while late Yash Chopra’s wife Pamela looked on.

The actress, on her part, said her daughter did not like to watch the movie as she gets upset to see her mother cry on-screen.

Shah Rukh, who did most of the talking, said the film changed the lives of everyone part of it as they all are doing well in their respective fields be it Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Kajol, Anaita Shroff, Manish Malhotra or him.

SRK, 49, revealed that his character’s name and the Mandolin in the film came from director Aditya’s admiration for Raj Kapoor. “Mandolin is Aditya’s favorite instrument. It tells you a lot about the person,” Shah Rukh joked, but on a serious note added that Aditya later told him that Mandolin was the main instrument used in the music of Raj Kapoor’s films.

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