A journey from single screen to multiplex
Records are meant to be broken, but some records are never meant to be broken. Produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films banner 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaainge' is DDLJ in today's global era digital age language. Released on 20 October 1995. The main theater in Mumbai was the New Excelsior. After traveling there for three plays a day, the film was shifted to a matinee show at the Maratha Mandir theater and continues to do so twenty-eight years later. Almost every year on October 19th or 20th, I visit this Maratha Mandir theater and watch it, thinking to myself, 'Let's see how much the number has increased for the week.' (Multiplex) This time it's the number, the 1382nd week. This is a record-breaking stay. No film in any language in the world can stay in theaters for so many years. Therefore, the journey of DDLJ seems unnecessary to anyone. Some people find it ridiculous. Similar reactions are seen on soci...