Written
and
directed
by
debutant
Aditya
Chopra,
Dilwale
Dulhania
Le
Jayenge
(lovingly
also
called
DDLJ),
shattered
all
box
office
records
and
is
one
of
the
biggest
all-time
blockbusters
in
the
history
of
Hindi
cinema.
The
film
starring
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Kajol,
gave
India
a
new
on-screen
pair
to
fall
in
love
with
for
generations
to
come.
It
also
went
on
to
become
the
longest-running
Hindi
film
of
all
time!
Little
do
people
know
that
DDLJ,
which
completes
25
years
on
October
20th,
was
also
the
first
film
in
the
history
of
Indian
cinema
to
produce
a
making
of
a
film,
popularly
called
Behind
The
Scenes
(BTS)
today!
Uday
Chopra
recalled,
"Adi
wanted
to
do
something
that
no
one
had
ever
done
before
in
India
with
DDLJ.
He
asked
me
to
be
in-charge
of
directing
the
'making'
and
since
this
had
not
been
done
before,
I
had
to
pretty
much
invent
how
to
go
about
it.
Having
just
returned
from
film
school
in
California,
I
decided
this
would
be
a
great
opportunity
to
try
my
hand
at
another
aspect
of
film-making.
The
first
thing
we
needed
was
lots
of
footage
on
set
and
back
then
S-VHS
was
kind
of
the
only
viable
option
to
do
it.
So
apart
from
being
an
assistant
on
the
set
I
also
became
the
videographer
for
the
BTS
footage!"
He
further
added,
"I
remember
I
would
literally
have
a
camera
in
one
hand
and
the
clap
in
the
other,
with
a
utility
belt
to
keep
all
the
batteries,
charging
cables
and
spare
parts;
I
was
quite
a
sight
on
set!
The
advantage,
which
I
later
discovered
was
that
all
the
artists
were
very
comfortable
with
me
being
right
in
their
faces
and
this
made
for
some
really
interesting
and
intimate
shots,
which
helped
the
BTS
footage
tremendously.
DDLJ
was
the
first
film
that
started
a
trend
which
is
now
popularly
called
BTS!
Behind
The
Scenes
(BTS),
though
back
then
we
just
called
it
'The
Making'."
DDLJ
is
also
the
winner
of
a
record-breaking
(at
the
time)
10
Filmfare
Awards
and
the
film
literally
changed
the
face
of
Bollywood
globally.
The
film
was
made
at
a
budget
of
4
crore
and
the
blockbuster,
in
1995,
collected
89
crore
in
India,
13.50
crore
in
overseas
markets.
Thus,
total
collections
stood
at
102.50
crore
worldwide
in
1995!
In
today's
inflation
adjusted
value,
DDLJ's
collection
stands
at
a
staggering
455
crore
in
India
and
69
crore
in
overseas
territories,
taking
the
total
worldwide
collections
to
a
phenomenal
524
crore!
Uday
further
continued,
"We
were
the
first
film
whose
behind
the
scenes
footage
was
telecast
on
Doordarshan.
The
channel
made
a
special
show
out
of
the
exclusive
content
that
was
shared
to
them.
When
the
making
aired,
we
got
tons
of
wishes
and
it
was
a
huge
validation
for
trying
to
do
something
new
for
audiences.
DDLJ's
BTS
was
an
eye
opener
for
the
industry
to
do
the
same
going
forward
and
we
are
proud
that
our
film
contributed
in
setting
a
new
benchmark
in
India
when
it
comes
to
marketing
a
film."