Remaking “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”? You will have to adapt it to current times and thought processes, so no, the magic cannot be recreated, says Kajol, 30 years after the release of the film that introduced her to moviegoers as Simran, the Londoner who loves but needs parental approval before her ‘happily ever after’.

“Create your own magic,” Kajol told PTI ahead of the 30 th anniversary of the film that released on October 20, 1995, and went on to become one of India’s biggest hits ever. It can still be seen on the big screen in Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir.

She was then just 21, in her role as Simran, the rebellious yet traditional NRI who falls in love with the charming Raj, played by Shah Rukh Khan, but reconciles herself to get married to a man chosen by her parents, one she has ne

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