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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rayappan enters the frame in a Kaala-esque sequence, where the goons corner him hoping he is just another 'perusu'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A ferocious fight sequence follows.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay gets to do the famous Vesthi-fold-jump from Mersal, and pulls it off quite well.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ But it doesn't take the gang long to realise that appearances are deceptive as the middle-aged character lands a death blow, coupled with a sarcastic 'senjita pochu'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay seems to have used a deep mature voice for the locan don character.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 'Bigillu', Rayappan roars. The theatre is sure to go into raptures.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The make-up for Rayyappan has been kept to the minimal, which actually works to the character's advantage. The North Madras bigwig feels convincingly real.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ There's also the customary eye-closeup for Rayappan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ “Engalukku football ellam theriyadhu aana enga aattam Verithanama irukum!' A wolf-whistle moment for sure.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay as Rayappan aces the swagger walk, this time, inside the court.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay had played the father-son duo previously in Villu and Puli. Both the roles fetched him harsh criticisms. But, going by the trailer, it is safe to say that Vijay has done his homework this time.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay plays a dual role in Bigil - a footballer son and a gangster dad. While the son is named Michael, the middle-aged don is called Rayappan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Siddarth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan had earlier worked as assistants to Karan Johar in My Name is Khan (2010).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Father and son Boman Irani and Kayoze Irani both act in the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The romantic track 'Ishq Wala Love' became the biggest hit of the soundtrack. In 2014, a Marathi film was made using the same name.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ During the treasure hunt, Jeet asks whether Mahesh Bhatt will give answers. Mahesh Bhatt is Alia Bhatt's father.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Karan Johar wanted to launch Sanjay Grover (Gulshan Grover's son) in the film. He declined the offer.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Karan Johar's first directional film without Shah Rukh Khan in the lead.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SOTY is the debut film of Alia Bhatt; Siddarth Malhotra; Varun Dhawan and Kayoze Irani.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ This is the first time Alia Bhatt was seen in a bikini in a film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sushma Seth returned to the film industry with Student of the Year after a long time. She is best known to play matriarchal roles in the 80's and 90's most notably Rishi Kapoor's mother. She again pla]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The song Disco Deewane is a recreation of the 80s song of the same name originally sung by siblings, Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Real life couple Ram and Gautami Kapoor played on-screen couple in the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Karan Johar took the Mahurat shot and Mumbai socialite Parmeshwar Godrej rolled the cameras.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The name of the character played by Manasi Rachh is taken from the well known singer Shruti Pathak]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Regular Karan Johar collaborator, Kajol Devgn, makes a cameo appearance in the song 'Disco Deewanee'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sana Saeed returned to films with Student of the Year after a break from Bollywood. She was best known for playing Shah Rukh Khan's onscreen daughter in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh Khan shared  the first look poster of SOTY on Twitter, despite not being a part of the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In the final race, when both heroes take their marks, Abhimanyu goes down on his left leg, the camera pans out and now he's on his right leg. Camera cuts back to a close-up and he is on his left leg.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The 1964 Shammi Kapoor film, Kashmir Ki Kali, is referenced in the film. The song Chand Sa Roshan Chehra was used.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Also, the song the song 'Gulabi Aankhen' from the 1970 Rajesh Khanna film, The Train, was modified and used in SOTY.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The song 'Dafli Waale' from Sargam (1979) is used in the Radha song and coindentally picturised on Rishi Kapoor who was the hero of that film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ When Abhimanyu is talking to Shanaya in Thailand, he refers to Saagar Kinaare. Saagar Kinare is from the movie Saagar, starring Rishi Kapoor, who is playing the dean in SOTY.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The song Papa Kehte Hai from Aamir Khan's 1988 film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, was remixed for SOTY.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SOTY is referenced in Dawid Dhawan's 2014 film, Main Tera Hero. In both movies Varun dhawan's character wins student of year.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In addition to Kajol, Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant also played cameos in SOTY.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The external view of the school was taken from Kasiga School Dehradun,whose name was changed to St. Teresa.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The hospital scenes in the film were filmed outside The Lalit Grand Palace, Srinagar, Kashmir.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Some parts of the film were also shot in Thailand.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rob Miller of ReelSports, who had worked with Shahrukh Khan on Chak De! India, was hired to direct the sports action in Student of the Year.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film targeted viewers with contest-based marketing, stressing on 'competition' which would make up for a significant part of the movie.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Contests such as the 'Nano Student of the Year', 'The Buddy of the Year' and 'FedEx International Student of the Year' were launched targeting students across the country.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The satellite rights of SOTY were sold with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani for ₹500 million (US$7.2 million) together to Sony Entertainment Television.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The satellite rights of SOTY were sold with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani for ₹500 million (US$7.2 million) together to Sony Entertainment Television.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film, made at a budget of 59 crore, collected an all time gross of 109.10 crore at the box-office]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ An unrelated sequel, Student of the Year 2, was released on 10 May 2019, as a quasi-sequel, starring Tiger Shroff alongside debutantes Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A unrelated sequel, Student of the Year 2, was released on 10 May 2019, as a quasi-sequel, starring Tiger Shroff alongside debutantes Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As the youthful film completes 8 years, we give you some exciting facts on its making. Read on..]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol's real name is Ajay Singh Deol. Sunny was his nickname in his school days.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Quite contrary to his desi-macho image, Sunny Deol studied acting in England. He studied theatre at the Old World Theater in Birmingham.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol, being a Punjabi Jatt, has a huge fan following in Punjab. His 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha became so popular in Punjab that the theatres there would begin playing the film at 6 in the mo]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol is the winner of two National Awards. He won the National Award for Best Actor in 1990 for Ghayal and the National Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for Damini.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In Damini, Sunny Deol was initially offered a cameo role. But Sunny's acting had so much power, that eventually his screen-time was made longer, and his role became a central character in the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ All the credit for Sunny Deol's muscular physique goes to his idol, Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone. In fact, Sunny trained in Stallone's gym to get the perfect body.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol has directed 3 films in his entire career. The first film is 1999's romantic film Dillagi. Ghayal Once Again and the recently-released Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas are the other two.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol-starrer Mohalla Assi, which is a satire set in Varanasi (Benaras) was banned by the CBFC for it may hurt religious sentiments upon release.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol has reportedly had a fallout with three of the biggest directors he has worked with in his career: JP Dutta, Rajkumar Santoshi and Suneel Darshan. JP Dutta directed Sunny in films like Yate]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol is married to Lynda Deol (aka Pooja Deol) and the couple has two sons, Karan and Rajveer. Lynda is a writer from the UK.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sunny Deol was last seen in this year's Blank.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As the action star of the 90s turns 63, here are some interesting facts about the actor.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Aditya Chopra named Shah Rukh Khan's character Raj after Raj Kapoor. Also, SRK's full name in the movie is Rajnath, after Rishi Kapoor's name in Bobby..]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Himani Shivpuri was scripted to be in the last scene of the movie, but her husband died during the making of the movie, which made her unable to participate.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh Khan's friends in the film, Karan Johar and Arjun Sablok, both later went on to become successful directors.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ One of the most popular tracks 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' of 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' was originally thought to be a part of another movie.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Popular filmmaker Karan Johar made his acting debut with 'DDLJ'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kajol's sister in the movie Pooja Ruparel went on to become a famous Television actress.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ International Techno song 'Doop' (Sidney Berlin Ragtime Band Extended Version) by the European band Doop is played in the movie.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ One of the most popular tracks 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' of 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' was originally thought to be a part of another movie.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh Khan dropped Kajol at the end of 'Rukh Jaa O Dil Deewane, following director Aditya Chopra's instruction. The director did not tell Kajol about it to capture her reaction.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The role of Raj Malhotra was first offered to Saif Ali Khan. Since it was turned down by him, the makers approached Shah Rukh for it.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was considered for the role of Raj Malhotra initially]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As of 13 April 2007, the film's initial theatrical release lasted 600 weeks - more than 11 years - a world record.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The scene where Kajol wakes up in a hotel room and gets worried about the last night, Aditya found it really a tough task to shoot it. The reason? Read on]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The moment SRK would open his shirt to show a lipstick-marked chest, Kajol would burst out laughing. The scene was finally okayed after many retakes.  Also, the lipstick marks were made by Kajol.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A film with the same title ' Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' was released in 1980.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The title of the film was suggested by Kirron Kher, wife of Anupam Kher. Anupam played Shah Rukh Khan's father in the movie.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film marked the debut of TV actress and host Mandira Bedi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge played at the Maratha Mandir theatre for 1009 weeks in Mumbai uninterrupted.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 'Mere Khwaboon Mein Jo Aaye' was the first song to be recorded. Aditya Chopra rejected 24 verses by Anand Bakshi before approving this one.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SRK first thought he was too old and not “typically” good-looking enough to pull it off. But he eventually accepted after Yash Chopra told him he’d never be a big star if he didn’t do a romcom.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh thought the character of Raj was a pansy. His exact words (back in 1994) were, “It’s a role of a wimp. I feel like a wimp. I feel like a pansy.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh insisted on a little action in the film, even though Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra weren’t fans of action sequences.  SRK, it seems, used to say that DDLJ was a hit because of his advice.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ After watching the film, Shah Rukh told Yash Chopra that this film is his Deewar – the one that’s going to make him.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The classic “aao, aao” scene with SRK and Amrish Puri feeding pigeons is apparently completely impromptu.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The dance steps with the table cloth in Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane was done in one take – Shah Rukh got it right the first time.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kajol was hesitant about doing Mere Khwabon because she didn’t like the idea of wearing a towel throughout. But they assured her they would shoot it tastefully, and she was pleased with the end result]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kajol’s iconic white skirt in Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye was cut on set. Manish Malhotra and his team cut it because Adi Chopra thought it was initially too long. It eventually became quite a bit short]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Aditya Chopra wrote DDLJ in the span of 3 to 4 weeks. Karan Johar revealed that every day, Adi would discuss the film and its core concept with him and ask for his inputs.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The team didn’t actually think that they had created something amazing (I know, WTF, right?). Kajol thought the movie was “same old, same old,” and that it was a 'nice movie without anything new'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Anupam Kher actually asked Aditya Chopra why he gave the bigger role to Amrish Puri, saying he wanted to play it instead. Adi said no.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ DDLJ was Karan Johar’s training ground. “I never went to film school. I never assisted on anything else. My only training ground to becoming a film director was DDLJ.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Uday Chopra and Karan Johar cut the making of DDLJ. They were locked in an edit room for days getting this done. The making was aired in Doordashan - a first for Indian cinema.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Farah Khan only choreographed the song Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane, because she couldn’t go to Europe to be with the team and choreograph the other songs. Why? Her schedule was already booked by Nana Patekar]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kajol's all green mehndi attire became a huge hit, just like the song, and was in demand after the release. Interestingly, at her own wedding with Ajay Devgan, Kajol wore a green Maharashtrian sari.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Yash Chopra wanted Milind Gunaji for Parmeet Sethi's role. But Milind refused to shave off his beard. This made Yash opt for another actor.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sooraj Barjatya watches DDLJ almost every week, and especially before starting a new film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Schneider.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SRK's famous leather jacket was bought by Uday Chopra from a Harley- Davidson store in Bakersfield, California, for $400.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SRK treasures his Harley- Davidson jacket. The cool dude jacket was a take off on Tom Cruise who wore one in Top Gun. Incidentally, Salman Khan wore a similar looking jacket in Maine Pyar Kiya.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ HMV's executive director Harish Dayani estimates that one in three households in India owns the DDLJ soundtrack.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In the scene in which Anupam Kher tells SRK about the (non) accomplishments of his forefathers in academics, he actually recited names of his real, not- so-academically successful uncles.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In the scene in which Anupam Kher tells SRK about the (non) accomplishments of his forefathers in academics, he actually recited names of his real, not- so-academically successful uncles.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film was mired in two major controversies after its release. Honey Irani and Javed Siddiqui said that they hadn't been given credit for screenplay and dialogues respectively.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol promised Karan Johar on the set of this film to work in his directorial debut film 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' (1998).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The first Indian movie with a Dolby sound mix.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ This is the first and only film in the history of Bollywood with a credit of 'title suggested by'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Uday Chopra (the younger brother of director Aditya Chopra) is seen riding a bicycle, passing by Kajol, in the song 'Ho Gaya Hai Tujhko To Pyar Sajna.']]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Leeroy song 'Bounce Floor' sampled the song ' Tujhe Dekha']]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ To commemorate the 24th anniversary, Kajol recreated her famous pose from DDLJ’s poster where she was seen reading a book while Shah Rukh Khan sat beside her with a guitar in his hand.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sharing the photo, the actor wrote, “Still got the specs & still reading in weird places even after 24 years. #24YearsOfDDLJ.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Here are few more snapshots from the film for the nostalgia...]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As the landmark film completes 25 years, we take you through some exciting trivia and secrets regarding its making.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Though the director, Favreau did a great job in underplaying his character, Happy Hogan. An example here is when he takes a subpoena on Stark's behalf, who 'doesn't like to be handed things']]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Ah, this classic scene. Revealed the true power of the Black Widow in a playful way, at the expense of Happy Hogan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ He may have been the butt of a few jokes. But he's also put in the hard yards. Who knows what could have happened to Iron man if it weren't for Happy in this scene!]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Driving and assisting aside, Happy Hogan can smoke the bad guys too. Well, 'smoke' maybe going too far. But at least he tries...:)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Besides being the wing man, he was also a protector. Like in this scene, the skepticism on his face when he has to leave Pepper Potts with another man is evident.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The cat and mouse relationship with Peter is extremely well-performed by Favreau. They literally hold the comedy throughout the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ While making a heartfelt apology, Happy gets interrupted. His reaction is priceless.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Tony might have not appreciated Happy at all times, but this here, shows how much he values him, when Happy reveals that he's been carrying Tony's engagement ring from 2008.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Happy was also a cutie-pie of the MCU. I vividly remember fans going 'Awwww' at the theatre when Aunty May turned him down in Far From Home.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ And finally, the classic cheeseburger scene. This scene needed boxes of tissues to get through.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 10 of Jon Favreau's best moments in the MCU]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Romance and horror found equal space in Pizza, set in a haunted house. With a major twist no one saw coming, experiencing Pizza was like seeing multiple films for the price of one ticket.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza was also Vijay Sethupathi's first solo hit as a lead hero.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ VJS scored back-to-back successes with Sundarapandian (which featured him in negative role) and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom in the same year resulting in a meteoric rise in his popularity.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza, produced by CV Kumar, was made at a budget of 1.5 crore. The film also established Kumar as a producer who supports films with bold and innovative themes.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza was released on 19 October 2012 by Sangam Cinemas Chennai, in 300 theatres initially and the number of theatres was increased to 600 after the film's positive response.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza completed a 100 day-run in many centres, and amassed 8 crores at the box-office.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza (along with Balaji Mohan's 2012 debut, Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Eppadi) became a trendsetter and established the trend of short filmmakers making their inroads into Kollywood without working as AD]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ At 124 minutes, Pizza was one of the earliest films to kick in the 2 hour movie trend.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ SS Music-fame Pooja played a full-length role in Pizza.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza, with sound design by Vishnu Govind and Sree Sankar, was the first Tamil film to feature 7.1 surround sound.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The ringtone of Bobby Simha's mobile is a French song 'non regrertte' sung by famous Edith Piaf, which was also used in Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' as a sync for kick in their dreams.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Director Nalan Kumarasamy of Ka Ka Po fame played an uncredited cameo role in the film as VJS's friend.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The satellite rights of the film were secured by Sun TV for a record price for a debutant's film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The remake rights for the Hindi version was bought by Bejoy Nambiar for 1.5 crore, which itself was the actual budget of the original version]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film's Hindi version, also titled Pizza, starring  Akshay Oberoi, Parvathy Omanakuttan, was shot in 3D and released in 2014.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Hindi version was  directed by debutante Akshay Akkineni, son of veteran editor and multiple National Awards winner, Sreekar Prasad. The film also had music by New Zealand-composer Mickey McCleary]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Producer Suresh Kondeti acquired the Telugu dubbing rights of Pizza, and the dubbed version did very well in Andhra Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Renowned director Birsa Dasgupta remade the film in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Renowned director Birsa Dasgupta remade the film in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Mogathirai, a song from Pizza, composed by Santhosh Narayanan, went on to become a chartbuster, and remained at top spots in FM station rankings for almost an year]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Three iconic films - Psycho (1960), The Shining (1980), and The Exorcist III (1990) - are referenced in Pizza. The footage from these films are shown playing on TV at important junctures in the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza's cinematographer, Deepak Kumar Padhy, went to work in movies like Dhilluku Dhuddhu and Dhilluku Dhuddhu 2.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pizza also marked the debut of director Arunraja Kamaraj as lyricist. He wrote two songs - Rathiri and Engo Odugindrai - for the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The lyrics for all the songs in the Telugu version were written by Sahithi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A sequel called Pizza 2: The Villa was produced and released the following year by the same production house. The sequel did not carry on with the characters from Pizza, but told another horror tale.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Here are a few more exclusive stills from the film...]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As Karthik Subbaraj's debut film, Pizza, completes 7 years, we give you some interesting trivia about the film's making.]]></image:caption>
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