Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol fan-favourite starrer ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ is not just a film, but an emotion!
Fans are going to be super excited to know that DDLJ, one of the highest-grossing films in the history of Indian cinema, is going to be revived!
That’s right! Aditya Chopra, who helmed the iconic movie, is going to adapt this into a Broadway Musical! It will mark the director’s Broadway debut.
Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical is being produced by Yash Raj Films. The musical will feature book and lyrics by Laurence Olivier Award-winner Nell Benjamin of Legally Blonde and Mean Girls fame.
Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani are composing the music while Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford will choreograph with associate choreographer Shruti Merchant.
DDLJ MUSICAL PREMIERE DEETS
Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical will have a World Premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in September 2022. The global casting hunt will commence shortly.
Did you know Aditya Chopra initially wanted to make DDLJ with Tom Cruise?
While talking about this new venture, Aditya commented – “I’m embarking on my most ambitious project till date. I’m reuniting two long lost lovers, Broadway Musical and Indian Films.
26 years back I started my career with a film called Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ, what it is more famously known as). The film created history and changed my life and many others forever. But what many don’t know is that I never intended to make DDLJ in Hindi. As a 23 year old young man greatly influenced by Hollywood and American pop culture, I thought I would make a couple of Indian films and then I would be off to Hollywood and make DDLJ for a worldwide English speaking audience with Tom Cruise as my leading man.
That obviously didn’t happen. DDLJ released in 1995 and became the longest running film of Indian cinema. 26 years later I’m going back to my original vision of the story of DDLJ, a love story of an American boy and an Indian girl, a love story of two cultures…two worlds. But this time the medium is not cinema but theatre. 26 years later I will be directing DDLJ all over again but this time as an English language Broadway Musical for a worldwide audience. I’m terribly nervous and incredibly excited.”
How excited are you guys?