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Pooja Ruparel Reflects on Shah Rukh–Kajol’s Off-Camera Bond as DDLJ Turns 30

Her recollections credit an off-camera friendship for the romance audiences remember.

Overview

  • Pooja Ruparel, who played Chutki, shares new anniversary reflections from a Screen interview republished on October 22 by multiple outlets.
  • She describes Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as “fire and water” who could “simulate the most perfect romance” on set and remain friends once the camera stopped.
  • Ruparel praises Shah Rukh Khan as gentle and generous and calls Kajol a model of confidence she likens to a “feminist class.”
  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films, released on October 20, 1995 and continues its record-setting run at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir.
  • Ruparel recounts her path from child roles in King Uncle and Dil Se to stepping back from mainstream films to pursue academics, including a master’s in industrial psychology, and occasional niche projects.