After Baazigar, Shah Rukh and Kajol got another whopper, a few months before DDLJ. The 75-week runner also had hit music by Rajesh Roshan and lyricist Indeevar. Her endless sorrow about her murdered sons fuelled the story of their reincarnation and led to them avenging their own murders and their mother’s suffering. In 1995, it connected very deeply with an emotional audience for whom the mother was the biggest icon. Raakhee’s line, ‘Mere Karan Arjun aayenge!’ must now rank among the top 10 or 12 cult ‘dialogues’ of all time. The film signaled the final breakthrough for composers Jatin-Lalit, and introduced writer-director Aditya Chopra, who later took the banner to new heights, but could not replicate such success as a director. In turn, Anand Bakshi wrote unforgettable songs like ‘Ghar aaja pardesi’, ‘Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam’ and ‘Mehndi lagaake rakhna’ in an all-hit score. The title, suggested by Kirron Kher, and acknowledged as much in the film’s credit titles, was inspired by a then 21 year-old chartbuster from Chor Machaye Shor. An epic romance that set the stage for NRI love stories until the genre was squeezed dry ( Half Girlfriend, Namaste England, Tamasha and many more disasters), it set into motion both the hardcore ‘Punjabi-ization’ of Hindi movies, but also popularized shooting abroad, after only sporadic examples from the 1960s. The film is still running in matinee shows beyond the 1000 th week. This, albeit slowly, began Diwali’s association with Yash Raj Films and Shah Rukh Khan, together, and separately. To begin with, Diwali saw the release of one of the biggest hits of all-time, Yash Raj Films’ Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.