Anupam Kher Revisits DDLJ Train Site at Apta Station

Veteran actor Anupam Kher returned to Apta Railway Station in Maharashtra's Raigad district, the site of the iconic train scene from the 1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, where he filmed alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol over three decades ago.

Kher, who portrayed Raj's father Dharamvir Malhotra in the Aditya Chopra-directed romantic drama, shared a video from the location on Instagram. In the clip, he described the visit as deeply emotional and nostalgic, likening it to visiting Sicily for a Godfather sequence. "I've come to a railway station. Iconic scene of an iconic film was shot here thirty-six years back," Kher said. He recounted the climactic moment where Simran, played by Kajol, runs toward the moving train as Amrish Puri's character urges, "Ja Simran jaa, jee le apni zindagi," before she grabs Shah Rukh Khan's outstretched hand.

In the caption, Kher wrote, "After 32 years, shooting at the same place was a deeply emotional and nostalgic experience where we filmed the iconic Raj and Simran scene from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. It didn't feel like so many years had passed." He reflected that the cast and crew had no inkling during production that the scene would...