Bhubaneswar, Oct. 20 -- Mumbai: Amrish Puri's Chaudhary Baldev Singh letting go of his daughter's hands with "Jaa Simran jaa" became a celebrated symbol of love's victory over familial resistance in Hindi cinema, but many in the "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" team, including the late producer Yash Chopra, initially felt the film's ending was a "cliche", recalls cinematographer Manmohan Singh.

"DDLJ , the acronym it's remembered by today, put young lovers Raj and Simran, played by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, at its centre as they fall in love while travelling across Europe but learn to balance tradition as the story goes back home to Punjab.

On the film's 25th anniversary on Tuesday, Singh recounted then debutant director Aditya Chopra's fi...