Bhubaneswar, Oct. 20 -- Mumbai:m Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) is 25 years old on Tuesday, and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan looks back at the 1995 blockbuster that helped cement his loverboy image that makes women weak in the knees even today.

SRK surprises you saying he was initially sceptical about his ability to pull off the romantic scenes in the ever-popular love story.

"I was told by many people that I looked unconventional, very different from what the perception of a leading man was. I did feel, maybe, not being handsome enough - or, as they called it back then, 'chocolaty' - would make me unsuitable for romantic roles. Also, I am very shy and awkward with ladies, and I didn't know how I would say all the loving, roma...