If Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was made 28 years later, this could be the new cast

Author: Varsha Agarwal

Kartik Aaryan as Raj

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Deepika Padukone as Simran

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Amitabh Bachchan as Baldev

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Anil Kapoor as Dharamvir

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Neena Gupta as Lajwanti

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Arjun Kapoor as Kuljeet

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Disha Patani as Preeti

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