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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: Switzerland to Punjab
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is set between London, the Swiss Alps and Punjab, and was filmed in Gstaad, Saanen, Zweisimmen and near Gurgaon. Raj and Simran meet on a backpacking trip across Europe and fall in love before her arranged marriage.
The route follows the story from Trafalgar Square and King's Cross to the Swiss stations and the Gstaad promenade, then to the mustard fields outside Gurgaon and the final platform at Apta. The Punjab scenes were filmed elsewhere in India, which the stops say plainly.
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Cronología y lugares
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Simran's strict father Baldev is first seen here, feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square on his walk through central London. The square is one of the England locations the crew used, alongside King's Cross railway station and Angel Underground station. Feeding the birds was once a popular activity in the square; a location guide notes the much-loved tradition is now discouraged, as the pigeons are regarded as a nuisance.
Para el visitante: A public square in central London.
Fuentes
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Trafalgar Square
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- Pigeons
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
Raj and Simran set off on their European jaunt from King's Cross Station, the start of the trip that throws them together. The station was opened in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway, on the northern edge of central London. It is one of the England locations named for the film, along with Trafalgar Square and Angel Underground station.
Para el visitante: A working main-line station in London.
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- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- King's Cross railway station
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- Lead and History
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
After missing their connecting train to Zurich, Raj and Simran find themselves stranded in the Swiss Alps. According to a location guide, the station where Simran buys a cowbell and the pair are left behind is Zweisimmen, near Gstaad. Zweisimmen is the terminus of the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and the starting point of a major rail line that runs to Montreux, along Lake Geneva.
Para el visitante: A working railway station near Gstaad.
Fuentes
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Zweisimmen railway station
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- Lead
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
The tipsy fantasy number "Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main" was mostly filmed on the promenade of Gstaad. A drunk Simran walks into the chocolate shop Early Beck, then runs outside, leaving Raj to pay the bill. Towards the end of the song, the pair return to a hotel in a horse carriage along the same street. The promenade is car-free, so the song's route is easy to walk today.
Para el visitante: A car-free street in the middle of Gstaad village.
Fuentes
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Gstaad
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- Lead and Popular culture
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
At Saanen's railway station Simran reveals that she is being sent to India to marry a man she has never seen: Kuljeet, a man from Punjab to whom she has been betrothed since childhood. By the end of the journey she has fallen deeply in love with Raj. The film's European scenes were mainly shot in Saanen, Montbovon and Gstaad, and Saanen's village church of St. Mauritius was built in 1228.
Para el visitante: A railway station in Saanen, Switzerland.
Fuentes
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Saanen
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- History
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
Back home, Simran's family relocates to Punjab to finalise the wedding preparations, and the mustard fields belong to that part of the story. They were not filmed in Punjab, though: cinematographer Manmohan Singh shot the song "Tujhe Dekha To", including the iconic mustard-field scenes, in Gurgaon on the outskirts of the National Capital Region. Gurgaon is a satellite city of Delhi.
Abrir la zona enGoogle MapsApple MapsOrganic MapsOpenStreetMap28.46461, 77.02992Visitas sin confirmarPrecisión del lugar: The film sets these scenes in Punjab, but they were shot near Gurgaon; the pin marks the city, as the exact field is not identified.
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- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Gurgaon
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- Lead
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
The film ends at Apta railway station, on the Panvel-Roha route of the Central Railway. Simran runs along the platform as the train gains speed, and Raj reaches out from the compartment door to pull her aboard. The scene was hard to make: the smouldering heat made it difficult to shoot, and each time there was a retake, the train took 20 minutes to return.
Para el visitante: A small working station on the Panvel-Roha line.
Fuentes
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations
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- Film page
- Apta railway station
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- Popular cultures
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
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- Plot and Filming sections
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Film Locations