'I honestly don't know where I'd be if that film wasn't made,' says Indian actor Shahrukh Khan, referring to Diwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (which translates to The Brave Heart will Take the Bride).
The 1995 film was Aditya Chopra's directorial debut and it defied the sceptics' predictions in Bollywood and eventually ran in Mumbai for almost 10 years, earning 700 million Indian rupees (HK$110.43 million) and 10 Filmfare awards (India's equivalent to the Oscars).
It also propelled Khan to stardom.
He would eventually become the most well-known actor to have emerged from Bollywood in recent years. His popularity has since spread far beyond India through films such as Don and Om Shanti Om.
He has a solid fanbase in Hong Kong, for example, where he's been dubbed the 'Andy Lau Tak-wah of Bollywood'. With the same film production unit that produced Diwale, Khan hits cinemas again after a year-long absence from the big screen with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (God Brought the Duo Together), in which he plays a simple country bumpkin from northern India who gets married to the most desirable girl in his village - much to the young woman's distress.
It's a remarkably different role for an actor who is more well-known for playing hunks and there're no swanky cars or designer clothing to be seen anywhere. It doesn't matter, as Khan says it will be 'one of the funniest films' he has ever done.