Taking to Instagram handle, Karan thanked the cast, the crew of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and wrote, "23 years of pyaar, dosti and a bunch of memories! This was my first time behind the camera and it ignited an unparalleled love for the cinema in me that continues to drive me till today. It also has Salman Khan, Anupam Kher, Archana Puran Singh in pivotal roles. The film was the directorial debut for Karan and it starred Shah Rukh, Kajol and Rani in the lead. Today, the film has clocked 23 years today and the filmmaker Karan Johar took to social media to share a special note as the film hits a milestone. One of the most iconic romantic comedies in Bollywood for the last 2 decades is Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kajol starrer Kuch Kuch Hota. For Metro to open with my film is a proud and nostalgic moment.”Īlso Read: ‘I will not leave those who. I attended the premiere of Yash Uncle’s Darr, Lamhe and Chandni at Metro and also of Raj Kapoor’s last work Henna. That’s where I became passionate about cinema watching the cinema of Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj Barjatya. Metro has always been my favourite cinema hall. Karan had said emotionally to me, “For me it’s an emotional happening. The iconic Metro cinema reopened with KANK. They don’t live in each other’s courtyard. I’m not saying they are the Pointer Sisters. Once I was eating Chinese food with them when a journalist called to ask about their cold war. Why focus on non-existent wars? The Rani-Preity war was totally over-blown. For heaven’s sake, there’re so many important wars being fought. To this, Karan had reacted with characteristic causticity. There reports of a cold war between the two leading ladies Rani and Preity when they shot in New York. I’m just saying I’ve evolved as a filmmaker. But when I did K3G there was a lot of performance anxiety. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham definitely had a lot of playing to the galleries. I’ve been accused of clever commercial calculations in the past, and I don’t dispute that. “I didn’t allow the mind to operate over the heart. Karan felt KANK was the one film that he made without any compromises, without playing to the galleries. In KANK the characters live in the grey area. In mainstream cinema we tend to look at characters as saints or devils. Earlier my people lived in the white zone painted by circumstances. But I’m surrounded by married couples and their problems. Stand at a distance from any matter and you can see it better. Javed Akhtar had wondered how Karan Johar knew so much about broken marriages. There’s nothing worse than flogging a dead horse. I’ve tremendous respect for women who haven’t married because they haven’t found the right partner rather that than being stuck in an unhappy marriage. I don’t think marriage gives any man or woman an identity. But you don’t need to be in a love-less marriage. I’m not telling those women to go out there and have an affair. There’re million of women who go on being miserable in passion-less marriages. “I can show you dozens of marriages all over the world where the perfect spouse leaves the other marital partner cold. Karan then went on to condemn loveless marriages. You don’t have to agree with what the characters do or say.” My characters behave in a particular way because they are my characters. If that love isn’t there, things can go wrong any time in a marriage. The true foundation of an enduring marriage is tremendous love. KANK is my take on what happens when people marry for the wrong reason. I don’t claim to be an expert on marriage or anything else.
But look at what you made her suffer! We wanted to go into another world.
I took her out to make her happy with a Karan Johar film. Karan spoke to me in an interview, “I must tell you ,a mother came up to me after seeing the film. Was KANK an anti-marriage drama?Was Karan endorsing divorces? It was a mix ‘n’ match marital drama where Rani was married to Abhishek but she loved Shah Rukh, Shah Rukh was married to Preity Zinta. But not on the same scale as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Karan was nervous because this was a departure from his usual style. Karan hugged her for a good 60-90 seconds.I wondered who would suffocate first. Kajol, who had rejected the film(this I got to know later) dropped in. Host Karan Johar was blowing kisses to all the visitors, me included. In one corner sat Jaya Bachchan, Gauri Khan, Kirron Kher chatting politely(I saw no real camaraderie there) while in another corner Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan were shooting a sequence with Rani Mukerjee. It was like watching Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham live. I attended the Mahurat of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,known by the suspicious sounding acronym of KANK, at Film City.