Karan Johar’His directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which gained him a number of awards and an equal quantity of brickwork over time, has turned 24. The iconic movie gained awards that 12 months and stays a fan favourite to the day. However, when the movie was being made, the position performed by Rani Mukerji, Tina Malhotra was rejected by 9 main actresses together with Aishwarya Rai and Tabu.
Talking concerning the casting course of for the movie, Karan had mentioned on the Talent Next launch, “I had requested everybody. I had grow to be a beggar in that movie. Eight heroines had already rejected me for the position of Rani Mukerji. Mujhe laga, agar koi na mile toh mujhe khud short-skirt pehen ke woh position karna padega (I assumed if I did not discover any, I may need to play the position by carrying a brief skirt). Eventually eight actresses refused me and besides Aishwarya Rai, nobody known as me again after listening to the story.
Karan initially wrote the position for Twinkle Khanna; He later supplied it to Aishwarya, Urmila Matondkar and Tabu amongst others. Talking about refusing the position, Aishwarya had earlier advised Filmfare, “I am in a catch-22 situation, actually. Though I am a debutante, I am compared to all senior actresses.” He additional added, “If I had done the film, it would have been titled, ‘Look, Aishwarya Rai is doing what she did during her modeling days straightening her hair, wearing minis, and glamorously patting the camera . , In the end, the protagonist moves back to a more real person. I know if I had done Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I would have been killed.”
Rani’s character Tina within the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai dies early within the movie and based on Karan’s father Yash Chopra, this was the principle cause the actors turned down the movie. However, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was an enormous success on the box-office and in addition starred Shah Rukh and Kajol in lead roles.
He additional revealed that Shah Rukh Khan and Aditya Chopra urged the identify of Rani after seeing him within the movie Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat. Karan additionally mentioned that he too needed to face the same drawback relating to the position of Salman. “I had to beg both Salman and Rani,” he mentioned. He mentioned that, “Lagaan opened doors for unusual casting in mainstream cinema.”
Talking concerning the movie Student of the Year, Karan mentioned that when he made the movie it was a possibility that he took. “It was a leap I had to take.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
