1998 film, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ is one of the most successful movies in Bollywood. A directorial debut by Karan Johar, where he brought the values of love, family, and friendship in such an unconventional way that the movie created a special space in everyone’s heart. The heart-touching love triangle of Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), Anjali (Kajol) and Tina (Rani Mukerji) was worth watching on the silver screen. The film, was a major success and is known for sparking the trend of friendship bands, cool t-shirts, shaded sarees and blouses, short hairstyle and bands among Indian teenagers.
SRK’s most embarrassing moment
In an old video shared by Dharma Productions, SRK can be seen talking about the embarrassing moments in the film and said that, without a shadow of a doubt, the costumes he wore in the film were the most embarrassing. He spoke about the tight t-shirts and jeans that he was made to wear for his character of Rahul Khanna in the film. “I have to play the college stud and have to say and talk in a certain way that I get embarrassed,” he added. He also spoke about how he incidentally scored a basket in the film as he threw the basketball from half court with his back facing the basket.
People might not understand Kajol’s way of acting
Sharing his experience of working with Kajol, King Khan shared that she is extremely talented; “she just believes and does it. I don’t think she has a right or wrong way of acting. She is always vocal about any changes in the scenes. Kajol just feels something and does it. People working with Kajol might not understand her working style because she will never do a shot if she doesn’t believe it and if you try to make her do a shot she doesn’t believe in, she will never like the movie, like the people, she will only like that fact that she is alive,”
‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ achievements
To give you a quick throwback, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 46th National Film Awards ceremony in 2000, along with several other awards in 1999 (the year following its release), including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Filmfare Awards—which may explain why this film enjoys the cult status it does till date.
