Shabana Azmi ‘blasted’ Karan Johar after watching Kajol in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai: ‘She was aghast’

Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji could be thought of a milestone amongst 90’s romances, nevertheless it has confronted criticism from a number of quarters through the years. Karan had himself dissected the movie a couple of years in the past and accepted that his main man within the movie, performed by SRK, didn’t stand for a lot. The movie was additionally thought of problematic for its portrayal of the quintessential tomboy, performed by Kajol. The movie accomplished 23 years of its launch on Sunday.
In 2019, Karan Johar recalled how Shabana Azmi ‘blasted him’ for Kajol’s quick coiffure. “KKHH is the most politically incorrect film. I remember (actress) Shabana Azmi saw the film somewhere in the UK and she called me. She was aghast,” he stated in his speech throughout the Indian Film Festival at Melbourne.
In the primary half of the movie, Kajol performs a short-haired tomboy, Anjali, who’s secretly in love together with her finest buddy, Rahul (SRK). After eight years, she leaves apart all her denims and t-shirts and is clad in sarees, and has lengthy hair.

He added, “She told me, ‘what have you shown? That a girl has short hair, so she’s not attractive, and now her hair is long and she’s pretty? What do you have to say to this?’ I said I’m sorry. She said, what? That’s all you have to say?’ I said yes because I know you’re right.”
KJo additionally recalled the casting course of for the movie, “I was ecstatic to meet SRK. Kajol and he had promised that they would work in my first film. So, I remember going to meet him and I had no script, and just had a scene in my mind, which I narrated to him. He bought into my bullsh*t! I told him if you like this one scene then I will narrate the entire film to you, which was completely a lie… Tabu, Urmila (Urmila Matondkar), Aishwarya (Aishwarya Rai) turned me down, and Ash was the only one who was polite to call me back. It took months to cast for Rani’s part after Aditya Chopra recommended her.”
SRK might need established himself because the king of romance with this movie, however KJo later criticised the character Rahul Khanna, and stated that ‘he didn’t stand for a lot’. He instructed Mid-Day, “Rahul doesn’t stand for very much. He’s a deeply confused character, doesn’t know what he wants and, really, didn’t do a lot much in the movie. Whatever happened to him was because there were people pushing him – his dead wife’s spirit, his eight-year-old daughter, and Anjali herself. What made him endearing was his charm, his large heart and Shah Rukh’s personal charisma.” He additionally confessed that KKHH didn’t have ‘logic’ or ‘backstory’. “And the eight letters – one for each birthday – made no sense, either.”
He talked about a deleted scene the place Anjali confronts Rahul on his behaviour and tells him how he doesn’t know easy methods to take a stand. KJo stated that he ‘threw out the scene’ as he thought it will ‘cause a disservice’ to his main man, however in the present day he would have saved it, since his sensibilities have advanced.