When Rani Mukerji cried in entrance of Aamir Khan after feeling let down by Karan Johar: ‘I was going through a lull in my career’

Rani Mukerji labored with director Karan Johar on one of the profitable movies of her profession, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and due to their working relationship and shut private friendship, believed that he would all the time maintain her in thoughts for future tasks. Rani appeared in a cameo in Karan’s follow-up, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, however was stunned when the filmmaker didn’t provide her a job in Kal Ho Naa Ho, which was directed by Nikkhil Advani.

In a 2004 look on Koffee with Karan, Rani admitted that she was disenchanted in Karan for having prevented telling her that he was stepping into a special path with the movie, which finally starred Preity Zinta reverse Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. She mentioned that she turned to Aamir Khan for comfort after feeling let down by Karan.

She mentioned, “To be honest, when I first got to know about it, I didn’t get to know it from you, so that is what hurt me. Like, I’m so close to you, even if you make a film, you can always discuss it with me, whether you’re taking me or somebody else. I share that comfort level with you. But then, when you didn’t come to me and talk to me about it, and I heard it from somebody else, I was like, ‘Why didn’t Karan come and tell me?’”

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Rani continued, “You and I don’t have that relationship, where I might feel bad… I remember I did go and cry in front of Aamir, which you don’t know, I’m telling you on your show.” Karan clearly didn’t know this, and he mentioned, “I didn’t even know that Aamir was the shoulder to cry on.”

Rani added, “It wasn’t a cry for, ‘Oh, Preity got the role’, I was very happy for you. But I was just sad that I got the news from somebody else. And maybe that time I was a little sensitive, because I was going through a lull in my career. But then, God is kind…”

When Karan and her patched up, she appeared in a cameo within the track “Mahi Ve.” Karan admitted on the present that he was flawed to have gone behind her again whereas casting for the function, and apologised to her. Rani not too long ago attended Karan’s grand fiftieth birthday bash in Mumbai, which noticed the who’s who of Bollywood rubbing shoulders. Koffee with Karan will return for a brand new season on Disney+ Hotstar.