Karan Johar recently recollected working for his debut film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The filmmaker revealed that he had once surprised his father Yash Johar by secretly filming the lead actors for a pivotal scene in the film. Karan revealed that the scene where Rahul (played by Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali (played by Kajol) reunite after eight years, was shot secretly without informing them.
In an interview with Film Companion, he shared, “I explained the scene to them (SRK and Kajol) and I played a song for atmosphere. The two of them came into the frame and performed. But before the rehearsal began, I told my DOP Santosh to roll the camera. After we were done, I said cut. Shah Rukh asked, ‘Now we will do the take?’ I said, ‘No, we have rolled.’ He was surprised.”
Karan then added that what his father’s reaction was. “My father was like, ‘Beta tu ghar jaa aur soja. Ho gaya na kaam (Son, you just come home and sleep). Don’t worry about anything,’” he recalled.
The filmmaker then added he had done something similar during the shoot of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani as well.“Ranveer and Alia have such great conversational chemistry. They give each other gap when required, speak over each other when needed, two actors…so much in sync with each other, it happens only when it happens.”
It was only after seeing this chemistry between the two that made Karan opt for single continuous length shots where Rani tells why they can’t marry each other and Rocky shares by sharing, “Handle with care, I am fragile.”
Karan added, “It just happened organically, that one shot was so perfect that we were done by 1 pm. We had nothing else planned for the day. I called pack up and got a frantic call from Apurva who said you didn’t shoot the whole day. I said, ‘I didn’t need to, what should I do?’”
Karan Johar’s latest season of Koffee With Karan is currently streaming on Disney+Hotstar.
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