20 years of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai at IFFM 2019 I Karan Johar I Rajeev Masand

At the tenth edition of the #IndianFilmFestivalofMelbourne in August, filmmaker #KaranJohar took a trip down memory lane to revisit his debut film #KuchKuchHotaHai, which recently completed 20 years. The filmmaker sat down with Rajeev Masand to share as-yet-unknown details and secrets from the making of the blockbuster.

[@sanchigulati2599]

I wonder if Karan Johar knows that people love him, and that twitter trolls r not his audience. He obvsly has a huge audience of his own.... people want to watch him hear him

[@saisresthdas1519]

U spoke my mind

[@sujatamahapatra9274]

Sp true..

[@shraddhakale6569]

Seriously I agree

[@vilearninglife4723]

Absolutely agree.

[@aritripaul3667]

Why did Rani leave Oxford for Xavier's?

[@hareemthebae5984]

The Lost Child same question 😂😂

[@SeattleMelody]

🤣

[@poulomibhattacharya315]

The transition from short hair to long hair, or from tomboy to saari didn't make Rahul fall for Anjali, though it may appear to be so. Remember that scene where Rahul reminiscences, jhalli thhi meri anjali. Also how he practiced basketball for 8 years, he missed her always : "jab mujhe mere dost ki zarurat thhi tum toh thhi hi nahi". He loved her always, he just couldn't realize it then as she was always an integral part of his life, Tina walks in, and he got attracted. The station scene when Anjali left also speaks a lot, not only did Tina but also the audience could read the pain in Rahul's eyes. The transition of Anjali speaks about the yrs she went through instead and worked on herself, how she thinks he could have liked her. Again its a no brainer, but love makes ppl do crazy things. You may call it stereotyped, outdated, too cliche or whatever, but those who have loved this classic will love it forever. Tumne sirf ussi se pyaar kiya hai, jab se tumne pyaar ko samjha hai pyaar ko jaana hai!!! P.S- I love Karan's honesty here!!

[@sharmichakraborty]

Poulomi Bhattacharya Now that’s a lovely way of understanding the characters.

[@kavyapatel19]

SOMEBODY REALLY REALLY NEEDED TO SAY THIS OUT!!!!! TOTALLY AGREEDDDD YES 🙌🏻

[@palashdesai5993]

His oratory skills are off the charts!! A lot to learn from... let's enjoy this one of kind personality before it's too late!

[@passionspotatoes9182]

LOVED this interview Rajeev. Karan is a pleasure to listen to, so candid, so real, one of a kind!

[@shuchibatra2290]

I agree..

[@shivanisinghal3531]

Mature Karan roasting young Karan is my favorite part

[@kalyaniyadav]

Karan Johar is real, I have always felt like hearing his thought, sometimes he goes ahead of himself, but he is such a delight, real and authentic guy.. accepting of himself and strangely of all criticisms, opinions..I cant fathom the thought of him being disliked..I dont see a reason why the man gets the slack or trolled..he manages to keep himself alive in a true sense, he knows his light is more than the darkness that might surround him..all love and cheers to you Karan Johar!!

[@dyuthichand]

I think salman still does the same. signing the film without hearing the script and leave it to the destiny

[@foodhouse8815]

I would like to have his destiny

[@shivnathlongani]

Karan is so well mannered and so articulate in his speech. He is so misunderstood most of the time. But he is a really talented man.

[@siddharthshah1158]

KJ: I was more overweight than overwhelmed 😂

[@GeorgeTudu]

Making a blockbuster as your first film that people still love 20 years later and that too at the age of 25! I wonder how that must feel like. One thing Karan does better than making movies is talking, such an interesting personality.

[@ghostgirlhifi2380]

I don't care what people say about Karan... if you're reading this Karan I love you only because you are what you are...you never pretend..cheers mate!

[@positivelyhappymom3238]

Love him hate him but Karan is confident enough to be real . He is not fake !!!

[@canttouchthis5735]

There's nothing like a Rajeev Masand interview. Definitely my fix. ♥️😃🎉

[@aksharaayyar6796]

Love watching Karan Johar interviews, especially this one. He is so self aware and forthcoming about sharing his experiences... and entertaining too!

[@handsomeheart2000]

Love the gift of gab of Karan Johar, he us a pro at Language and quick witty natural replies.

[@yogeshmishra3320]

We can hate Karan for many reasons, but we simply can't deny that he made some of best of Bollywood, he has certainly enough to inspire people.

[@TejaVL]

We can never hate him.. he is an amazing guy and straight forward

[@CLAPTRAPEntertainment]

Why would you hate someone without a reason ?

[@redcosmoss]

why hate him ?

[@PankajGupta-dv7en]

Why you hate him????

[@yogeshmishra3320]

I don't hate him as such but he certainly has this stigma of only promoting star kids and people with influence, I feel he can do better there.

[@user-mc2kj8ss1w]

It's like it is two different Rajeevs we know- the humble one interviewing the amazing karan johar and the other arrogant, narcissist entitled snob who was interviewing an equally amazing Super 30 man Anand kumar. Smh.

[@RB-td2vb]

No one like this man hes the only one that can talk and talk and i want to listen everytime. Intellect humour charm and fashion forward is mr karan johar like they would say u can hate him but not ignore him :)

[@varshavijaykumar4059]

Love and only smile throughout!!!! 😍😍 #KaranKajolSrk

[@namidanam_96]

I don't know how many times I've watched KKHH and K3G. Our childhood was definitely way more better than today's PUBG kids. Don't know after MY NAME IS KHAN.... why Karan didn't make any good movies....

[@physcadlickhen7076]

Disgraceful Justification ur life sucks dude ...and u don't even knw it...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@namidanam_96]

@@physcadlickhen7076 totally agree.... but still I luv it.

[@nirajsingh8403]

@@physcadlickhen7076 ur dumb af how do u know about his life dumbass

[@souvikbanerjee9728]

When did karan ever make a good movie??🤣🤣 KKHH Seriously 😆😆

[@nirajsingh8403]

@@souvikbanerjee9728 My name Is Khan was brilliant..

[@shadlopez6715]

Karan Johar gained so much fans all thanks to SRK !

[@nirajsingh8403]

Goes both ways.. SRK gained lots of hit films because of him

[@sagarikamukund6056]

@@nirajsingh8403 well said

[@saja2981]

Srk raised many fans thanks to Karan too

[@KirtiSays]

Omg I love watching Karan interviews...he’s so candid and fun. I would’ve watched even if this interview was another hour or two.

[@priyankadubey1014]

So well spoken at the same time so entertaining love 💖 💕 💗 Karan, I am your fellow Gemini 💎

[@Sal0123]

Admire the way Karan talks. So organic and natural

[@yoan6070]

Omg he was so open, honest and authentic. So delightful to hear his answers and perspectives

[@subhan_amir]

Salman Khan is such a wonderful actor. Absolutely nothing has changed about him since KKHH. Not even the fact that he signs his films without reading the script.

[@savannahzed1035]

😂😂😂

[@thanseer4128]

Hater spotted

[@subhan_amir]

@@thanseer4128 butthurt bhai fan who has seen Race3 a hundred times and often wonders why it wasn't sent to the oscars spotted.

[@SRDhain]

This was a great interview. Karan's on point at around 37 minutes where he talks about managing the artistic processes; making art without compromise is a tough gig. Thank you for sharing this, Rajeev.

[@rahulmhetre3803]

karan johar one of the greatest and powerful director in the Bollywood .

[@yuximoon2647]

Just love listening to him. Karan you are just so adorable. Bless you.

[@peanutknuckles]

the most respecful love triangle I have ever seen in a movie. this movie is al feels

[@divesh613]

Sometime I just keep wondering why Karan johar and farhan akhtar stopped directing movies as they use to do before 2010

[@gamerguy8476]

Ae dil hai mushkil Kya tere baap NE banaya hai

[@divesh613]

@@gamerguy8476 it was not upto the standard set up by Johar....it was worst movie directed by him

[@ivan_nagar]

@@gamerguy8476 no need to so crass and rude

[@r.22r]

@@ivan_nagar there was NOTHING crass about what he said. It was a criticism and a fair one.

[@gamerguy8476]

@@ivan_nagar sorry sir

[@rhtdm4me]

Karan is really fun to listen to. The interview is one hour long and you still end up wanting more.

[@vilearninglife4723]

I think Rahul saying pyaar ek hi baar hota hai and shadi ek hi baar karte hain and doing it twice was what made "love" so special for me. Love is this, it challenges your own beliefs, it makes you question everything that you believed to be true, it breaks you, shakes you and yet is the most soothing feeling ever. It's a pain that is soft to touch. It's anger that comes from heart. It's that tear that cleanses your eyes.

[@deepaklokhande2536]

Most entertaining person ever !!!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Love him or hate him, he is just too funny!

[@joyouslife09]

So true, none other than Rani could have played Tina better..she's short in height but she's a powerhouse of talent and her entire filmography proves that! ❤️

[@namidanam_96]

Agree.... Rani is a powerhouse of performance..... she's short-height but as an actress she stands as tall as Rekha and sridevi ji.....

[@sidharthanayak1064]

That is why Karan approached Rani at the last 🤣 And Rani was doing flop film till She finally got Chalte Chalte (by betraying her friend)

[@lipikamit]

Absolutely one of the most versatile actors is Rani. Continues to make some interesting choices even now like Mardaani.

[@madhusudanrao375]

In another interview,Karan had said chnadrachuran sigh said he lived in four bungalows!!! 😂

[@neisham7478]

well spoken, very articulate young man

[@Thecinesthetic]

Kangana Ranuat's paid bots are coming in 1.... 2..... 3

[@sonikagill9814]

mistah n Already here! Kajol and SRK did my first film! At least when it’s convenient for him he doesn’t chose nepotism!

[@namidanam_96]

Oh come on..... Kangana doesn't want paid bots to stand for her.... It seems u guys r venomous. .. not Karan or Kangana

[@abdulbasitshaikh637]

Hi Rajeev, please do a "25 years of Hum Aapke Hain Koun" video, as well. Needless to say, HAHK is one of the most, if not *the* most, iconic movies of the '90s, alongside DDLJ, and hence, is worthy of a 25-year celebration.

[@MrsRabbani21]

if you haven't yet, please watch the video on film companion's channel with suraj barjatya the maker of HAHK :)

[@saja2981]

Karan johur best movies for us him actors and for Hindi cinema - kuch kuch hota hai - kabhi khushi kabhi gham - kal ho na ho - kabhi alvida na kehna His movies even my kid 10 -13 years are obsessed with

[@goolamv]

Always good to listening to Rajiv/Karan

[@iandavid2867]

50:24 rajeev's reaction to KJ speaking in french gave him balls drop... epic facial reaction fatso burger

[@arun878787]

5 years later ... another interview... 25 years kkhh blah blah

[@shashiepawar963]

Funniest and craziest interview of kjo.....loved it!!!

[@rajarshisyam5093]

Rani was magical in kkhh. I revisit the film to see her scenes

[@hp1802]

Kuch kuch hota hai gave me so many complexes that took my entire teenage to get over. 😑

[@namidanam_96]

My clg was like the clg portrayed in Chichhore..... not like KKHH. But still we Indians love to fantasise a lot.

[@hp1802]

@@namidanam_96 Haha..and every girl aspired to be spotless and proper like Tina until we learnt to embrace and accept the Anjalis in us .

[@pakapapita3104]

And fucking pyaar dosti hai. Nope , don't fall or have a crap tonne of feelings for a guy friend and ruin the friendship and get all awkward

[@nirajsingh8403]

@@namidanam_96 my college is a fancy ass college? We don't exist for you not indian enough eh

[@Rpp92898]

DDLJ was class apart and shouldn’t be compared with KKHH, this guy has himself said, so many errors in the movie. We were given so many bad movies in 1998-1999 that such movies became big hit.

[@AishwaryaNet]

How many times have you watched KKHH ? ❤

[@rectus16]

Rajeev masand would have still given it 2.5 stars if released today;)

[@shaifalibadoni2524]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@khusidas31]

Kajol😍😍

[@Muswell]

I now a lot of people don't like Karan or his films, but he is SO interesting to listen to.

[@amandeepsaini9683]

u are amazing karan !

[@VikramSingh-qw7sb]

the most entertaining director & most popular movie producer

[@amrendrakumar3932]

Karan johar iam fan and best directer huge producer

[@charanakula4817]

No Rajeev, those characters from the movie didn’t look and speak like people who we knew or even know now.

[@TejaVL]

I observed Karan repeating shoe for the first time.

[@nannurn5743]

Karan is so nice to listen to.

[@rockey3368]

Both r specially tubby one insulting English accent.

[@DJKavish]

59:10 Every Artist needs only that 🙏

[@imjackson9073]

In the line of business this is the guy I would watch interviews about...really a amazing guy

[@nomadtraveller5863]

1994 - Hum Aapke Hain Koun 1995 - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge 1996 - Raja Hindustani 1997 - Dil toh pagal hai 1998 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1999 - Hum dil de chuke Sanam 2000 - Kaho naa Pyar hai I just wish they re-release these movies again and filmmakers make such movies atleast one per year

[@amritaoxymoron1944]

Hi.. Great list. ButHow can u miss 2001 awesome year. K3g and Dil Chahta hein. :) :)

[@sidharthanayak1064]

I love you.

[@sidharthanayak1064]

I am sure people will go crazy to watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. As there are many who want to watch Salman and Aishwaya Together.

[@nomadtraveller5863]

@@amritaoxymoron1944 Just had the list till 2000 :). I think 2001 was Dil chahta hai and 2002 was Lagaan and K3G. From then on film industry started to change. My fav era was 90s :)

[@amritaoxymoron1944]

@@nomadtraveller5863 Okay. :)

[@handsomeheart2000]

I loved Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan did a fab job and made it with great sensitivity, but post that...none of his films had the flavour that KKHH had, all were sheer dissapointments.

[@AishwaryaNet]

Aishwarya Rai was supposed to be in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but could not make the dates work.

[@sidharthanayak1064]

And Kjo always says how Aishwarya was the only actress who called him and said politely .

[@SR-sq2lb]

Yh we know everything about this film cos they done this so many times... #BORING

[@PankajGupta-dv7en]

Yeah but Rani was best for Tina role

[@prathiputta]

I love you karan sir

[@Booyawatchin]

Karan can't take it anymore omg... He's so David! 😂 34:15

[@imila1295]

Why can't they throw out the anchor!! He can't talk man!!!so poor in articulation 🤷‍♀ KJo is superbb❤

[@poojachidre7293]

love love love love this!!!!! Karan is the best

[@anishashilpy6016]

I hv no words to express😌-Karan u are just a pleasure to listen , so real .All my love and cheers to u alws🤝😍

[@sanjeevkoirala5114]

Put shahrukh and Karan together and place any question they will have answer to any of them

[@sandipchakraborty6545]

Loved this interview. Karan was blatantly honest.

[@saja2981]

Karan said I’m not original myself He’s best

[@girinarendran1817]

WHAT ARE THOSEE SHOES??????

[@PankajGupta-dv7en]

He is amazing and haters can hate him but they can't ingore and he is the best director of the world

[@rogerhollywood7549]

I love Karan Johar!!!!

[@shaktishivanand624]

One of your best videos Rajeev

[@bhavyamanchanda9218]

srkajol

[@AsliArpit]

I know everything he is saying in this interview same things he wrote in his autobiography. On of the best and mastermind of Bollywood. But its always amazing to listen to him 🔥

[@AsadSyed2612]

It's always nice to hear Karan for hours n hours.

[@ndookh7576]

King khan ♥️🤴🏻 and 2 Queens kajol and rani 💛🔥👸🏻👸🏻

[@Mubahisa]

I love Karan! But who thinks his response to the fair skin colour question (59:35) was poorly answered?

[@oest2029]

Yaar completely, sounded like him just reciting his company's corporate responsibility statement

[@nsz6]

Karan gets way too much hate for no reason! His movies are what I grew up on and still enjoy watching. And he is always so candid and self-aware of what he did and does. Always love listening to his interviews. And Karan, KKHH isn't as stupid as people try to make it seem. It's just that when Anjali was around him, he took that friendship for granted and didn't realize that he actually loved her.

[@abhishekprasad8139]

Only for srk

[@bhavyamanchanda9218]

kajols love

[@carlaconnor8347]

26:51 - I love the idea of Shabana Azmi scolding Karan in strong Urdu. Lmao.

[@shwetapatki3845]

Although I like loved loved loved kkhh at that time, I don't think it has aged well. I think movies like Dil chahta hai or even a khiladi has aged much well !

[@anthonyfernandes80]

I sincerely hope Karan Johar brings Jatin Lalit back together... I really do! We all know that they had a fallout post K3G but it has been 18 years now!

[@karthikgaming2277]

I love love love kuch kuch hota hai

[@anishashilpy6016]

Wht more should I say abt “ The Karan Johar “ he speaks from the bottom of his heart alws , very real and touches every body’s heart. Only thing which cms in my mind is -why do a group of people hate him, no matters wht all good things he does, he gets targeted very soon in-fact first .. instead of acceptance, faith , he gets criticism first ..see the comment box full of appreciation but when the real test time comes, suddenly wht happens ??..I wish the coming new year 2021 totally changes his life 🦋🙏 He , his children , Mumma gets complete love , blessings from the Universe.. no negativity dares to come closer .Be Pure, Fair Minded (in professional & personal life) Vibe High and create your own new world 🌎 KARAN 🙏

[@suryateja6447]

Karan is best

[@rupachacko6928]

Karan please style Rajeev masand

[@sybaritesphynx8057]

Karan has become so insufferable how he defends nepotism. "Took a year off, had a backup plan in dad's 2nd business, went to London to shop for KKHH"... THAT IS PRIVILEGE that an average filmmaker doesnt get.

[@adityasen2281]

Taking a year off to follow your passion is nepotism? He co-wrote DDLJ and worked as an assistant director as well as a fashion designer to learn filmmaking. Made contacts with SRK & Kajol, such that they themselves said they would like to be part of his first film even without having a story. Going to shop in London was something which was his indulgence, which was among the integral things in making his film successful and create his brand of cinema. Even if other filmmakers were given more money, they would have not taken the pains to go and shop themselves for the clothes. You might not know, but his dad had mortaged his porperty to raise money for the film. And to succeed in your debut film so much so that it becomes one of the highest grossing films of that year and recreate the magic of srk-kajol after ddlj and live up to that hype was indeed commendable. He himself admits that his father being a producer gave him a chance to direct a film, but dharma productions was into losses at that time, and not a big production company that it is now. It was with KKHH's blockbuster success that the fortunes of the company changed and it is what it is today.

[@sybaritesphynx8057]

@@adityasen2281 Taking a year off without having a job to pay your bills because your rich dad can fund your expenses IS a privilege. Other people have lets say, 8 degrees of separation from SRK and Kajol and Salman. He had 2-3 degrees of separation from "Stars" because of Nepotism.

[@adityasen2281]

@@sybaritesphynx8057 i guess, then you are confusing privilege with nepotism. Anyone who is born in a well to do family will have certain privileges but nepotism is taking undue advantage & favouritism to take up someone else's job just by use of contacts and taking place of someone more deserving. In karan's case, he by not going to a film school/higher education saved a decent amount of money of his parents. Instead by becoming an assistant director, probably got some money, gained experience and landed in superstars for his debut film. Thats called making most of your oppurtunity. And as I mentioned all directors who dharma worked with before could not deliver a superhit, but karan could. So giving their son a chance was not really an undue favour or nepotism acc to me. Rest you can carry with your bias.

[@sybaritesphynx8057]

aditya sen Karan could cast big names in his movie BECAUSE OF NEPOTISM. Salman even Said he was doing the movie for his father. SRK even gave him time because he was a Johar. He was an insider. His father was the producer. That’s literally nepotism. No need to mansplain to me what nepotism means lmao. And he had added privileges. You are the one biased because you are defending him to the fault lol I actually like Karan’s movies but I can also call him out on his nepotism. That’s called being unbiased Have a nice day.

[@ghostneguz]

Am I the one of the few who doesn't care of this movie since 1999 onwards. I honestly found this extremely overrated and felt bad that the movie of the year (1998) was Sathya which is the actual classic which stays even now.

[@wayne7467]

Karan Johar, please start making/shooting your movies within India. Why do you take all that business overseas and showcase other countries' beauty rather than showcasing your own country. People from west come to India and shoot terrible movies like Slumdog and portray to the world how India is in such a terrible shape. Contrary you guys go overseas and only capture the most amazing scenic stuff of the west. Why????? Please show respect for your country, India, through your movies. Take Sunny Deol as an example, who made an extraordinary effort to shoot within the beautiful mountain ranges of India. Start making local, otherwise Indian economy will never grow.

[@aleenascaria6851]

He is so witty and smart. Pity he's been making bad, melodramatic cinema for so long. I would love to be friends with him but his movies are not my thing. His role models and the type of cinema he looks up to are pretty bad. The 80s and 90s commercial shit, worst timeline to take inspiration from.

[@snigdhaghosh5865]

idont think Kjo should be apologetic about Rahul falling for Anjali when she became more feminine. Being attracted to something specific is really a preference. One can be attracted to more feminine women and while others can be attracted to a not so feminine women. Its really a preference. Anjali not only becomes more feminine, she becomes milder as well. They beautifully completed each other when they matured. Not that hey didn't complete each other when younger .. it was not their time is all.

[@girls3061]

I found Him intelligent person and Amazing English ,well spoken . His movies are great ❤️❤️

[@Mdsohel-gf6qi]

i don't like DDLJ but i like Kuch kuch hota hai in my opinion kuch kuch hota hai most romantic film all the time so karan johar i feel upset you that saying ddlj level match with kkhh .90s kid so much love for kuch kuch hota hai more than DDLJ that you don't know karan bcz of respect yash chopra you said that DDLJ best but no karan

[@rachelgeorge8466]

Wow... Awesome interview, only Karan can be so spontaneous. Worth watching twice😅