Did
you
give
a
speech?
Yes
I
did.
It
was
part
of
the
protocol
and
a
meticulously
designed
formal
procedure.
Were
you
accompanied
by
family
?
No.
Jaya
had
to
be
in
Mumbai
to
be
with
my
ailing
mother,
now
hospitalised,
and
also
to
be
present
a
day
before
in
Parliament
for
her
swearing
in.
Abhishek
was
in
South
Africa
shooting
for
Dhoom
2.
But,
the
family
was
more
than
ably
represented
by
Amar
Singhji.
Were
you
also
there
for
a
shooting?
I
was
shooting
for
Baabul,
left
for
Mumbai
and
connected
to
Delhi
the
next
morning,
witnessed
the
swearing
in,
came
back
to
Mumbai
by
the
evening
and
at
night
took
the
flight
back
to
London
to
resume
shooting
the
following
morning.
I
returned
early
this
morning
and
am
on
set
of
Baabul
as
I
speak
to
you.
BAFTA
held
a
Bollywood
Weekend
recently.
Why
weren't
you
there?
BAFTA
is
the
British
Academy
of
Film
Theatre
and
Arts...
I
presume..or
something
similar...
It
is
NOT...
the
BRITISH
ACADEMY
FOR
TRIVIAL
AMITABH
!!
Kabhi
Alvidaa
Na
Kehna
casts
you
in
an
avatar
never
seen
before.
A
happy-go-lucky
Lothario,
open-
minded
and
honest
about
his
activities,
even
though
they
are
below
the
belt
-
and
the
pun
is
intended
!!
But,
also,
as
the
senior-
most
character
in
the
film,
he
bears
a
certain
responsibility
of
guiding
and
monitoring
others
who
seem
to
be
drifting
in
the
wrong
direction
.
My
character's
ability
to
judge
and
advise
in
moments
of
extreme
sensitivity
are
perhaps
the
crux
of
what
the
film
deep
down
intends
to
convey
.If
a
marriage
is
not
working
out,
it
is
better
to
walk
away
from
it,
rather
than
continue
just
because
society
and
tradition
so
dictates
.
Why
suffer
the
pain
anguish
and
incompatibility
by
remaining
with
it?
Quite
a
novel
character
for
you?
Yes..
.it
is
new
for
me.
A
fun-
loving
skirt-
chaser.
Good
humoured.
Living
thus,
because
he
has
been
permitted
to
do
so,
in
an
abstract
sort
of
way,
but
has
his
moments
of
softness,
which
hopefully
will
redeem
his
otherwise
-flamboyant
and
somewhat
frivolous
nature.
You
once
described
your
character
as
a
'colourful
old
man'.
How
colourful
?
It's
not
all
colour
.
There
are
at
end
of
it
all,
portions
which
are
black
and
white
as
well
!
How
do
you
see
KANK
at
the
box-office?
It
is
going
to
be
huge.The
detailing
is
flawless.
The
screen-play
and
dialogue
have
panache
and
finesse.
The
performances
from
all
his
artists
are
without
error
and
the
way
Karan
has
put
all
this
together
is
a
marvel.
Did
you
miss
Jaya
in
KANK?
There
was
no
space
for
Jaya
in
this
film.
And
I
personally
feel
she
would
not
have
wanted
to
be
in
it
either,
because
there
was
nothing
for
her
to
do.
There
was
no
role
in
the
film
where
you
could
have
said,
'This
should
have
been
done
by
Jaya'
.
On
the
contrary,
she
was
very
apprehensive
about
my
role
and
felt
I
should
not
be
accepting
it.
After
the
trial
I
have
not
ascertained
from
her,
whether
her
apprehensions
were
justified
or
not.
Karan
missed
her
throughout
the
film.
Karan
misses
her
as
not
just
another
member
of
the
cast.
Let
me
tell
you
she
spent
a
large
number
of
days
with
us
on
location
and
even
visited
the
sets,
here
in
Mumbai.
She
never
does
that
for
any
of
my
other
films.
Which
really
speaks
a
lot
about
her
relationship
with
the
Johar
family,
a
family
she
treats
as
her
own.
As
do
all
of
us.
How
different
is
Karan's
approach
to
filmmaking
this
time
as
compared
with
K3G?
His
approach
is
no
different
from
K3G,
I
believe,
or
indeed,
from
any
of
his
other
films.
He
is
well-
planned
and
crystal
-clear
about
what
he
wants.
On
occasion,
and
these
are
few
and
far,
when
you
surprise
him
with
something
not
pre-planned,
he
will
ponder
for
long
on
why
he
didn't
think
of
it
earlier.
That
is,
if
he
decides
to
accept
your
suggestion.
Karan
says
he
was
playing
to
the
galleries
in
K3G,
not
in
KANK.
Do
you
agree?
The
galleries
haven't
opened
yet,
so
I
cannot
say.
But
he
has
greater
knowledge
of
them
and
is
far
more
accomplished
to
make
such
an
observation.
How
was
the
camaraderie
in
NY
with
the
entire
cast?
Damn
good
!!
It
was
a
picnic
!!
Abhishek
plays
your
son
again.
How
different
is
this
father-son
relationship
from
the
one
in
Sarkar?
In
both
we
are
father
and
son
on
the
same
side
of
the
fence.
Sarkar
was
intense
and
dramatic,
KANK
is
light-
hearted
and
friendly,
wram
and
open.
In
the
former
father
and
son
shared
the
grim
intricacies
of
the
system,
falling
victims
to
it
and
surviving.
Here
we
share
intricacies,
perhaps
frivolous
and
risque
in
content.
But
the
affection,
emotion
and
love
are
all-pervasive
.
And
yes
we
still
survive.
Well..almost
!!
Describe
your
interaction
with
Shah
Rukh,
Rani
and
Preity.
We
were
a
happy,
fun-
loving,
pulling
each
other's
legs,
intensely
mad
and
grossly
misbehaved
group
of
wannabe's
on
the
set.
But...
when
the
camera
went
on...we
continued
to
be
the
same!!
In
some
ways
KANK
has
been
a
truly
stressful
experience
for
you.
You
fell
ill,
had
to
postpone
schedules.
Good
memories
or
bad
memories
of
KANK?
C'est
la
vie..!!
That's
life
,
baby!
You
come
across
all
kinds
of
situations.
The
important
thing
is
how
you
face
or
cope
with
them.
I
would
like
to
believe
we
faced
them
well.
There
was
never
a
stressful
moment
during
the
making
of
KANK.
And
if
there
was,
we
never
came
to
know
of
it,
or
were
ever
made
aware
of.
That
is
why
Dharma
Productions
and
Karan
Johar
are
by
far
the
best
Production
House
and
Producer
that
I
have
worked
with.
In
fact
we
were
all
thoroughly
spoilt,
by
Karan's
generosity.
His
excessive
spending
would
most
certainly
have
raised
Yashji's
(Karan's
father,
Yash
Johar
)
eyebrows
several
times.
The
film
is
about
fidelity
and
trust
in
a
marriage.
How
important
do
you
personally
think
these
qualities
are
to
a
marriage?
They
are
the
foundation
of
all
associations.
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