It
was
all
in
fun.
But
during
the
recording
of
Farhan
Akhtar's
fun-with-a-celeb
show
'Oye...It's
Friday'
Karan
Johar
'complimented'
his
host
Farhan
Akhtar
for
looking
'pretty',
Farhan
thought
Karan
was
talking
about
Shamita
Shetty
who
also
was
on
the
show.
"But
Karan
clarified
he
was
calling
Farhan
pretty.
At
first
Farhan
didn't
know
how
to
react.
But
then
he
quickly
caught
hold
of
himself
-
he's
not
acknowledged
now
as
a
terrific
actor
for
nothing
-
and
then
the
rest
of
the
show
became
an
impromptu
Dostana
with
Farhan
and
Karan
doing
what
John
and
Abhishek
did
in
Dostana," says
a
guest
on
the
show.
To
add
to
the
'gay'
(we
mean
,
lively/happy)
atmosphere
'Kantaben'
(Sulaba
Arya)
who
trembled
with
homophobia
all
through
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho
was
brought
in
as
a
phone-in
friend.
"And
they
asked
her
what
she
thought
of
Dostana.
Kantaben
said
she
loved
it.
She
raved
about
the
film
for
a
while.
Only
later
did
Karan
and
Farhan
realize
the
lady
was
talking
about
the
old
Dostana
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Shatrughan
Sinha."
At
some
point,
Farhan
wanted
to
know
who
among
the
actors
were
Karan's
3
am
friends.
"And
Karan
laughed.
He
said
he
would
never
call
any
star
at
3
am
because
you
never
know
what
they'd
be
doing
at
that
time...Throughout
the
show,
Karan
joked
openly
about
Dostana,
homophobic
people,
John's
physique,
etc.
Lately,
he
has
been
showing
a
great
deal
of
comfort
with
matters
of
sex
and
sexuality.
It
shows
in
his
cinema
and
in
his
public
conduct
and
utterances."
Story first published: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 14:47 [IST]