Though
Jo
Hum
Chahein
may
not
be
a
Ra.One
that
could
make
waves
at
the
box
office,
the
small
budget
film
could
still
remind
you
of
numerous
Yash
Raj
Films
that
have
become
part
of
Bollywood
folklore.
The
reason
being
the
film's
debutant
director
Pawan
Gill
was
a
part
of
filmmaking
at
Yash
Raj
Films,
for
nearly
three
years.
Pawan
Gill
has
learned
filmmaking
from
Aditya
Chopra.
Talking
about
it,
Gill
says,
“I
have
worked
with
Yash
Raj
Films
from
2005-2008.
I've
grown
up
watching
Hindi
films
and
films
by
YRF
are
the
ones
that
I
enjoyed
the
most.
So,
immediately
after
completing
my
film
programme
from
Vancouver
Film
School,
I
joined
Yash
Raj
Films
as
a
first
assistant
director
on
Neal
'N'
Nikki
(2005).
After
this,
I
worked
on
TV
commercials
at
the
YRF
AD
Cell
and
the
Dhoom
2
(2006)
videos,
before
being
involved
in
a
few
writing
assignments
for
film
and
television
at
Yash
Raj."
The
Bollywood
director
adds,
“Jo
Hum
Chahein
was
a
script
I
wrote
for
myself
but
with
all
the
sensibilities
that
make
a
complete
Yash
Raj
film.
It's
my
ode
to
Yashji
and
Adi
and
their
style
of
filmmaking,
that
I
admire
so
much." One
of
the
film's
songs,
'Ishq
hothon
se...'
has
been
shot
in
locations
where
films
like
Dil
Se
(1998),
Bunty
Aur
Babli
(2005),
Tashan
(2008)
and
3
Idiots
(2009)
have
been
shot.
"When
I
set
out
to
make
the
love
song
of
Jo
Hum
Chahein,
one
thing
was
clear
on
my
mind,
it
had
to
sweep
me
off
my
feet,
just
like
all
the
love
songs
of
YRF.
But
I
just
didn't
want
the
song
to
be
something
people
can
listen
to
and
fall
in
love
with;
I
wanted
a
song
that
people
can
listen
to
and
make
love
to.
Several
songs
have
been
shot
in
Ladakh
before,
so
for
'Ishq
hothon
se...',
our
aim
was
to
attempt
to
shoot
slightly
differently."
And
what
about
the
reclusive
Aditya?
Pawan
Gill
says,
“Adi
is
passionate
about
filmmaking.
He
makes
films
from
his
heart
and
always
tries
to
connect
to
peoples'
souls.
That's
what
I've
learned
from
him.
But
his
prime
advice
is
to
make
this
soul
connection
in
the
right
budget,
so
hope
I've
achieved
all
that."