How
Karan
Johar
Came
Up
With
The
Idea
Of
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
The
film
director
recalled,
"It
existed
in
various
versions
in
my
mind.
I
first
wrote
a
story,
which
was
a
love
triangle
between
a
tomboy,
a
very
pretty
looking
girl
and
a
slightly
insensitive
boy
but
I
was
not
very
satisfied
with
it.
So
I
kept
it
aside.
Then
I
thought
of
another
plot
about
a
widower
and
his
child.
Again,
I
was
not
very
happy
with
that
and
so
I
kept
it
aside.
Then
I
started
work
on
a
third
idea
but
simply
could
not
get
things
in
place.
Suddenly
it
struck
me:
Why
not
blend
the
two
stories
and
try
and
see
if
that
would
work?
So
that's
what
I
did.
I
wove
the
two
stories
together
and
made
it
one.
It
was
about
the
trauma
of
a
widower
and
his
little
child.
How
the
child
really
wants
a
mother
and
how
she
brings
her
mother
into
her
father's
life.
Then
I
thought:
Why
not
bring
an
youth
aspect
to
the
story?
Why
not
a
flashback?
That's
how
the
story
got
made.
But,
frankly
I
was
not
even
thinking
of
making
a
film.
Till
Aditya
Chopra
told
me:
Don't
be
silly,
you
must
make
this
film.
It
is
a
lovely
story.
It
will
work.
I
was
worried
about
the
child
aspect,
whether
Shahrukh
would
be
accepted
as
a
father.
But
that
seems
to
have
worked
in
my
favour.
People
have
loved
him
in
a
different
kind
of
role."
Finding
The
Perfect
Rahul
KJo
said,
"I
had
seen
Shahrukh
as
an
obsessed
lover
in
Darr
and
Baazigar
and
was
keen
to
see
him
differently.
I
got
an
idea
when
I
saw
this
English
film,
Jack
and
Sara.
It
was
about
this
widower
whose
wife
had
died
leaving
him
with
this
child.
That's
when
I
was
sure
that
I
wanted
to
see
Shahrukh
like
that.
As
a
father.
Curiously,
that
was
the
time
his
wife
got
pregnant.
That
somehow
entered
his
performance.
He
suddenly
became
aware
of
little
children.
More
than
he
ever
was.
That
was
a
charming
coincidence.
It
helped
in
many
ways.
The
film
got
the
right
feel."
Did
You
Know
This
Intriguing
Story
About
This
Film?
"I
have
to
tell
you,
onscreen
and
on
paper,
it
was
just
considered
a
scene
where
Shah
Rukh
comes
and
pacifies
Kajol
and
then
Rani
comes
in
as
well,
and
then
all
three
of
them
have
a
kind
of
a
group
hug
situation
and
we
move
on.
I
got
some
kind
of
a
weird
thought
at
that
time
-
like
what
if
he
hugs
Kajol
and
Rani
wants
to
leave
them
for
a
moment
and
walk
away,
and
he
holds
her
hand.
Now,
we
debated
this
for
over
two
hours
and
we
were
losing
light
and
Santosh
Sivan
(DoP)
was
losing
his
perspective.
The
big
debate
was
-
is
Shah
Rukh
coming
across
as
too
evil?
I
think
we
overthought
it
because
no
one
else
gave
it
so
much
thought
when
the
scene
was
finally
played
out.
But
I
remember
debating
this
for
2
hours
because
my
father
kept
looking
at
his
watch
because
we
were
paying
by
the
hour
for
this
location.
Those
were
the
days
we
were
a
much
poorer
film
economy.
Shooting
abroad
was
a
huge
deal."
The
Laughter
Tales
KJo
narrates,
"I
have
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
trivia
on
Shahrukh
Khan.
Shahrukh
Khan
is
possibly
the
finest
actor
I
have
ever
worked
with
and
is
considered
one
of
our
leading
movie
stars
and
best
actors.
But
ask
him
to
laugh
in
a
scene,
he
can't
do
it.
He
finds
it
very
difficult
to
laugh
naturally
on
scene.
So
we
had
many
takes
of
just
trying
to
make
Shah
Rukh
laugh.
It
gets
so
exhausting
that
he
laughs
just
out
of
exhaustion."
The
Cost
Of
Shahrukh
Khan's
Polo
T-shirt
Was
Around
90
Pounds!
"I
had
bought
this
polo
T-shirt
for
Shahrukh
from
London.
I
and
Aditya
Chopra
had
gone
shopping
for
me.
It
cost
90
pounds
that
time,
we
stared
at
the
T-shirt
for
hours
and
we
said
it's
not
worth
it,
it
is
very
expensive.
My
father
thought
I
am
mad
to
shop
in
London
for
the
film.
We
stared
at
the
shirt
and
put
it
down,
stared
at
it
and
put
it
down.
It
was
a
tight
T-shirt,
actually
a
cycling
T-shirt,
but
we
liked
the
colour.
We
went
back,
slept
over
and
thought
about
it.
Next
morning
we
got
up
and
bought
that
T-shirt.
It
was
a
life
changing
and
altering
decision
for
us.
We
actually
bought
the
90
pound
T-shirt
and
thought
lets
sacrifice
for
Kajol
and
Rani's
outfit.
We
will
make
them
cheaper.
But
little
did
I
know
that
T-shirt
would
create
an
impact.
I
will
tell
you
where
I
saw
this
impact.
My
doodh
waala
(milk
man)
was
wearing
the
same
T-shirt
after
the
3
weeks
release
of
‘Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai'.
That
was
actually
a
proud
moment
for
me
because
it
had
created
an
impact,"
KJo
recalled.
When
Karan
Johar
Went
Down
On
One
Knee!
There
is
a
hilarious
story
about
how
KJo
had
persuaded
Salman
Khan
to
wear
a
black
suit
for
an
engagement
scene.
The
film
maker
reveals,
"I
was
like
*waah
waah*,
please
it's
my
first
film,
I
beg
you!
Don't
do
this
to
me;
wear
the
black
suit.
It
will
look
very
nice,
I
promise.
Salman
Khan
wanted
to
wear
a
white
t-shirt
and
torn
jeans
but
he
had
to
give
up
after
he
saw
a
grown-up
Karan
Johar
cry
like
a
child
in
front
of
him.
KJo
said,
"He
wore
it,
and
it
was
fine.
I
just
couldn't
believe
that
he
was
going
to
wear
torn
jeans
and
I
did
not
know
what
else
to
do
and
when
in
doubt,
you
cry
and
I
knew
he
was
kind
of
soft-hearted
and
he
wouldn't
take
a
huge
football
in
front
of
him
weeping
like
I
did
and
he
wore
it
and
it
was
fun."