Neelam
Kothari's
cameo
act
in
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
is
still
a
favourite
with
fans!
As
the
host
of
the
talk
show
'The
Neelam
Show',
the
actress
won
several
hearts.
In
a
recent
interaction
with
a
leading
tabloid,
Neelam
recalled
how
filmmaker
Karan
Johar
convinced
her
to
make
this
special
appearance
although
she
had
bid
goodbye
to
acting.
The
actress
told
the
tabloid
that
she
ended
up
doing
the
film
as
Karan
told
her
that
all
she
had
to
do
was
to
play
herself.
"Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
(KKHH)
and
Hum
Saath
Saath
Hain
(HSSH)
happened
after
I
had
quit
acting.
Karan
Johar,
who
is
a
dear
friend,
told
me,
'Look,
you
are
playing
yourself.
It's
a
cameo
appearance.
It
will
be
fun',
and
that
was
that.
Little
did
I
know
that
The
Neelam
Show
I
did
in
KKHH
would
be
such
a
big
hit.
In
fact,
the
younger
generation
knows
me
from
KKHH," ETimes
quoted
Neelam
as
saying.
The
actress
said
that
though
she
had
decided
to
move
away
from
films
to
focus
on
personal
life,
directors
Karan
Johar
and
Sooraj
Barjatya
convinced
her
to
reverse
her
decision
and
star
in
their
respective
films.
Earlier,
Neelam
had
also
opened
up
on
getting
'unfortunately
stereotyped'
at
the
beginning
of
her
career.
The
actress
who
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Jawaani
in
1984,
was
quoted
as
saying,
"When
I
started,
I
was
so
young
and
was
unfortunately
stereotyped.
The
industry
was
also
very
different
back
then.
Films
would
largely
be
about
the
hero.
Today,
actresses
get
to
be
the
hero
in
their
films!
The
kind
of
roles
that
are
written
and
the
films
that
are
being
made
now
are
so
diverse!
Look
at
the
content
out
there
on
the
digital
platforms,
especially
the
homegrown
ones.
A
large
chunk
of
it
is
women-oriented.
I
think
it's
a
great
time
to
be
an
actor.
I
wish
I
was
acting
now."
Workwise,
Neelam
made
her
acting
comeback
after
two
decades
with
the
Netflix
series
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives
last
year.