There's
hardly
anyone
out
there
who
didn't
get
moist-eyed
in
the
scene
wherein
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
character
Aman
Mathur
breathes
his
last
because
of
a
heart
condition
in
Nikkhil
Advani's
romantic
drama
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho
in
2003.
But
do
you
folks
know
that
King
Khan
absolutely
loathed
this
scene?
Yes,
you
heard
that
right.
In
a
recent
interview
with
Film
Companion,
director
Nikkhil
Advani
made
this
revelation
and
said
that
Shah
Rukh
found
this
scene
'irrelevant'.
He
went
on
to
say
that
SRK
who
was
also
shooting
for
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Devdas
at
the
same
time,
compared
his
death
scene
in
that
film
to
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho.
Nikkhil
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"Yes,
but
Shah
Rukh
absolutely
hated
the
death
scene
of
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho.
He
kept
saying,
'You're
too
irreverent,
not
giving
it
any
respect'.
He
was
also
shooting
Devdas
at
the
same
time
in
which
he
had
a
spectacular
death
scene.
He
kept
saying,
'Usse
kehte
hain
death
scene
(Now
that's
a
death
scene'.
I
explained
to
him
that
I
was
looking
at
death
as
a
comma,not
a
full
stop."
After
assisting
on
films
like
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai,
Mohabbatein
and
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham,
Nikkhil
Advani
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho
in
2003.
Starring
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Preity
Zinta
in
leading
roles,
the
film
revolves
around
an
uptight
MBA
student
who
falls
for
her
charismatic
new
neighbour,
but
he
has
a
secret
that
forces
him
to
push
her
away.
The
movie
was
a
massive
success
at
the
box
office.
Post
Kal
Ho
Naa
Ho,
Nikkhil
Advani
went
on
to
direct
films
like
Salaam-e-Ishq,
Chandni
Chowk
To
China,
Patiala
House,
D-Day,
Katti
Batti.
His
last
Bollywood
outing
was
John
Abraham-starrer
Batla
House.
He
even
helmed
one
of
the
short
segments
in
the
Amazon
Prime
Video
anthology
Unpaused.