Karan Johar flew out of India when Kuch Kuch Hota Hai launched on account of threats: ‘I would have tears coming down’

Karan Johar has revealed that he was unable to observe his directorial debut – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – with the viewers in India. In a brand new interview with Pinkvilla, the filmmaker stated he needed to fly out of his personal nation, along with his mother and father, due to some threatening calls. Monday marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the movie that featured Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. (Also learn: Kajol clothes up as Anjali on twenty fifth anniversary of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)

Filmmaker Karan Johar recalls the time his debut film released but he could not stay in India to watch the audience's reactions.(AFP)
Filmmaker Karan Johar remembers the time his debut movie launched however he couldn’t keep in India to observe the viewers’s reactions.(AFP)

Why Karan needed to fly out of India earlier than Kuch Kuch Hota Hai premiere

Recalling the time he started filmmaking, Karan instructed the leisure portal that he shot the summer time camp portion of the movie on his twenty fifth birthday. He added that it was “just the most surreal moment” of his complete life when the movie launched on October 16, 1998. “I wasn’t there actually when it was released. We had some threatening calls at that time. So my parents and I had to fly out on the opening night for security purposes. So I never saw the film back home at all. I used to just have friends who would call me and put the phone towards the audience when Salman enters or any other big moment in the film. And I would have tears coming down because I wasn’t there and couldn’t see it.”

Watching it in London ‘didn’t feel the same’

He also revealed that he watched the film in London a couple of times, but it did not feel the same. Karan said it is sad that he has not seen the film with his own audience in his home country.

Karan returned to India six weeks later, and it was the awards season with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai bagging major awards. “Winning those awards. I remember holding that first Filmfare award, and I couldn’t breathe.” He then went on to say that he is unable to describe that moment because it was “an inconceivable dream” that he had as a toddler. He added he was grateful to the universe for all of it to occur.

More about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai launched in 1998 and bagged a number of awards. It additionally acquired an awesome response from the critics in addition to viewers. The movie additionally featured Anupam Kher, Johny Lever, and Archana Puran Singh in essential roles.

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Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com

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