And the plan seems to be working just fine up until the point where Anjali’s fiance Aman (Salman Khan) shows up. The little Anjali ends up recreating a lot of moments from their college days in a bid to make them fall in love with each other. Except this time she’s ditched her dungarees and is wearing a saree and make-up, attracting Rahul spot on. While there at the camp, Anjali tricks her father into coming and seeing her, only to make him meet his old best friend - Anjali - for the first time in years. Rahul obviously falls for Tina over Anjali because girls with make-up>Īnjali, on the other hand, starts getting a little jealous of the two coming closer to each other, and ultimately changes her college, moves to a different town and loses all touch with Rahul because out of sight, out of mind worked like a charm even back then.Ĭut to the present when the conniving little Anjali reads her mom’s letter and decides to meet her namesake at a camp where Anjali was going to be the facilitator. Meanwhile the college that the three attend, could be termed ground zero for promoting gender stereotypes and promoting victim-blaming for the very principal of the college goes around reprimanding a girl for ‘wearing short skirts and exciting boys’. While Tina is displayed as the typical man’s fantasy - modern yet sanskaari, dressed in a mini skirt and some make-up. Anjali and him are best friends and everything is fun and games till Tina walks in.Īnjali is depicted as the no make-up tomboyish kind who enjoys wearing athleisure, but obviously the society and the market hadn’t formed a taste for it back then. The blast from the past shows Rahul to be exactly what he is - a sore loser, and a cheater. Of course, Tina realised everything and kept quiet till the time she was alive because jab tak apna kaam banta, bhaad main jaaye janta. The deceased mother sets her 8 year old daughter up to be a love-guru where she tells her about the other Anjali in her father’s life (Kajol) and how apparently the two loved each other but never knew for themselves. Her eighth birthday finally comes along and she gets to read her mother’s final letter. Why Tina thought her daughter could read from the age of 1, is beyond us much like the plot of the film.įast forward, Rahul and Tina’s daughter Anjali is now almost 8 years old and is just as annoying as her father who forgets to pick her up from a bridge and makes her daughter wait for 2 long hours. Which is why she decided to leave behind eight letters for her daughter, one for each of her birthday till she turns 8 years old, so that she could learn everything about her mother. It turns out, Tina had a complicated delivery while giving birth to her daughter and didn’t have much time left.
The movie starts with Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) standing at the burning pyre of his now dead wife Tina (Rani Mukherjee) and reminiscing their time together. Yet another one from Dharma Productions, this film was built on the premise that “ pyaar dosti hai ”, whereas in reality, what it promoted was make-up, stereotypes and a whole lot of sexism. When asked what were the magical words Ajay said to Kajol at that point, the actor said, " Sab bhul jaa, abhi tujhe kuch yaad nahi hai, sab ulta ho gaya.".A movie that has been termed as a ‘cult classic’ by many over these few decades since it was released, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was indeed a classic, but to be fair - a classic example of just how problematic Bollywood has been since the beginning of time. Kapil said that KJo called Ajay up and gave the phone to Kajol and it was only after that, that the actress calmed down. The lovebirds, many years after this incident, arrived on The Kapil Sharma Show when the host had quizzed Kajol on the incident.
Director Karan Johar later revealed that the actress used to just keep crying in her room and remembered only then-boyfriend Ajay Devgn. And while riding a cycle in one sequence, Kajol fell flat on her face and was unconscious for a long time. It so happened that the lead pair of the film had taken off to Mauritius to shoot for the song Ye Ladka Hai Deewana. During a song shoot in the first half of the film, Kajol suffered an accident and actually lost her memory. While it's been over 22 years since the release of this blockbuster film that continues to be the foundation of love and friendship for every film lover, here's an interesting anecdote from the sets of the film that you probably didn't know. There's barely a person who hasn't seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai! Moreover, there's not a person who has seen the movie and not narrated the lines along with Shah Rukh Khan when he said " Hum ek baar jeete hai," or when Kajol said, "Rahul is a cheater," or when Rani Mukerji said, " London mein rehne se, wahan padne likhne se, main apne sanskaar nahi bhuli aur ye tum mat bhulna…" Did you know Kajol lost her memory after a fall on KKHH set?