Instinctively, he offered him the part of the younger brother of Shah Rukh. Karan wrote in the book that he bumped into Hrithik at Manish Malhotra’s store. He was aware that he was gearing up for a career in acting.
Karan, meanwhile, used to hang out with Uday and his brother, Aditya Chopra a lot. Karan knew Hrithik for a long time since he was a close friend of Uday Chopra. However, fans would be shocked to know that Karan had signed Hrithik for his film before Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was released, and even without watching the rushes of his debut movie! Hrithik Roshan was already a star by the time Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was released, thanks to the super success of his debut film Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000). I was a huge Yash Chopra fan and I wanted a poster that had a host of stars on it!” Like Kabhi Kabhie (1976) had an array of stars. And believe it or not, all were signed on the same day!Ģ0 Years Of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham: “I signed Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor Khan on the SAME day” – Karan JoharĪt the onset, Karan explains why he desired to have so many mainstream actors in a film, “I was obsessed with the image of having six stars on a poster. In his book ‘An Unsuitable Boy’, he revealed how he got all the actors on board. With Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead, Karan Johar pulled off this mammoth casting coup, which is unimaginable in today’s times. Directed by Karan Johar, this film is remembered even today for many reasons, one of the major ones being the star cast. The much loved film, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, completes 20 years on December 14, 2001.
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