At a recent award function, Rani Mukerji walked down the memory lane and recalled how she was initially apprehensive about wearing a short dress for one of the songs in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Karan Johar’s directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is still remembered for its iconic characters, catchy dialogues and memorable songs. Besides this, the romantic drama also served us some fashion looks; be it Rahul’s polo t-shirts, Anjali’s tracksuits and sheer sarees or Tina’s blingy mini dress.
Recently, when Kajol and Rani Mukerji had a mini ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ reunion on the stage, at the Hello! award, the former couldn’t resist herself from asking the Mardaani actress how she danced in ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ song wearing a short dress.
Kajol shared, “When I saw her in that, I thought, ‘It doesn’t look like she can move anything, how is she going to do that!’ But she was brilliant, flawless and so very graceful.”
In response, Rani said, “The honest answer is I don’t know it myself. I just went with the flow. I was only 17 years old and till such time, I hadn’t worn such a short skirt ever in my life. So, when Karan and Manish (Malhotra) presented the outfit to me it was a gown, which kept getting shorter and shorter till I reached the set. When the outfit was taken to the cameramen, he looked at it and said, ‘Oh is this for baby Sana” and they were like, ‘No it is actually for Rani’ so he got a fright!”
She further added, “I had Shah Rukh, Kajol di, Karan and Farah, who was choreographing the song. There was a lot of support I got from the team, especially from Karan, he made me feel very confident. I was petrified walking on top of that platform because all the boys and girls were below, looking up, so that was quite a nightmare for me. When I saw myself on screen, I was also shocked.”
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which released in 1998, revolves around an eight-year-old girl who as per her mother’s last wish, sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend only to discover that the woman is engaged.
