15 Years And Still Going Strong Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Nobody realized the fat paunchy chasmish shy boy would become so famous. Fifteen years back he had wielded the megaphone to direct his first feature film with Superstar Sharukh Khan and Kajol, the famous and successful pair of DDLJ and new Mukherjee girl Rani was introduced in a supporting role. And the rest as they say, is history. Yes we are talking about Karan Johar and his magnum opus ‘KuchKuch Hota Hai’. Today it has completed fifteen years of its inception and is still considered a hot favourite.

Below are some tweets from the maker and the cast of the film who are quite nostalgic about the moment.

Karan Johar, “‏15 years since #KuchKuchHotaHai..the day it all began for me..I can’t thank the universe enough for blessing me with a place in the movies.

Shah Rukh Khan, “KKHH 15yrs of lov & friendship. Thanx Kajol,Rani,Karan & Tom Uncle for believing in ur son. Also Eid Mubarak…Prayers & Happiness for all”
There are innumerable reasons that KKHH is still very much appreciated. First is the music; those foot tapping numbers Koi Mil Gaya.. Kya Karun Haaye, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai! It was a family drama with cheeky humour. The first time a college romance was depicted as it is.
It set the trend among the youngsters of short skirts a la Rani Mukherji and the chiffon Sarees of Kajol. The game of Basket ball was revived along with the wars “Rahul is a cheater”.  And the best thing Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan sharing screen space. With Salman Khan taking in  all the Oohs an Aahs as Aman and also girls felt sorry for him for losing Anjali to Rahul.
Shahrukh Khan the trendsetter with his Cool chain and his designr tracksuits, his fashion was displayed on every college campus.

SRK- Kajol’s Sizzling Chemistry was the cherry on the top. The awkward, nervous, more-than-friends, less-than-lovers vibe they shared throughout the film. And that mesmerizing rain dance in the cabana.

‘Nahin bhulenge hum jab tak hai jaan, jab tak hai jaan.

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Shahrukh Khan Accused Of Being A Copycat

Shahrukh Khan’s struggle stories are known to all. Recently Shahrukh Khan made a speech at the All India Management Association (AIMA) conference held in September which was noticed to be similar to author of the ‘Harry Potter’ series and the best selling novel ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’, JK Rowling’s speech at Harvard University in 2008. This cropped up only when a Bangalore-based social media consultant Agratha Dinakaran noticed this apparent plagiarism of Rowling’s speech by Shahrukh in his blog.

In her speech, Rowling said that poverty was not an ‘ennobling experience’. She further said, “Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.” Shahrukh Khan has directly lifted words and phrases from her speech.

He exclaimed,”Let me tell you, poverty is not an ennobling experience at all. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes, depression. I’ve seen my parents go through it many times – it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

JK Rowling further said, “Happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life,though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone`s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”

Taking a cue from the above lines, Shah Rukh Khan said: “I’d like to tell you all that life is not just a checklist of acquisitions,  attainments and fulfilments. Your qualifications and CVs don’t matter, your jobs don’t matter. Instead, life is difficult and complicated and beyond your control, and to know that with humility, respecting your failures will help you survive its vicissitudes.”

Now we wonder who to blame for the blatant plagiarism – SRK or the one who really wrote the speech for him

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