25 Years On, Karan Johar Admits To Wrong Gender Politics In ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’

New Delhi: Twenty-five years after he made his directorial debut with ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ Karan Johar recently criticised the movie and admitted that he got the gender politics wrong in it. The 1998 movie starred Shah Ruk Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji in the lead.

Karan was promoting his upcoming directorial Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani on Friday at an IIMUN event when he mentioned that Kuch Kuch Hota Hai “propagated wrong gender politics.” “I feel like I have grown as an individual, The first film that I made, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I firmly believe that the gender politics of that film was all wrong. It is propagating incorrect gender politics, there is a lot of surfacesness in that film. Of course, there is nostalgia so you love it, but you don’t scratch the surface of the film and see that what Rahul is doing is actually not what I would want all the Rahuls in the audience, or all the boys in general, to do,” he said as quoted by Indian Express.

Karan further slammed Shah Rukh Khan’s Rahul in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and went on to say that the character did ‘all kinds of wrong things’. “Rahul was saying all kinds of wrong things. He said, ‘Hum ek bar pyaar karte hai (We fall in love once)’, but he got in love twice. He said, ‘Hum ek bar shaadi karte hai (We marry once),’ he got married twice. He was contradicting himself throughout the film,” KJo added.

KJo is currently gearing up for the release of his directorial movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead and marks Karan’s comeback as a director after over a decade. The film will hit theatres on July 28.