Salman Khan is celebrating his 60th birthday today, and filmmaker Karan Johar has penned a lovely wish for him. He praised Bhaijaan as a ‘mega movie star with a golden heart’, and wrote that he will forever be grateful to him for agreeing to be a part of his directorial debut film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. For the unversed, Salman Khan played Kajol’s fiancé Aman in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer. In the movie, his character decides to let go of her, in order to reunite her with Rahul (SRK). KJo has often mentioned that 3-4 actors had refused to play the second lead to Shah Rukh Khan in the film. However, Salman agreed to play the part, and he will always be grateful to the superstar for this.
Karan Johar Wishes Salman Khan On His 60th Birthday
Karan Johar
took to his Instagram stories to share a major throwback picture of Salman Khan. In his caption, he wrote that he will forever be grateful to Salman for agreeing to be a part of his directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. “Happy 60 to this mega movie star with a golden heart! He was in my first film and will always be grateful to him for agreeing to be a part of it… happy Birthday @beingsalmankhan.” Check out his story below!
When Karan Johar Revealed How Salman Khan Came Onboard Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
A few years ago, Karan Johar had appeared as a guest on Indian Idol 12, when he narrated the story revealing how Salman came onboard Kuch Kuch Hota Hai at a time when several actors had turned down the role of Aman. According to KJo, no one wanted to play second lead to Shah Rukh Khan, and 3-4 actors had refused the role. He recalled feeling dejected about the repeated rejections. While he was at Chunky Panday’s house party, Salman noticed his low mood and asked him, “Tune karli shopping? Tu gaya na sabke paas, wo shopping hi toh hoti hai. (Did you finish your shopping? You went to everyone, right? That’s what shopping is, after all).”
Salman then surprised KJo by telling him that one had to be a little crazy to do a film like this- and that he was that person. “Iss film ko karne ki liye paagal hona chahiye aur main wo pagal hoon (You have to be crazy to do this film and I am that person),” Salman Khan told him. Karan said that he was shocked by Salman’s immediate willingness to do the role.
KJo also shared that Salman only heard the first half, and agreed to do the film. “I got worried as I wondered if he thought I was offering him Shah Rukh’s role. I told him, Sir aapka role aaya nahi abhi tak. Salman said the role is immaterial as he knows my father and is doing the film for him,” recalled KJo.
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