Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is one of Bollywood’s most iconic family dramas, celebrated for its grand scale, emotional storytelling, and unforgettable characters. The movie blends lavish visuals with heartfelt
performances by its star-studded cast—Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor. But do you know the story behind You Are My Soniya’s choreography?
In a resurfaced interview from many years ago, Karan Johar opened up about how Kareena Kapoor refused to do certain steps in the song. Karan said, “You Are My Soniya ke dauran Farah had elaborately… cause Hrithik Roshan and Kareena… so she (Kareena) has looked and said, ‘This kekda (crab) style dancing I can’t do, put the camera here (close up).'”
When Kareena had called Hrithik’s dancing as kekda style dancing, said she can’t do it!
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Karan said, “So agar aap You Are My Soniya dekh lo, so she’s doing like this (hand movements), and he’s doing all that (leg movement). There are many times when she’s looked at the camera and said, ‘You Are My Soniya.’ Camera is not your soniya, Hrithik Roshan hai tumhare saamne.”
Another memorable song from the film is Bole Chudiyan, and Nikkhil Advani recently recalled how the film’s entire budget was spent on it. In a chat with Radio Nasha, Nikkhil Advani said, “These days, people make budgets on spreadsheets. They take nearly two months to finalise them. But when we narrated the script of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham to Yash Johar, he called me to his office and asked me to write the budget. I wrote Rs 3 crore. It was approved, and we were told to begin the film.”
He continued, “Our very first set was for Bole Chudiyan. Karan Johar fainted on set. Kajol had issues with her lehenga and couldn’t dance. There was complete chaos—200 dancers, 300 junior artistes. We even manufactured jhoomars because Karan wanted everything to look grand.”
Nikkhil added, “That evening, Yash ji made us sit down for a chai break and asked, ‘Didn’t you make a budget for this film?’ I said yes. He asked, ‘How much was it?’ I said, ‘I don’t remember.’ He then pulled out the paper I had given him, read it aloud—‘Rs 3 crore’—and said, ‘The set you’ve created has already cost more than that.’ He tore the paper and told us, ‘Now, you make the film!’”
