Kajol remembers taking Mani Ratnam’s call as a prank

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is back with the new season of his chat show ‘Koffee With Karan’, recalled a funny incident while narrating ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, where the latter Felt that someone was joking with him. When he got a call from director Mani Ratnam.

In the upcoming episode, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee will grace the controversial sofa of the show.

During the conversation, Karan shared: “I still remember the day I narrated the film to Shahrukh and Kajol. We were in Amrit Apartment, Shahrukh’s old house. We were sitting in his room which is right next to the terrace.

“You were crying, Shahrukh was looking at you and thinking that you have lost the story. I was crying while narrating the film, you were crying while listening and he was thinking that we both were crazy,’ said Karan.

The filmmaker said: “And at that time, I remember you got a call from Mani Ratnam, to whom you said, ‘Who?’ He said I’m Mani Ratnam and you said, ‘Yes,’ and ‘I’m Tom Cruise’, and hung up the phone.’

Mani Ratnam had called him for ‘Dil Se’. He couldn’t believe it was Mani Ratnam and thought someone was joking,’ Karan concluded.

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