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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' actress Farida Jalal on why she's not working in Karan Johar's films anymore: 'These people shift loyalties very fast and...'
Veteran actress Farida Jalal, who recently made a solid comeback with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, accused Karan Johar of shifting loyalties very fast.
'Back in the day, Karan Johar… I don't know what he's like nowadays, loyalties shift very fast. He doesn't have any role for me in his films these days, even though they wouldn't make a film without me at one point. His father, Yash Johar, was one of my favourite producers. What a man, what a gem of a person! He'd call me up and say, 'Dekhiye Farida, hero ka role toh baad mein likha jaata hai, aapka role pehle likha jaata hai (We write your character even before we've decided where to go with the protagonist)',' said Jalal while talking to Bollywood Bubble.
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She continued, 'I first met Karan on the sets of _Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge_, because he was Aditya Chopra's right hand man on that film. We became very close. He would tell me that he's going to make a film, and Kajol, Shah Rukh and I were all with him. He came to tell me the story of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai… It is still his best film, and I'm not just saying this because I was in it.It was a very sensitive film. He would write each and every word, every scene himself. I cried when he narrated the film to me.'
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