Kunal Kohli On Yash Chopra Refusing To Put His Name On Saif-Rani’s Hum Tum

Kunal Kohli’s Hum Tum with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji within the lead, is thus far, some of the beloved rom-coms of all time. From Saif and Rani’s impeccable chemistry to the plot, and the cracker of a music album, the movie continues to have a loyal fanbase.

The movie was launched in theatres on Could 28, 2004.

Nevertheless, lately at Indian Now and How, Kunal Kohli revealed that despite the fact that Aditya Chopra and he had full religion within the movie’s potential, Yash Chopra begged to vary.

Talking about how Yash Chopra didn’t wish to make investments a lot within the movie, Kunal mentioned, “Yash Chopra wasn’t very proud of Hum Tum’s script. He mentioned Mujhse Dosti Karoge! is Mughal-E-Azam in entrance of it. He known as the script peculiar and mentioned it was a journey log. He agreed to offer Rs 7.5 crore and refused to offer a penny extra. Solely Aditya and I believed within the movie.”

The director added, “Yash ji had even mentioned that he wouldn’t put his identify within the movie if it did not work and would put Aditya Chopra’s identify as a substitute, however after watching the ultimate lower, he appreciated the movie and mentioned, ‘I used to be flawed, you each have been proper.’ I had tears in my eyes. He mentioned, ‘I’ll proudly put my identify’.”

Hum Tum had an attention-grabbing idea the place a part of the movie had animated sequences of cartoons. Kunal Kohli revealed how he introduced down the price to Rs 50 lakhs for the animation bits.

Kunal mentioned, “I simply stored fundamental sketches of the cartoons and eliminated the background, 3D, and all the pieces.”

He additionally mentioned that the Paris and New York sequences of the movie have been shot in Amsterdam to chop down on the finances. Karan Johar had helped in bringing inventory photos of New York when he was taking pictures Kal Ho Naa Ho there.

Kunal Kohli additional revealed how the late Rishi Kapoor didn’t wish to do a cameo function in Hum Tum. The reason being that he had solely executed huge hero roles in YRF motion pictures. Nevertheless, he finally caved.

Recalling the second, Kunal shared, “Rishi ji informed me, ‘I do not do visitor appearances in movies, particularly in a Yash Raj Movies manufacturing, as a result of I’ve at all times performed a hero and executed necessary movies for them’.”

Kunal concluded by saying that a number of commerce analysts had declared Hum Tum a flop, after watching it. Nevertheless, the field workplace verdict for the movie was successful, and the remainder is historical past.