Kajol Reveals She Wanted To Play Rani Mukerji's 'Tina' In 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai': Fought Tooth And Nail With Karan Johar

Bollywood sensation Kajol won hearts with her brilliant portrayal of the tomboyish Anjali in Karan Johar's 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' The film, released in 1998, also starred Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji as Rahul and Tina respectively. In a new interview with Rajeev Masand's 'Netflix Actors’ Roundtable,' Kajol shared that she actually requested to play the role of Tina in the film but Karan Johar simply denied it. 

In the Roundtable, Kajol said, “I fought in 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' I fought with Karan Johar, I wanted to play Tina’s role and he was like, ‘No. You are playing Anjali.’ I was like, ‘But I want to play Tina’s role. You don’t know what I will do with Tina.’ Karan told me to shut up. I fought with him tooth and nail for 45 minutes but he refused categorically.”

Sidharth Malhotra, who was also there at the Roundtable, humorously commented that he "was quite happy with the way the film turned out."

For her acting, Kajol even won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Kajol and Rani were also guests in a recent episode of 'Koffee with Karan,' where host Karan Johar talked about memories of the film that just completed 25 years. In the episode, Karan touched upon how the two actresses don’t share a close bond as such. Kajol said, “It was an organic distance and where work is concerned, I think it’s more that both of us liked where we were.”

Answering the same, Rani said, “Because I have known her as a kid and she was Kajol didi for me and it was a bit strange. I guess when you grow apart you really don’t know the reason why because you don’t meet that often because Kajol didi used to stay in town and we were in Juhu. Me and Tanisha were much closer and we are still. But Kajol didi was always closer to the boys of the family. So, it was a bit strange.”

As far as their current films are concerned, Rani was last seen in 'Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway' and Kajol in web series 'The Trial.'