On Sunday, Shah Rukh Khan drove back to the memory lane of his most loved film, Kundan Shah’s Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The actor dropped some old memories on his Twitter feed for his fans to revive and relish those moments. The film has completed 29 years on February 26. The romantic comedy featured Shah Rukh, Deepak Tijori and Naseeruddin Shah. It also starred Suchitra Krishnamurthy in the female lead.
On Twitter, Shah Rukh posted the recollection retrieved from the film. He penned down, “At that stage…in that age…..raw….uncontrolled…craft still undefined….surrounded by the best cast & crew in India and a director who I miss every day! Taught me that sometimes you lose the moment….but win everything else…I am sure somewhere, some world Sunil did too !”
The actor was seen in the garb of Sunil, an optimistic artist or musician who falls for Anna (Suchitra). Unfortunately, she refutes his love and choose over him his friend Chris (Deepak).
The actor’s fans also responded by praising his work in the film. One fan on Twitter said, “Easily my most favourite film of all time. Sunil remains dearest of all.” Another fan shared, “If you ask me after Swades I would rate Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na as my most fav movie n Sunil’s character is very close to my heart. Sunil had child-like innocence in this movie reminds me of my old beautiful GOA n our culture. Everything about this movie was so relatable n real.”
During an interview in 2006 on STAR Gold, Shah Rukh has opened up about how the coming-of-age film was special to him. He had averred, “According to me, I have been working for 16 to 17 years but this is one movie that will remain very close to my heart. At that time I was not a producer. But there is one wish that will remain unfulfilled that I wish I had made this movie.”
He further added, “I would like to be like Sunil but I don’t think I have the innocence and purity of Sunil. But Kundan has that quality of innocence and sweetness like [TV series] Wagle Ki Duniya. The never-say-die attitude that Kundan’s character have is very enduring. He can bang his head on a wall and still say that I am going to win.”
Written and helmed by Kundan, the music for the film has been composed by Jatin – Lalit. At the 39th Filmfare Awards, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa bagged two awards, one for the Best Film (Critics), and the other Best Actor (Critics) for Shah Rukh.
