Karan Johar's debut directorial 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' completes 25 years today. In turn, the film also marks 25 years of the filmmaker in the movie business as a filmmaker. The romantic drama which went on to become a classic and a vital part of pop culture stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji in the lead with Salman Khan in a special appearance. 

While the film continues to have a massive fan following, in hindsight, Karan Johar isn't too sure of the film's ethics and gender politics. "Rahul doesn’t stand for very much. He’s a deeply confused character, doesn’t know what he wants and doesn’t do a lot much in the movie. Whatever happened to him was because people were pushing him - his dead wife’s spirit, his eight-year-old daughter, and Anjali herself. What made him endearing was his charm, his large heart, and Shah Rukh’s charisma," he said to Mid-day in an interview from 2020.