During an episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, Karan Johar revealed that during the premiere show of Henna starring Rishi Kapoor and Zeba Bakhitar in 1991, Kajol made Karan’s life all miserable for they were out to seek for Kajol’s crush at the premiere, Akshay Kumar.
Talking about it Karan Johar said, “Poorey premire mein woh Akshay Kumar ko dhoondh rahi thi aur main unka sahara ban gaya. Secretly, main bhi shayad Akshay Kumar ko dhoondh raha tha. Hum chal pade; Akshay Kumar toh nahin mile, hum ek doosre ko mil gaye (All through the premiere, Kajol was looking for Akshay Kumar and I became her support. Who knows, perhaps, I too was seeking him. At the end of it, we could not get Akshay but found each other). as quoted by Hindustan Times.
Karan further said, “Hansi thi paagalon ki tarah. Main three-piece suit mein tha; mujher laga filmy party hai toh sajdhaj ke jaana banta hai. Tanu aunty, joh inki mother hain, hum family friends hain – papa aur mummy, Tanu aunty ko saalon se jaate hain – unhone introduce kiya ‘arre yeh Karan hai, Yash and Hiroo ka beta aur yeh Kajol hai’. Toh usne mujhe dekh kar mujhe upar niche dekha aur woh hans ne lag gayi. Maine dekh liya ke hans rahi hai mere upar. Main kaha ‘chalo hai, hans rahi hai toh main kya kar sakta hoon’. Toh Tanu aunty ne kaha ‘Why don’t you all go and dance?’ Ab, main apna dance karne lagaa, cool style mein, aur yeh bas has hi rahi thii. 5 minute, 10 minute…. aadha ghanta kaun hasta hai kisi aur ke upar? (He mentioned how they had met for the first time as teenagers at the film party and how Tanuja, Kajol’s mother had introduced them to each other and asked them to dance together. He mentioned how even at the very first instance, Kajol had laughed at his dressing sense {he was in a three-piece suit).”
