Flashback Friday: Kajol and Karan's friendship in this old show makes us nostalgic

We all know of Bollywood's notorious reputation of ruining friendships. Kajol and Karan Johar's case is a classic example of friends turning into foes due to the pressure of the business. The filmmaker and the power house actress were once thick as thieves, and have also worked splendidly together in movies such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dilwale Dulhania Le jayenge, My Name is Khan,  and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum. However, his outburst about Kajol in his biography shocked one and all for its honesty and candidness. 

Karan penned down in his book An Unsuitable Boy his thoughts about the break up of this sweet friendship gone sour. He wrote, "I wouldn’t like to give a piece of myself to her at all because she’s killed every bit of emotion I had for her for twenty-five years. That tweet validated the insanity, that she could believe  I would bribe someone. I felt that's it. It’s over. And she can never come back to my life. I don’t think she wants to either. I never want to have anything to do with them as a unit. She was the one who mattered to me but now it’s over."

Well, however, check out their chemistry in this old 2012 chat show - Rendezvous with Simi Garewal. It was after the release of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which went on to become one of the classic films of Bollywood. Here are some of the loving things that the two said to each other and about each other on the show. Host Simi tagged the episode as, "A Riot". Simi wrote about Kajol and Karan, "I asked Karan to bring his 'best friend' for our Rendezvous. He brought Kajol. They were a RIOT! I don't think I've laughed so much on any show! And neither has Kajol!! Especially in the Quick Fire round -- which evoked hilarious answers! Karan is always cool in an interview -- but I've never seen Kajol so bindaas on any other show!"

Here are some excerpts from the show, which made us really nostalgic:

When Karan Johar and his mom Hiroo got Kajol ready for the show:

Kajol said, "Karan's mom told me, 'You have to be proper, careful, don't scream and don't shout." Karan added, "We got so paranoid, we dressed her, we costumed her, we put make up on her so that she matches the rest of the atmosphere here."

Karan's first memory of Kajol:

"We were at a Cineblitz party. After years I had seen Kajol. We had only met as kids. Her mother insisted that I dance with her daughter who had just come down from boarding. We were dancing, and she just kept staring at me and laughing. I thought it was my dancing so I stopped but she still continued dancing. I then went and complained to my mother saying Tanu aunty's daughter is very strange."

When Kajol became protective about Karan:

"Kajol was worried about me, if people on the sets would take me seriously as it was my first film as a director. She told me, 'You know, don't worry about it. I will do something silly on the sets and you scream at me. When people see that you can scream at ME, they will take you seriously."

Karan on Ajay Devgn:

"Her tone changes when her husband calls her.  She is like screaming and then picks up the phone and she's like, 'Hi darling..., what's happening, are you okay?' We were surprised to see the change in her when she spoke to Ajay."

Check it out here: