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During the 25th anniversary of Karan Arjun (1995) in January 2020, Rakesh Roshan spoke extensively to this writer for an exclusive Bollywood Hungama interview about the Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan starrer, its casting, shooting experiences, craze generated by the film in cinemas, etc. That interview, in the years to come, became a go-to article for journalists to research about the film’s making and also for fans to find out fascinating trivia about their favourite film. Karan Arjun re-releases on November 22 and this time, Rakesh Roshan shared some more interesting stuff about the film and also the re-release strategy.

You revealed earlier that the original title was Kaaynaat and then it was changed to Karan Arjun . Were the protagonists called Karan and Arjun from day 1? Yes. When we wrote the script, their names were always Karan and Arjun.



When my dialogue writer Anwar Khan went through the script 4-5 times before writing the dialogues, he told me, ‘ Bahut ajeeb kisam ki kahani hai! Mujhe dialogues likhne bhi bahut takleef hone waali hai’ . At the same time, he also remarked that the script is simple and that people would be able to understand it. But he said, ‘ Lekin Kaaynaat jaisa title logon ko samaj mein nahin aayega’ .

When I asked him for a title suggestion, he suggested that the film should be called Karan Arjun . I realized that this new title sounds very rhythmic. That’s how the title was locked.

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