When Abhishek Bachchan broke down on the sets of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

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A Karan Johar film is nothing shorter than an emotional roller coaster ride. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna - one of Karan Johar's own favourite film but may be little ahead of its time, didn’t do well at box office but did make an impact on everyone working in the film. Abhishek Bachchan who was holding one end of the relationships thread in the film could not control his emotions while performing his favourite scene from the film but on the contrary he hated to enact the same very scene. It was the scene where Abhisekh's character comes to Rani Mukherjee post the death of his father with a photograph, gives it to Rani and says that he (Abhishek's father) would have wanted you to have this. Karan Johar conveyed to Junior Bachchan what is expected from him in the scene and said that don’t play the scene, just say the lines flatly. On the sound of Action, Abhishek pulled out the photo from his pocket very randomly, but to his own surprise, it turned out to be his legendary father Amitabh Bachchan’s photo. It hit him bad and made him question himself that how can he say that Amitabh Bachchan is dead, when he is not and waiting for him at the hotel for dinner. However, the actor in him decided to go by the flow and give the expected performance. Post ‘Cut’, he went and stood by the bay side window and broke down. Understanding the plight of a son who has lost his father, even though just for a scene, Karan Johar went up to Abhishek and hugged him tight. Karan too broke down as he could only think of his father Late Yash Johar in the scene. While the actor – director barred their sorrows, Rani Mukherjee came by the side, though not knowing the reason for their outburst, she could feel the pain and tears started flowing from her eyes too. Ayan Mukherjee and Aarti, who were assistant Karan Johar in the film, also felt the pain of separation and could not hold back their tears. Being true to the set, this real life scene seemed like a carbon copy of any emotional scene out of a Dharma Productions movie. It surely makes us notice an emotional turmoil an actor has to go through to perfect their play. It is a part of their own self that they give to their profession so that they can repeatedly say to the film screen – Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

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