Friendship between Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan has always been talk of the town more often seemed as besties and this duo has also delivered numerals hits on box office with movies like Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but one movie caused a cleft between their camaraderie which took quite some time to heal.
Karan had shared several details of his personal life in his memoir, An Unsuitable Boy. In one such portion, he had talked about how some people looked down upon their relationship and how a film became a turning point in their otherwise strong friendship.
Karan had written, “Shah Rukh is a very possessive friend. I think I may have hurt him when I made a film without him. And I think I got hurt because when I did, I felt he didn’t give me that paternal or fraternal feeling that I had from him otherwise. I think we were two hurt friends for no reason.”
Well, they shred off their differences in Piku success party and buried their hatchet after a long communication gap.
Piku had released in 2015 and starred Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone as a father-daughter duo.
The film which became a viaduct between Karan and Shah Rukh and rift seems to be now shelved, Shuddhi. However, this is no confirmation about Shuddhi being that film in question. After 2010 film My Name Is Khan, Karan and Shah Rukh finally came together again in the former’s 2016 directorial Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Shah Rukh didn’t play the lead role which was taken up by Ranbir Kapoor but his prominent cameo was talked about enough.
However, rumours of their alleged linkup have always remained. Addressing them, Karan had written, “If I asked you if you are sleeping with your brother, how will you feel? For me, no matter what ups and downs Shah Rukh and I have been through, he is a father figure, an older brother to me.”
