KWK 8: Kajol And Rani Mukerji Share Their Two Cents About Age Discrimination In Indian Cinema

Kajol and Rani Mukerji were just featured in a new Koffee With Karan 8 episode. In addition to having some amusing talks, the two cousins obviously pulled Karan Johar's leg.

Karan Johar discussed Rani's statement that "men only turn younger and women mature" in the show.

In passing, he inquired about Kajol and Rani's opinions regarding age discrimination and politics in the industry.

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Rani said, ¡°It¡¯s the truth of cinema and not particularly the cinema of the world but Indian Cinema.¡± Kajol added, ¡°It¡¯s the truth of society actually. You have older men having younger wives and nobody raises an eyebrow. You¡¯ve had 30-year-old men getting married to 13 year old girls for like 100¡¯s of years.¡± Further, Rani added, ¡°I think it¡¯s what we want to accept and what we don¡¯t want to accept. So I think it comes from a collective thought process that has been told to us from childhood and that is what we are following because we are not using our brains.¡±

¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s only the industry. Let¡¯s not be harsh on the industry. I think the industry does what they expect whether it will be accepted by the audience or not, said Rani¡±

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Karan Johar talked about when he went to shoot Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Kajol and Rani for the first time, it. He disclosed two fascinating events that transpired while Koi Mil Gaya was being filmed.

He said, "You (Kajol) called me to the van and said something quite sweet to me. You said, 'You know Karan, you are a bit soft, you will get intimidated. It's a big set, you need to show you are in control...so why don't you scream at me loudly? And if you managed to do that everyone will be like oh you're the director.' So I thought it was quite sweet though I didn't land up screaming at you."

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He added, "I think Rani was the only one because she was new and young but she went and rehearsed all the steps. Now we were taking this top-wide shot with Farah Khan in command, in control and it was a signature step of Koi Mil Gaya and we're taking a wide shot and suddenly a cut happened and you (Kajol) looked at Rani at that time and said, 'What are you doing? Something wrong you are doing' and Shah Rukh Khan also said, 'Yeah something is wrong.' But then, loudly blaring from afar Farah said, 'She (Rani) is the only one doing it right and you all are doing rubbish.' Then, both Shah Rukh and Kajol went to Rani who had become the choreographer teaching them the steps. It was hilarious."

You can stream Koffee With Karan 8 on Disney+Hotstar.