Some films are better left untouched, at least according to Kajol. While Bollywood is currently experiencing a wave of successful sequels with films like Gadar 2 and Bhool Bhulaiya 2, and buzz around upcoming ones like Dostana 2 and Dhadak 2, Kajol believes that iconic movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge should remain as they are, without the need for follow-ups.
While speaking in an interview, Kajol shared her thoughts on the idea of a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 2. She explained, “People say you should make Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 2 when you grow older and fall in love again with Shah Rukh Khan and I’m like… the thing is, that Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was great because it was a different set of people, it was a different world. You still had people who believed in that kind of love.” She further elaborated on how times have changed, making a similar story challenging to envision today. “Like that eternal, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. If you ask someone today, they say that if this (relationship) doesn’t work out, we have ten other options standing on that track over there so it’s difficult in today’s time to conceive a story that has the same belief pattern.”
Kajol was equally dismissive of the notion of a Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 2. She humorously questioned the necessity of delving into the characters’ lives post-train scene. “Like I can’t imagine a DDLJ 2. Like what happened after the train? No one wants to know. Do you really want to know if they fought over the diapers or not? It’s just wonderful that it’s just left at the end and you know that the train left and it said ‘the end’. Now you can just leave it to imagination. They lived happily ever after, it’s one sentence, it’s not a marriage so it’s perfect,” she stated.
That was heartbreaking!
