From making Shah Rukh Khan dance on top of a train in Kerala, to making Madhuri Dixit sway in a blue chiffon saree atop an ice-capped mountain in Alaska till her lips turned blue, Farah Khan definitely has the best job in the world.
When asked about her best memories from filming on sets, Farah recalled an incident while shooting for Dil Se, which completes 20 years since its release on 21 August 1998.
When we were shooting in Kerala for ‘Jiya Jale,’ I told Shah Rukh that we are doing a sequence at the waterfall and I am going to make you wear a white dhoti and make you come out of the water. Of course I was joking with him; but that’s the first time in 25 years that he didn’t land up for a shoot. He said he lost his way and there were no Google maps then. We were in a forest in Kerala.Farah Khan
Added to that, she went on to say, “If you go back and see the song, Preity Zinta is alone with the dancers in the waterfall portion because Shah Rukh did not turn up.”
Well, looks like it’s true! Because at 2:43 in the official video, there is no SRK in sight.
Take a look:
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