 "Farah Khan: 'Cried in front of Shah Rukh Khan for an hour during Om Shanti Om, he asked me if I was…'")
Farah Khan, the lady behind hits like Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, and Happy New Year, opened up about the challenges she faced as a director during the making of her second film, and how Shah Rukh Khan helped her a lot.
In an interview with Nova IVF Fertility, Khan said, “For the first five-six months, there were only lows, because they were retrieving eggs and planting them, and I don’t know how many times I must have gone under general anesthesia. The first time I went to the doctor I was so sure that I was pregnant, but I literally got my period in her office. So I used to be sobbing all the way back to the shoot.”
She added, “One day, in the middle of the day, I got a call from the doctor, and she said it’s not happened this time. We were shooting a comic scene, and Shah Rukh knew something was wrong because I was going to cry. So, he called for a break and took me into his van, where I sobbed for one hour."
Breaking the pregnancy news
I said I have to tell you something. He looked at me and said, ‘Are you pregnant?’ e still had to finish Darde-e-Disco, and every time he’d remove his shirt I would throw up. He would keep a bucket next to me. He was very sweet, he ordered this lazy boy couch, instead of the director’s chair, so that I could lie down with a mic and shout at people."
In a candid conversation with casting director Mukesh Chhabra, Farah opened up on the reason that made her introduce Deepika to the industry.
In response to Mukesh Chhabra’s statement that Farah launched stars like Deepika Padukone, the director revealed, “To launch a hero is on another level because who will give you the money? I launched her because Shah Rukh Khan was there. So, I could take that risk.”
Moving further, Farah also shared her views on the requirements to become a Bollywood leading lady. The director said that a Hindi film heroine needs to have a good appearance along with a magnetic presence.