Karan Johar reveals his Hichki moment to Rani Mukerji: I was teased in school for my girlish voice

Karan Johar discussed his “big” Hichki moment in a promotional interview with Rani Mukerji ahead of the much-anticipated release of her film this Friday. While the celebrated Bollywood director may have successfully branched out as a TV and awards show host but he was teased at school for his “feminine” sounding voice and even took classes to improve his baritone. The director says , in retrospect, he would not change how he sounded as a child. [caption id=“attachment_4396085” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Rani Mukherji (L) and Karan Johar (R) during the Hichki promotional interview[/caption] “When I was a child, there were many Hichki moments. The one that I wouldn’t have changed today, is that I had a very girlish voice when I was a child. I had a very squeaky voice and I used to get teased a lot,” Johar told Mukerji. The director said he found a teacher who helped instill confidence in him about his voice. “At those times, societal pressures were such that it (my voice) was a big hichki. I felt lesser and I was made to feel abnormal. And I felt like I needed to overcome this to be the person that I wanted to be. But today, times are different and we are all more evolved. I hope that if this kind of a hiccup comes in people’s lives that they shouldn’t change their core persona. But I did,” he added. Also Read: My greatest ‘Hichki moment’ is the death of my parents: Shah Rukh Khan to Rani Mukerji Mukerji plays the role of an aspiring teacher with Tourette syndrome in her new film Hichki. Directed by Siddharth P Malhotra and produced by Maneesh Sharma, Hichki is set to be released on 23 March. Watch the video below:

With inputs from PTI