Aditya Chopra guided Lalit Pandit and Karan Johar through Kuch Kuch Hota Hai songs; Pamela Chopra suggested ‘Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye’

In a recent interaction with Bollywood Hungama, Lalit shared, “We got stuck in this song badly. The introduction brief of the song was too long and I even told Karan that the introduction would get too long. But he insisted that he needed it. So, I said ok. But when I started making the song, I couldn’t come up with anything. I was just stuck on one line, which Karan and I used to like. It was the tune to ‘Yeh ladka hai deewana hai deewana’. So, this is where Aditya Chopra stepped in. He asked me, ‘Atak kyun gaye ho gaane mein, kya ho raha hai (Why are you stuck on the song? What is happening?)”

Aditya liked what Lalit had and suggested a tune for the beginning of the song. “Then he came up with the tune for, ‘Haye haye re haaye ye ladka..’ He sang that part and asked me to join with the tune that I had. He is a master in it. Even the words ‘Haaye Haaye’ were written by Adi,” added the music composer.

During the interaction, Lalit also revealed that the film’s song, “Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye” was originally suggested for a situation in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. But since it couldn’t make it to the album of the film, Pamela Chopra, Yash Chopra’s wife, told Karan to take the song from Jatin-Lalit and use it in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Lalit Pandit shared, “It was a song that we initially wanted to pitch for a situation for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Then, everyone liked the song a lot. When we first sang it at Yashji’s house, (Anand) Bakshi sahab had tears in his eyes. We sang it in Punjabi then. He understood the expression and told us, ‘Aapko pata nahi hai bachchon aap kya gaa rahe ho’ (You don’t realise what you have created)’. Pam ji remembered the song and told Karan to ask us for the song as she thought it would be appropriate for the situation in his film.”

The music composer credited Karan Johar for “uplifting” the song with his direction. He also revealed that the folk voice that we hear at the beginning of “Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye” was found because of Pamela Chopra. She told Jatin-Lalit to meet a Punjabi teacher, Manpreet Akhtar, who had a “great folk voice”. They ended up listening to her and eventually signed her to sing it.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai completed 25 years of its release on October 16. On the occasion, Karan took to Instagram to thank the audience. He wrote, “Thank you for showering unending love for this tale of pyaar & dosti till today and thank you for marking my journey as a filmmaker for 25 years with such warmth. I will eternally be grateful to the people I am fortunate to work with, to the people I meet who watch my films and to the magic of MOVIES🧡🧡🧡 Special mention always to @beingsalmankhan.”