From a professor who spits while talking to a hot chemistry teacher who shows up to college in beautiful chiffon sarees, Main Hoon Na featured several interesting and relatable characters. In a recent interview, the film's director Farah Khan, revealed that many characters in the movie were inspired by people of the society she grew up. While talking to Maniesh Paul on his YouTube channel, Farah Khan shared how many people from her old society were the inspiration behind Main Hoon Na characters. She said, "We grew up in an old housing society in Mumbai called Nehru Nagar, and all the characters of Main Hoon Na were inspired by the aunties and uncles of that society. There was an uncle in that society who would spit while talking and Satish Shah's character was inspired by him. We had an aunty and uncle who would speak English with a certain accent and we have used that with our characters in the film. My co-writer Rajesh Saathi was also from Nehru Nagar so we both took inspiration from people living in our society." Talking about how she conceived the character of Sushmita Sen's Chandi Chopra, she said, "Every boy I knew, including my brother, had a crush on some hot teacher. So, we combined all those teachers and made the character of Chandi Chopra." Farah Khan also shared a hilarious anecdote from the film's shooting, particularly the hilarious scene where Satish Shah's character spits on Shah Rukh Khan while scolding him. She said, "The Shah Rukh Khan and Satish ji scene was very difficult to shoot. We used to make Satish ji drink water and he would spit on Shah Rukh in that scene. We also kept a backlight to show it clearly. Shah Rukh couldn't stop laughing in that take and he spent five-six takes laughing. Then I told him, 'Karle na shot, he is spitting on you.' This was also pre-covid so this was fine." Take a look at the behind-the-scene video from Main Hoon Na: Main Hoon Na marked Farah Khan's directorial debut and featured an ensemble cast including Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Amrita Rao, and Zayed Khan. The film received rave reviews and emerged as a massive box office success.
