Karan Johar says he was ‘shy, awkward’ narrating kiss scene to Dharmendra, actor said, ‘I have done it many times’

Karan Johar’s chat show Koffee with Karan dropped its second episode featuring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol on Thursday and during the episode, as Karan talked about the success of the Deol family, he also opened up about working with Dharmendra in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. The film had Dharmendra playing a pivotal role and his kiss with Shabana Azmi’s character left his fans in awe.

Karan said that he was “awkward” when he narrated the scene to the veteran actor but Dharmendra’s first reaction after listening to it was, “Toh problem kya hai? (So what is the problem?)” Karan shared, “When I narrated it to him, I was a bit shy and awkward. Because he is such a senior actor. I have so much love and respect for him.” Karan said that after he narrated the scene that culminates in a kiss, the Sholay actor reacted very plainly. “I took a beat and he said ‘Toh problem kya hai?’ (so what is the problem?). He said ‘Maine bahut kia hai’ (I have done this many times). I said acha theek hai.” Karan added that the two veteran actors were great performers here and “everybody else around it had made a bigger deal out of it than them because they are true artists.”

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Bobby Deol said that he found his father “magical” as this character and said with a laugh, “Hum log mazak karte rehte hain ki Papa kiss viss bhi kar lete hain lekin sab log bolte hain he is so cute. (We keep joking that Papa can kiss on screen and people will say he is so cute.)” When Karan asked Sunny how he reacted to the kiss, the Gadar 2 actor said, “I said my Dad can do whatever he likes and he gets away with it.” Bobby appreciated Dharmendra’s performance and said, “If there was some other actor playing my Dad’s role, it wouldn’t have worked.”

Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol previously appeared together on the first season of Koffee with Karan.