{"id":383950,"date":"2026-03-13T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383950\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:40:16","slug":"farah-khan-recalls-bollywoods-dark-phase-in-the-90s-karan-johar-had-received-an-underworld-threat-during-kkhh-premiere-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383950\/","title":{"rendered":"Farah Khan recalls Bollywood\u2019s dark phase in the \u201990s: ‘Karan Johar had received an underworld threat during KKHH premiere’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FarahFilmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan recently looked back at the atmosphere in Bollywood when she began her career in the early 1990s, recalling a time when Hindi cinema struggled with its image and the industry was grappling with the shadow of the underworld. \u201cI remember during the premiere of Duplicate and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan had received an underworld threat. It was very scary,\u201d she said. Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan<\/a> recently looked back at the atmosphere in Bollywood when she began her career in the early 1990s, recalling a time when Hindi cinema struggled with its image and the industry was grappling with the shadow of the underworld.Speaking on a podcast hosted by Ranveer Allahbadia, Farah said that during her college days, many people in her generation preferred Hollywood films and often looked down upon Hindi cinema.\u201cI\u2019ll tell you the context of where the film industry was in the early \u201990s. Earlier, we used to look down upon Hindi films because of the \u201980s,\u201d Farah said. \u201cWhen we were in college, we were only watching Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing \u2014 Hollywood films \u2014 and we used to look down on Hindi movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018The \u201980s was the worst era of Hindi films\u2019<\/p>\n

Farah explained that the perception stemmed largely from the kind of films being made in the 1980s.\u201cYou guys may not remember the \u201980s, but it was the worst era of Hindi films,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were all those multi-hero films \u2014 Mithun-style or three-hero movies. You had Dharmendra ji, Jeetendra ji, Shatrughan Sinha all coming together, but you can\u2019t even remember one particular film clearly.\u201dShe added that while many of those films are now widely shared as memes online, the reality of the industry back then was quite different.\u201cMaybe right now they are famous in the meme world, but at that time it was a very different phase for Hindi cinema,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Karan Johar received an underworld threat\u2019<\/p>\n

Farah also recalled how the film industry in the 1990s was dealing with the growing influence of the underworld.\u201cWe heard a lot about underworld stories from that era,\u201d she said, adding that one particular incident left a deep impact. \u201cI remember I had just started my career \u2014 it must have been around 1993 or 1994 \u2014 and producer Mukesh Duggal was shot. That really shook everyone.\u201dThe filmmaker further revealed that even film premieres were not immune to such tensions at the time.\u201cI remember during the premiere of Duplicate and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan<\/a> had received an underworld threat. It was very scary,\u201d she said. According to Farah, the threat had led to serious discussions about whether the premiere should go ahead.\u201cEveryone was discussing whether the premiere should be cancelled or not. Security was beefed up,\u201d she recalled.Despite the tense atmosphere, the team eventually decided to move forward with the event.\u201cWe did go ahead with the premiere, but Karan was very stressed. Imagine it\u2019s your first film and instead of celebrating it, you\u2019re dealing with threats and worrying about security,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan recently looked back at the atmosphere in Bollywood when she began her career in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,97188,34704,19,17,33017,6965,175935,175937,175934,327,175936,137985,175933],"class_list":["post-383950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-farah","tag-farah-khan","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-karan","tag-karan-johar","tag-karan-johar-productions","tag-karan-johar-underworld-threat","tag-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-premiere","tag-movies","tag-mukesh-duggal","tag-tees-maar-khan","tag-underworld-threat"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116224512706532092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}