Karan Johar penned a heartfelt note as his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil completed 10 years since its release. Reflecting on the romantic drama, the filmmaker described it as a deeply personal story shaped by his own experiences of love, longing and heartbreak.
Sharing glimpses from the film, Karan wrote, “Ae dil hai mushkil… will always be a personal story to me… a cumulation of many pieces of my pursuits of love and longing and perhaps also many of my own heartbreaks … at possibly one of the most vulnerable moments of my life I realised that one sided love did not need remorse or sympathy … it didn’t warrant pain or empathy… all it needed was deep and intense understanding that the power of love is so much larger than the reciprocation of the same…”
He continued, “You don’t need to have someone love you back to empower yourself – the feeling itself is so awakening and so so powerful!”
The filmmaker further reflected on his understanding of love, writing, “Loving someone has to be an act of selflessness and we as a community of lovers have to disassociate the ‘I’ in ‘I LOVE YOU’ Selflessness is where true love truly resides…That feeling made me tell this story.”
Acknowledging the film’s flaws and the polarised responses it received, Karan said he would still tell the story the same way today, embracing its imperfections and the choices he made while bringing it to the screen.
He concluded his note by thanking the film’s lead cast, Anushka Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan, for being part of the film.
Released in 2016, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil starred Ranbir Kapoor as Ayan, a singer who falls in love with Alizeh, played by Anushka Sharma. However, Alizeh sees him as a friend, leaving Ayan to navigate the pain of unrequited love. The film also featured Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Saba, a poet with whom Ayan shares a brief romantic connection, and Fawad Khan as Ali, Alizeh’s lover. The film explored friendship, heartbreak and the complexities of relationships. Shah Rukh Khan also makes a cameo as Aishwarya’s former husband.
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