When Rani Mukerji said there was ‘never a friendship’ between her and Preity Zinta, advised her to ‘talk less’

All these differences were hashed out in a 2004 episode of Koffee with Karan, which featured Kareena and Rani as guests. Karan apologised for how he behaved with Rani, and Kareena expressed regret for not taking up his offer. The host also asked the two actors about their equation with Preity.

Rani said, “It was never a friendship, Karan, to be very honest. We shared a great working relationship. Me and Preity, we gel very well when we work together, especially when we did Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega. That was the time when we both were starting off. Preity and Rani were always put together, I don’t know for what. We did that Piya Piya together.”

 

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She continued, “I think maybe because me and Preity, we look the same, we both are the same kind of body language and all so we look great together onscreen. When journalists came on the sets, what they saw was that Preity and me were very comfortable on the sets with each other when we were working and I guess that was blown out of proportion in magazines and we were called Siamese twins. We tried to clear out to people that we are not really the best of friends and we don’t go out together but no one was buying that. But that is the fact.”

Karan then showed Kareena and Rani video snippets of Preity talking about the two of them. Preity thanked Kareena for not doing Kal Ho Naa Ho, and accused her of acknowledging her only when Karan is around. About her equation with Rani, she basically repeated what had already been said. But Rani wanted to make a comment nonetheless. She said, “I think Preity talks too much, she should talk less. That’s the only thing I want to tell her through your show. I think she has an opinion about everything. I think she should cut that out.”

Contrary to popular belief, Kal Ho Naa Ho wasn’t directed by Karan, but Nikkhil Advani. The film starred Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, alongside Jaya Bachchan and others. Koffee with Karan will return with a new season on Disney+ Hotstar soon.