Mumbai: As Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol starrer 'MNIK' clocks 9 years, Karan Johar thanked the leading pair of the film for bringing the characters of Rizwan and Mandira to life. KJo took to his Twitter handle to share a heartfelt post expressing his emotions and thanking his team. His 'Student Of The Year's dashing duo Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan on the other hand also took to Twitter & posted their pics from 2010 'My Name Is Khan' sets as the two worked as Assistant Directors on the film. Kjo commenting on Varun's pic reveals that the 'Kalank' & 'Street Dancer' actor signed autographs then when he wasn't even a star.

Varun had posted a message saying he learnt a lot from the film. Two years later, he made his acting debut with 'Student of the Year', helmed by the filmmaker. Varun tweeted a photograph from the sets of "My Name Is Khan" and wrote: "Nine years of 'My Name Is Khan', a film I learnt so much on. It practically changed my life."


And Karan wrote in reply to his post - "So many brilliant memories I have !! Specially of you signing autographs when you were an AD ( not a star) and of SID’s stoic silences in the face of adversity!!! And ofcourse of smiling!! A rare sight!!!![laughing crying emoji]".


Karan himself shared a still from the SRK and Kajol-starrer and captioned: "Nine years of 'My Name Is Khan'... I feel so blessed to have been able to tell this story... thank you for creating it Shibani... and thank you SRK for living the role of Rizwan so beautifully and brilliantly."

He added: "Thank you Kajol for your eyes... your silences and more."


Sidharth Malhotra also shared two rare pictures from the sets seen in one frame with SRK and writes - " The best film school I could go to, Thank you n for this amazing experience. love to the entire team."


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'My Name Is Khan' revolves around a character named Rizvan Khan, who embarks on a journey to meet the US president and attempts to change people's perception about his religion.

(with inputs added in agency copy)