New Delhi: 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' was among the iconic films of the 90s. The evergreen movie starring Kajol, Rani Mukherjee and Shah Rukh Khan created a stir in the industry. The audience loved the chemistry between 'Anjali' (played by Kajol) and 'Rahul' (played by Shah Rukh Khan) and they set friendship goals for generations to come.
The story was about two characters- Rahul and Anjali, who always spent their time together in college, played basketball and were best friends indeed. With time, Anjali developed feeling for Rahul but just then Tina, the principal's daughter, joined the college. Tina (played by Rani Mukherjee) was the college diva and with time befriended Rahul, making Anjali insecure.
One fine day, Anjali decided to confess her feelings for Rahul but learnt that he has fallen in love with Tina. After that, Anjali left college and later Tina and Rahul got married. Tina gave birth to a beautiful daughter and died soon after. Ironically, Rahul and Tina named their daughter- Anjali.
A few years later, little Anjali goes to a summer camp where she meets the older Anjali, who is then engaged to Aman (played by Salman Khan). Rahul too joins the camp in search of his daughter and is startled to find his college friend, but in a different avatar altogether. Gradually, he falls in love with Anjali, who still had not gotten over him even after all those years.
Eventually, Aman let go of Anjali so that she can marry Rahul. In the end, Anjali got married to Rahul, thereby fulfilling Tina's last wish.
This was where the movie concluded. Now, a Twitter user by the name of Paromita Bardoloi, recently took to the microblogging platform, and in a series of tweets, spun an interesting story regarding what happened after Rahul and Anjali got married.
Paromita began her story in an autobiography format pretending to be Anjali. She wrote, "Hi, I am Anjali. Anjali Sharma from KKHH. This is a brief summary of how my life turned out from the day I left Aman and married Rahul on my wedding day with Aman."
Beginning Anjali's life story she wrote, "I was super excited the moment I married him. It was like I was going back to the time I was 20. But I was 31. I had lived almost a decade without him. And I married him without dating. I met him at the Summer Camp for 3 days. And then at my wedding. Rahul was my unresolved trauma, and I jumped into the wedding, the moment I had a chance."
"On our wedding night, Rahul asked me to play football with him. He had created the entire basketball court which was the replica of what we had in college. That was the first red flag. This man was stuck at 20. After that dance in the rain at the camp, I was horny for him. I wanted to get over with it. I played to lose, and in 15 minutes it was over. And so was our sex.", wrote Paromita.
Continuing the story she wrote, "Rahul's best friend was his daughter. But soon I realized that little Anjali was emotionally tired, and confused and became a saviour. Her school said she was unable to make friends. She went to her teachers, principals and workers of the school to ask if they had issues and how she can sort it. Rahul and Farida Jalal laughed and called it sensitivity. Alarm Bells rang in my head. I threatened to starve myself if Anjali wasn't taken to a therapist."
"Finally I took her to one. It took her 2 years of therapy. She was already 12. Her father- the man-child still put his traumas on her. Finally sent her to a school in Britain. And like a flower, she blossomed. Without the trauma dumping, she made friends and became the head girl."
Talking about Aman's life, she wrote, "After the wedding, Aman said not a word. He took a solo trip to France. He did not keep in touch much, but when I met him after 3 years, he looked better, healthier, wiser and richer. Maybe my presence was making him anxious before. He even fell in love. We went to his wedding. He looked so happy. The girl looked calm. They are partners in the business firm. I suddenly realized, how rude I was and may be toxic to him. I hardly reciprocated his love. But here is this woman, more successful, beautiful, and educated than I am, and loves him head over heels. I guess me going away was Aman's good fortune. I looked at Rahul still talking of his college days to someone. My whole life felt like a lie."
"I did my PhD, joined a college, and worked hard. At 41 now I am the vice principal. Rahul never told me what to do or not. But he is still stuck to age 20, he carries his basketball everywhere. He sprained his ankle recently. He still sometimes makes a body-shaming comment despite repeated cautions. He is ungraceful when he loses, remember how he won basketball with me in college and in the Summer camp. He still gets grumpy and throws a tantrum. I don't share much of my achievements with him. Anjali is the only one who rejoices my life outside home.", she continued with the story.
"Rifat Bibi, Farida Jalal and Anupam Kher all bore me now. I find them so regressive, but I still love them. They are too old now. They all come home and have fun, I smile most of the time. Anjali has declared herself to be gender fluid now. We accepted it. Rahul needed some counselling. I no more wear those Manish Malhotra sarees. Kurta and Pants make me feel the best. I cut my hair short. Rahul made a fuss. But I chose my comfort. So, that's my life now."
Sharing Anjali's advice, Paromita concluded, "My advice: If you loved someone at 20, you might not love them at 31. People change, and priorities change. Never marry anyone just meeting them after a decade in just 3 meetings. Know them more. Ask them what they feel about things that matter to you. See if they are kind, and graceful when they fight with you. I still love Rahul or may be the boy he was, when I too was 20. And that's my life now at 40. I shall update as I keep ageing. See you later, Rahul wants to play basketball, we invited a few young people to play with him. I pay them to lose."
Twitter users appreciated the story and poured in their comments. One of them said, "This was the best KKHH retelling I've ever seen, and didn't know I needed this.", while another one said, "I was hoping to get an update on Miss Braganza.". A third user said, "This just moulded my whole perspective of viewing the film! Kudos to you for summing it up so diligently."