Karan Johar recalls being traumatised by Amrish Puri on the sets of DDLJ

Singham-duo Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty will share the coffee couch on the upcoming episode of Koffee With Karan 8.

During the episode, Karan opened up about his early days as an assistant director on Aditya Chopra’s iconic film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and shared how he was scared of the late legendary actor Amrish Puri, who played the role of Kajol’s strict father, Baldev Singh, in the film.

Karan Johar said, “I have to tell you, my father and Amrish ji (Amrish Puri) come from the same village, so the first person my father told me whose feet I had to touch was Amrish ji’s.”

Pitching in, Ajay Devgn said, “The only person whose feet I have touched is also Amrish ji’s because the first shot I took with him, I touched his feet.”

Recalling shooting with Puri on Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge sets, Karan Johar added, “So I used to be very scared of him. When I was an AD on Diwale, he was particular about detailing, he would come and say ki time kya hai? I gave the time of what the time was, I thought he was asking me the time. He said, London mein iss waqt time kya hai? scene ka time kya hai? Taaki mein ghadi ko uss time mein set karu. About the continuity, he said, shawl kis tarah mein drape karu, I used to be traumatised by him. He was such a wonderful man.”

Talking about Amrish Puri, Ajay Devgn said, “They used to say, and it is a fact, that kisi ke ghar pe shaadi ho, kisi ke ghar pe koi death ho jaaye (Whenever there is a marriage in someone's house or a death), he was the first man to be there”

Koffee with Karan Season 8 is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.