{"id":818679,"date":"2026-10-30T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818679\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:10:10","slug":"shah-rukh-khans-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-to-fete-30-years-at-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818679\/","title":{"rendered":"Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ to Fete 30 Years at Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cKuch Kuch Hota Hai<\/a>,\u201d Karan Johar<\/a>\u2019s first film as director, starring Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>, Kajol and Rani Mukerji, will screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival<\/a> in 2028 to celebrate its 30th anniversary, with Johar set to attend.<\/p>\n

\n\tJohar received the invitation earlier this week at a meeting he hosted at the Mumbai offices of his banner, Dharma Productions, with Scotland\u2019s First Minister John Swinney and David Smith, interim executive director of Screen Scotland. The talks centered on Scotland as a location and partner for Indian film and TV, covering production and co-production as well as talent development and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was a pleasure to meet Karan Johar in Mumbai, and I am delighted that he has accepted the Edinburgh International Film Festival\u2019s invitation to celebrate the 30th anniversary of \u2018Kuch Kuch Hota Hai\u2019 which holds a special place in the hearts of communities across Scotland and beyond. I look forward to welcoming him to Edinburgh,\u201d Swinney said.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwinney added that during his India trip he had met with members of the country\u2019s film industry, Dharma among them, about future collaboration. \u201cScotland\u2019s screen industry has tremendous potential as a creative partner for Indian film and television, offering the infrastructure, expertise and world-class filming locations to support a wide range of productions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the film, widower Rahul (Khan) is steered by his young daughter back toward Anjali (Kajol), the college best friend who quietly loved him before he married Tina (Mukerji), while Salman Khan plays Anjali\u2019s fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\n\tNo major Indian production before \u201cKuch Kuch Hota Hai\u201d had shot as widely in Scotland. Johar\u2019s unit filmed at Eilean Donan Castle, Glen Coe, Tantallon Castle and Inchmahome Priory, and the Scottish scenery became central to the film\u2019s look. The film went on to forge a lasting link between the country\u2019s landscapes and mainstream Indian cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther guests will also join the anniversary screening. Dates for the 2028 edition have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt EIFF we are always thinking about the future and what\u2019s next. So we jumped at an opportunity like this, to plant the seeds for a celebration of a legendary, much-loved film at our festival, a film featuring Scotland and some of the most iconic stars of Bollywood cinema on screen. We can\u2019t wait for what promises to be something truly special for our 81st edition in 2028. But in the meantime, watch this space for more news of our 80th next August,\u201d said EIFF CEO and festival director Paul Ridd.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore then, the festival will celebrate its 80th anniversary when it runs Aug. 12\u201318, 2027. Submissions for that edition open in January, and more details will follow in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe milestone edition follows the festival\u2019s revival in 2024 under Ridd and festival producer Emma Boa. EIFF is backed by Screen Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cKuch Kuch Hota Hai,\u201d Karan Johar\u2019s first film as director, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[244023,96,27228,67069,2839,10232,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-edinburgh-international-film-festival","tag-entertainment","tag-karan-johar","tag-kuch-kuch-hota-hai","tag-movies","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}