Another oldie from Kareena:
Interviewer: You said you'd become a national craze after Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
Kareena: I'm not a national craze, I've become an international craze now. The kind of feedback I received for K3G was just out of this world. The role was nothing. I just had six scenes and two songs. Yet I stole the limelight. I stood out amongst superstars like of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan and Kajol. I proved my worth. Recently, while I was shooting in Jaipur the entire town went hysterical seeing me. There was a lathi charge to control the crowd. They were calling me Poo. I called Karan Johar and made him hear the hysteria on the phone. He was in tears. Of course, a lot of people have been jealous of my success. Some sneered that I acted like Archana Puran Singh. Big deal. At the end of the day, I was nominated for my role. I can say with conviction that no other heroine could have played Poo the way I did.
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