chemistry was one of the highlights in
1998 film Duplicate. Not Just Duplicate, Shah
Rukh and Juhi worked in several other films
including Yess Boss, Raju Ban Gaya
Gentleman, Ram Jaane and Darr. Their
friendship goes back a long way but it was
on the sets of Duplicate when Juhi bonded
well with Shah Rukh. As film completes 19
years, Juhi went down memory lane and
shared some anecdotes from the film in an
interview with Hindustan Times.
Juhi lost her mother while shooting for the
film in Prague."I lost my mother while
shooting for Duplicate. We had reached
Prague and it was Karan's (Johar) birthday
the next day, so my mother and I bought a
gift for him. Next morning, before I went
for the shoot, she left for a walk and never
came back. It was very traumatic because
just a day before we had reached there and
three days later after she met with an
accident, we were bringing her back in a
coffin. It was devastating for me," Juhi was
quoted in the interview.
Juhi further says that her co-star Shah Rukh
helped her get through these difficult times
and it's one of the reasons why she knows
the actor so well. "He was the person who
consoled me, as he had seen his parents
pass away before that and knew the pain
of losing a parent. So, he was trying to
make me laugh and forget things," Juhi
added.
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Juhi also shared that she would look
forward to work with Shah Rukh after the
death of her mother as Shah Rukh would
make her laugh and forget things. "I
realised that the only way to come back to
life was to go back to work and I did go
back for Duplicate and Yes Boss"both
were with Shah Rukh. Soon, I would look
forward to the day because I knew I'd see
him (SRK) there and somehow he'll be fun
and I'll forget for that while what has
happened and be okay with it as a bad
dream. So in a way, he was special because
he could just help me through that very
difficult time of my life. So I have bitter
sweet memories of this film," Juhi said.
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