When Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay released on the same date, over the Diwali weekend of 2016, it was a clash like no other. 

Frankly, Karan Johar and Ajay Devgn took this rivalry to the point that sent shock waves deep into Bollywood.

Ajay accused Karan of bribing self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R Khan to trash the former’s film and praise ADHM instead. Things got uglier when Ajay went ahead and uploaded a recorded phone call where KRK admitted to making this deal. 

Amidst the chaos, Kajol retweeted Ajay’s tweet with a caption saying “Shocked.” 

That was the point when Bollywood saw a friendship of 25 years shatter and how.

Talking about the incident, Karan Johar bares it all out in his recently-released biography, An Unsuitable Boy. 

From utter shock to heartbreak, K Jo felt a cyclone of emotions stirring when this happened in his life.

Twitter user @friends_rachel6 posted excerpts from his book:

While both Ajay and Kajol have refrained from commenting, a source close to Ajay Devgn hit back. “Karan is doing this just to sell his book. The whole industry knows that Karan bitches people behind their back. Even Shah Rukh Khan was upset with Karan because of his comments against Priyanka Chopra. Two years ago at a party, Karan indulged in really loose talk about Kajol in front of an A-list actor. That actor, in turn, told Ajay Devgn about it. Ajay even asked that actor why, despite being Karan’s friend, is he telling him about it. The actor said that if Karan could badmouth Kajol in front of him, he could also gossip about him someday. Ajay was obviously furious – any man would be if his wife was talked about in such light. So he called Karan and abused him on the phone. He told Karan that ‘you can say what you wish about my film but don’t talk about my wife and family.’”

The source, choosing to remain anonymous, adds, “This issue is two years old. Much before the clash between Karan’s film (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) and Ajay’s film (Shivaay) happened. The fact that it is being discussed now, and so is Karan’s sexual orientation, is clearly to remain in news to sell his book. He can do whatever he wishes, but he can’t make a villain out of Ajay Devgn in that process. This is just playing dirty.”

Broken Friendships can be tougher to handle than broken hearts. This looks like one of those situations.   

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Karan Johar has shared a deleted song from his latest movie. Watch the exclusive deleted song from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. In the song actors Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma groove to the Bollywood song ‘An Evening in Paris’ on the streets of Paris.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has already been declared a hit. The movie traces the journey of three characters – Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), Alizeh (Anushka Sharma) and Saba (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan).

The makers had to go through some real tough times as many controversies marred the film’s promotion. Also the Diwali festivities hampered box office numbers for both Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay. Both the films released on October 28, two days before Diwali.

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released in around 3000 screens in India. The film features Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan.

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Karan Johar has a winner on his hand in Ae Dil Hia Mushkil. After getting some decent numbers on first three days, the movie grossed a whopping INR 17.75 Crores on Monday – thus crossing the 50-crore mark. The movie has collected INR 53.35 Cr at the Indian box office till Monday. 

After collecting INR 13.30 Cr on Friday, INR 13.10 Cr on Saturday, INR 9.20 Cr on Sunday (Diwali), the film’s Monday collection of almost INR 18 Cr is great news for the producers.

Even in overseas market Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has been making presence felt – The movie’s international collection till Sunday had crossed INR 41.05 Cr mark. According to its makers, the film has amassed the second highest international opening weekend for a Bollywood film in 2016 and is the highest opening weekend for a Karan Johar project. 

In the US, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” collected $2.1 million, while in Britain and Australia, the film raked in $752,000 and $307,045 respectively.

#ADHM is TERRIFIC… Mon HIGHER than Fri, Sat, Sun… Fri 13.30 cr, Sat 13.10 cr, Sun 9.20 cr, Mon 17.75 cr. Total: ₹ 53.35 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 1, 2016

The makers had to go through some real tough times as many controversies marred the film’s promotion. Also the Diwali festivities hampered box office numbers for both Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay. Both the films released on October 28, two days before Diwali.

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released in around 3000 screens in India. The film features Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan.

Ranbir Kapoor’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has continued its remarkable run at the Indian box office. After collecting INR 13.30 Cr on the opening day, the ADHM pocketed INR 13.10 Cr. And despite Sunday being Diwali, still the movie garnered INR 9.20 Cr – a combined total of INR 35.60 Cr in three days.

With two days still to go in this long Diwali weekend, INR 50Cr mark in the first weekend does look a real possibility.

ADHM’s overseas collection on Day 1 has also been encouraging. Day 1 collection in USA and Canada is approximately 700,000 dollars. In the UK it has collected 200,000 pounds, overall a much better showing than Salman Khan’s Sultan.

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But weeks before the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, the makers went through a tough time, with the controversy of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan being part of the cast.

A political outfit from Maharashtra threatened to stall the release of the film for casting Fawad. In an unprecedented move, the Maharashtra government relented to the political party; asking the producers to pay INR 5 crores as a penalty to the army welfare fund. 

Looking at the stake involved, filmmaker Karan Johar finally bowed down and posted a video to clarify his stand. Later lead actress Aishwarya Rai’s absence from the promotional events also made head turn.

Superstar Aamir Khan is overwhelmed with actor Ranbir Kapoor’s performance in “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, and calls him a great artist.

Aamir took to Twitter to laud filmmaker Karan Johar’s directorial venture.

…Ranbir, Aishwarya and Anushka have just killed it. Ranbir is the best actor! Period! A must see!

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) October 29, 2016

“Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, also starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Fawad Khan, clashed with actor-filmmaker Ajay Devgn’s “Shivaay” at the box office.

“Just saw ‘Ae Dil…’. What a film! I just loved it! Karan has hit the ball out of the stadium. Ranbir, Aishwarya and Anushka have just killed it. Ranbir is the best actor! Period! A must see!” Aamir posted.

Produced by Fox Star Studios and Dharma Productions, the film released on Friday.

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Indian Box Office Collection in (Rs) on Day 1 (Friday)

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – INR 13.30 Cr

Shivaay                  – INR 11 Cr

The twin big Diwali releases lived up to the hype in terms of response from the audience but in terms of box office collection, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil comes up trumps. Ae Dil Hai Muskhil pocketed a cool INR 13.30 crore compared to Shivaay’s INR 11 crore at the Indian box office.

The critics giving Shivaay thumbs down must have played its part in the audience favouring ADHM. While Ae Dil Hai Muskhil has more presence in large number of multiplexes Shivaay has more number of single screens to its credit. If one looks at the advance-booking segment, Karan Johar’s ADHM scored in multiplexes and Shivaay got a better response in single screens.

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Both the movies suffered in South India as the release clashed with Tamil films Kaashmora and Kodi. But ADHM broke Ranbir Kapoor’s last release Tamasha’s record (INR 10.87) by quite a margin.

Hindu groups held demonstrations against “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” in many cities of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. However, theatres continued to show the movie which released on the occasion of ‘Dhanteras’.

Hindu groups are opposing the film as it features a Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in one important role.

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Hindu right-wing groups led by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had given a call for banning Pakistani artistes working in Bollywood following a terrorist attack on an army camp in Uri sector of Jammu and Kahsmir in September.

Since the Karan Johar directorial features Fawad Khan, calls were made to ban “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” also. However, the movie was okayed for release by MNS after Karan Johar made an appeal to the people to not stall the release of the film and also agreed to donate Rs 5 crore to an army welfare fund.

The Shiv Sena workers held a demonstration outside a cineplex at Tatya Tope Nagar here. But their attempt to storm the theatre was foiled by police.

A Hindu group stopped the screening of the film in a multiplex for some time at Samdareeya Mall in Jabalpur.

Hindu groups held similar demonstrations in Gwalior also.

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“Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” stars Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma will light up Diwali for some of their fans as they are set to tour four cities in two days to celebrate the festival and promote their film.

As part of a marketing initiative that involves star-fan engagement, Ranbir and Anushka will travel to Chandigarh, Delhi, Ahmedabad and return to Mumbai, celebrating Diwali with fans in the cities on Friday and Saturday.

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The engagement activities will happen in select theatres across these cities during the release of “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, which hits the screens on Friday.

Produced by Fox Star Studios and Dharma Productions, the movie is directed by Karan Johar. It also features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan.

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