'I'm just glad that after 21 years, people are still watching Kal Ho Naa Ho and dancing to Maahi ve'

By a stroke of coincidence, Nikkhil Advani ended up with two releases on the same day last year- the re-release of Kal Ho Naa Ho and the release of the period drama Freedom at Midnight. He says he can’t really take credit for either the projects or the release dates. “I was just offered the projects, and I didn’t say no,” he shared during a conversation.

'I'm just glad that after 21 years, people are still watching Kal Ho Naa Ho and dancing to Maahi ve'

Nikkhil says that it was coincidental that two of his works were released on the same date. He said, 'Neither did I have a choice about the release of Freedom at Midnight on November 15, nor did I have a say in the re-release of Kal Ho Naa Ho. I'm just glad that after 21 years, people are still watching Kal Ho Naa Ho, dancing to Maahi Ve, and sending me video clips."

He shared,"I didn’t consciously make these choices. Someone offered me Freedom at Midnight, and someone offered me Kal Ho Naa Ho. Maine keval bola - mujhe kaam chahiye, mujhe kaam karna hai. My sister (Monisha Advani) and my production partner, Madhu (Bhojwani), often ask me, "When will you turn around and start saying no?" And I reply, "I won’t. I’ll never say no. If I’m offered a project, why would I say no? Logon ke paas kaam nahi hai.People often say, "You’re doing so much work," and the reason is simple- I say yes to everything. When I was doing the post-production for Veda, I was simultaneously shooting Freedom at Midnight. I don’t say no; I only say yes. Karan (Johar) told me to do Kal Ho Naa Ho, and I said, Okay."