Twenty-five years ago, on Oct. 16, 1998, “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” was released. In his autobiography, writer-director Karan Johar recounts the story of him pitching what would ultimately become “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” to star Shah Rukh Khan. Compelled by an image of a father and a daughter living together after the childʼs mother died.