8 life lessons on Kuch Kuch Hota Hai's 18th anniversary

Quite a few times in the film, Shah Rukh Khan is heard giving gyaan through the dialogue, “Hum ek hi baar jeete hain, ek baar marte hain, shaadi bhi ek hi baar hoti hai aur pyar bhi ek hi baar hota hai. Baar baar nahin hota.” But it’s okay to throw away the gyaan out of the window if you see Kajol in an Indian avatar. 

It is okay to graduate from Oxford University and complete your higher studies in India, like Rani Mukerji did. It was a hidden promotion for the Swadeshi movement.

Mugging up the bBhajan ‘Om Jai Jagdish Hare’ is enough to prove that you have retained your Indian-ness despite living abroad for years. It’s a must watch scene for all those whose nationalism is questioned these days by hyper-nationalists. It just takes one bhajan to go from anti-national to national.

You can experience winter and rains in summer camps, but there is no guarantee of summer. Just like there is no gulab in Gulab Jamun.

When the little girl told Salman that he can get any girl because he looks good, it must have given hope to a lot of good-looking but good-for-nothing guys.

In another gyaan-giving moment, Shah Rukh Khan says one needs to be friends with someone before falling in love. But what if the friend is of the same gender?

There are certain days when girls don’t go to temples. But according to Khan ka gyaan, “Ladke mandir nahin jaate.” Not only on certain days, but on any day! He took gender equality to another level. It looks like Trupti Desai had some contribution to the script. (Please Google her if you don't know her.)

Our daily soaps are known for dragging stories for years. Looks like it was all started by Rani Mukerji's character. She dragged Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s life story for eight long years in those letters she wrote to her daughter. By the way, we wonder what she must have written to her in the first two years.