Archana Puran Singh recalls sleeping in SRK’s van during film’s shoot

Actor Archana Puran Singh, who played Miss Briganza in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, shared a fond memory with Shah Rukh Khan on the film’s sets. Recalling a moment from the song, Koi Mil Gaya shoot, Archana said how SRK was kind enough to let her use her vanity. When she slept off, SRK asked her crew not to wake her up. However, this made producer Yash Johar angry.
Talking about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai shoot days, Archana Puran Singh told Bollywood Bubble, “This was when we shot in Mehboob (Studio), and I remember while shooting the song — on stage 2 or something, the makeup rooms were quite far. Shah Rukh had a van, and Kajol didn’t. The makeup rooms were far, and I was wearing heels. It was difficult to walk after dancing, I wanted to sit. So, Shah Rukh Khan offered me his van.”

A still from Koi Mil Gaya song’s shoot from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. (Photo: Instagram/Dharma Productions)

She further said, “There was a long gap and I dozed off in the van. So, Shah Rukh must have come and he was like, ‘Let her sleep, I am anyways going for the shot.’ I was fast asleep, but I could hear faintly that Shah Rukh got a call and he left whispering so I didn’t get up. He did that to not disturb my sleep. It was sweet that he left his van for his co-star.”
However, SRK’s gesture angered Yash Johar. Archana further added, “Yash Johar–the film producer, became angry. He was like, ‘Why are you out of your van, go inside.’ Shah Rukh answered that I was sleeping. Yash ji went like: ‘Who is sleeping in your van?’ He answered, ‘Archana ji’. When I woke up, I asked Shah Rukh ‘why are you doing this?’”
Archana also mentioned that she ate sweets from SRK’s fridge after waking up in his vanity van. “I took a few sweets from his fridge. I shooed away the spotboy, and I ate about half of the sweet box,” said the actor.
On the work front, Archana Puran Singh is a part of The Great Indian Kapil Show. She will also be seen in Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri’s Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video.