Saif Ali Khan got 100 stitches after accident on Kya Kehna set. Tuesday Trivia

Directed by Kundan Shah, Kya Kehna starred Preity Zinta, Chandrachur Singh and Saif Ali Khan. But, did you know Saif had a terrible bike accident on the sets of the film and Preity was the only one by his side at the hospital?

Back in 2000, Kya Kehna was hailed as a bold film that attempted to break societal norms. It dealt with the subject of premarital sex and had Preity Zinta playing a single teenage mother. It was also supposed to be Preity Zinta’s Bollywood debut, but, delay after delay kept the film four years in the making. Nonetheless, this Kundan Shah directorial venture turned out to be a sleeper hit, despite the backlash over the tabooed storyline. I remember everyone was SHOCKED that I chose to play an unwed teenage mom in my first film. “Your career will be over before it starts. Have you gone mad ?” That’s what everyone said. In the film, Saif Ali Khan played a casanova who jumped from one girl to another, as he did on his bike, from one cliff to another. But the dangerous way his character, Rahul Modi, lived in the film, actually put Saif in the hospital for days. The actor was performing a stunt and met with what he later described as ‘the worst accident’ of his life. It’s been 21 years since Kya Kehna released. Today, we revisit some of the lesser-known facts about the film.