India, March 25 -- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a cult classic. When Shah Rukh Khan spread his arms and sang, 'Tum paas aaye, yun muskuraye,' a generation got its new love anthem. The credit goes to the lyricist Sameer Anjaan's simple, soulful poetry that tugged the strings of our hearts then and continues to do so even today. However, it wasn't an easy journey for Sameer, especially, when he was filling in the shoes of Bollywood's legendary poet Javed Akhtar.

Sameer recalls that Javed Sahab rejected to write for Karan Johar's debut film because of its 'vulgar' title. And he was brought in to give a young and fresh vibe to the movie. In a recent interview with Lallantop, the lyricist opened up about his experience and revealed that he didn't fi...