Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Adarsh Gourav starrer Kho Gaye Hum Kahan was released on Netflix on December 26, 2023. Audiences have applauded the stellar cast, the powerful narrative and the directorial prowess of the first-time director Arjun Varain Singh. After the film has received such a positive response from the audience, can a sequel be expected? The director revealed this in a recent interview.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Arjun said, “I don’t know anything about doing a sequel. I don’t think it needs a sequel, to be very honest. But, you never know!” Arjun also spoke about how the film’s title was finalised. The working title was ‘Friends and Followers’. But it was just a working title which wasn’t snappy or memorable enough. It was also in English! We had shot the announcement video and I was thinking about a title that would really work for the film,” he said.
“At the same time, Jee Le Zara had just been announced and then I started seeing memes online, how Excel and Tiger Baby Films use their song lyrics for their movie titles! I thought why can’t I do that! So I asked my DA to just scan through all the lyrics. We shortlisted a couple of lines and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan seemed to be the most appropriate one. It also works thematically very well,” he added.
Arjun also revealed that it was Siddhant Chaturvedi’s character Imaad who first came to life in the script. “It was truly Imaad (Siddhant), who story struck with me right from the beginning. I knew his character arc, right till the final reveal. Then Ahana simultaneously, because it is inspired by a very close friend of mine, he said.
Earlier, Arjun had called the film his “dream project” as he wanted to tell this story for the longest time. The film features the “digital coming of age” of three friends who learn how to navigate their real lives which often get intertwined with the ‘reel’ world.
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