India, March 15 -- Farah Khan's directorial debut, Main Hoon Na (2004), remains one of Bollywood's most beloved films, starring Shah Rukh Khan alongside Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan and Suniel Shetty. While audiences know it as a mix of action, comedy, and family drama, Farah recently revealed that the film's concept started much smaller, as a simple rom-com set in a college.

Speaking to Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast, Farah shared, "Actually, at first, it was purely a rom-com. He goes to school, then he falls in love with a teacher. Everyone has a teacher that they are in love with. So the idea came from there."

Originally, she planned to shoot the story at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai with a modest scale. "It was small-sc...