India, March 14 -- Choreographer and filmmaker Farah Khan recently opened up about the darker side of Bollywood during the 1990s while speaking on a podcast with Ranveer Allahbadia. During the conversation, she spoke about the influence of the underworld on the film industry at the time and recalled a frightening incident linked to the premiere of Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Reflecting on the evolution of Hindi cinema, Farah said that the 1980s was a particularly weak phase for Bollywood. She revealed that when she was in college, many people in her circle preferred watching Hollywood films instead of Hindi movies because of the quality of films being made at the time. According to her, the decade represented one of the lowest poin...