Raj aryan malhotra

By Nisha Singh : A sweater over the shoulder, a pair of glasses and a violin in his hands. That was Shah Rukh Khan in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein. Shah Rukh as Raj Aryan Malhotra, the music teacher (or was he the love guru?) made his students fall in love (and not with music). And while he was at it, he even won the battle of darr vs mohabbat against Narayan Shankar aka Amitabh Bachchan. Raj Aryan Malhotra was introduced to the audience as a music teacher, freshly recruited in Gurukul. But he never really taught his students any music. Not even a single instrument. In a scene, Raj sets up a class in a gazebo in the middle of the garden, and not in a legit classroom. Even then, we only hear him talk about love. In another 'class', he basically manipulates Vicky (Uday Chopra), Sameer (Jugal Hansraj) and Karan (Jimmy Shergill) into breaking open the main gate of Gurukul. This, despite knowing that it is against Gurukul’s 'parampara, pratishtha, anushasan'. Good luck explaining this act of 'rebellion' to your principal. Raj promises Karan piano lessons, but we never actually see that happening. But soon enough, Karan is so good at the instrument that he turns tutor to Kiran’s (Preeti Jhangiani) nephew. What just happened? On Valentine’s Day, Raj was this close to getting the students expelled, we tell you. Instead of music lessons (why are we still hoping he will teach music?), he further manipulates the boys into expressing their feelings to their (respective) girls. With map...

By Nisha Singh : A sweater over the shoulder, a pair of glasses and a violin in his hands. That was Shah Rukh Khan in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein. Shah Rukh as Raj Aryan Malhotra, the music teacher (or was he the love guru?) made his students fall in love (and not with music). And while he was at it, he even won the battle of darr vs mohabbat against Narayan Shankar aka Amitabh Bachchan. Raj Aryan Malhotra was introduced to the audience as a music teacher, freshly recruited in Gurukul. But he never really taught his students any music. Not even a single instrument. In a scene, Raj sets up a class in a gazebo in the middle of the garden, and not in a legit classroom. Even then, we only hear him talk about love. In another 'class', he basically manipulates Vicky (Uday Chopra), Sameer (Jugal Hansraj) and Karan (Jimmy Shergill) into breaking open the main gate of Gurukul. This, despite knowing that it is against Gurukul’s 'parampara, pratishtha, anushasan'. Good luck explaining this act of 'rebellion' to your principal. Raj promises Karan piano lessons, but we never actually see that happening. But soon enough, Karan is so good at the instrument that he turns tutor to Kiran’s (Preeti Jhangiani) nephew. What just happened? On Valentine’s Day, Raj was this close to getting the students expelled, we tell you. Instead of music lessons (why are we still hoping he will teach music?), he further manipulates the boys into expressing their feelings to their (respective) girls. With map...