Actor Kunal Kemmu says director Mahesh Bhatt once bribed him, when he was seven, to skip a school picnic so he could shoot for the 1993 film “Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke.” Kemmu says the offer came in the form of a Samurai video game, which he agreed to in exchange for missing the outing.

K emmu describes the deal as his “worst,” adding that he watched classmates leave for the picnic while he continued filming at home. The accounts focus on his recollection of the childhood bargain and its lasting impact on how he remembers that day.

Both outlets frame the incident as a personal anecdote shared by Kemmu, with no additional corroborating details or official confirmation cited from other parties. The difference is mainly in phrasing: one outlet presents it with a fuller quote-driven account, while the other summarizes the same memory more briefly.