Esha Deol graced Karan Johar's Koffee with Karan back in 2005 wearing salwar-kurta which surprised the filmmaker back then.

In an interview, the actress addressed her take on wearing the traditional outfit rather than western, citing the reason that her father Dharmendra, might watch the episode later.

She mentioned specifically getting the outfit done for the show due to this reason.

Esha said, “I have to go back and watch that interview because I don’t really remember what I said. I remember it being a fun, spontaneous interview and the main thing I remember is also that I wore a salwar-kurta and Karan  was like, ‘Maybe dad watches this, I better be well dressed’.”

She added,  “So I made Rocky (celebrity fashion designer Rocky S) make a salwar-kurta for me.”
  
The actress graced the koffee couch with her co-star Shahid Kapoor during her appearance on the show.