Karan Johar is more than one of India’s most sought-after producers. The Dharma Productions chief is also known for revolutionizing B-town’s attitude towards newcomers. He has been laying the brickwork for the careers of several newbies in the industry lately, including directors and actors too. Karan’s most recent film release, Student of the Year, stars four promising newcomers we’ll be seeing a load of in the future. The film has launched the careers of model-turned-actor Siddharth Malhotra, director David Dhawan’s son Varun Dhawan, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter Alia Bhatt and actor Boman Irani’s son Kayoze Irani.
Besides this, Karan has one previous account launched several directors. For Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), a romantic drama film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Jaya Bachchan, Johar roped in Nikhil Advani, who later went on to direct blockbusters like Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love (2007). And that’s not all. Karan has also launched director Tarun Mansukhani with Dostana (2008), Ayan Mukerji with Wake Up Sid (2009) Punit Malhotra (I Hate Luv Storys), Renzil D’Slive (Kurbaan), and his assistant director Sidharth Malhotra (We Are Family).
In the near future, Karan Johar will bring to the big-screen the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani directed by debutant Akshay Roy. Student of the Year is Karan Johar’s first with newcomers however and the director has stepped away from his usual movie-making strategy, roping in newcomers instead of big stars. We did workshops and they were found to be right for the roles. They have this enduring charm to them and though they had some rough edges, I knew that they had potential to face the camera. Moreover after watching the film, you would realize that they have this correct celluloid presence. While Siddharth has the right restraint to play Abhi, Varun carries good enough flamboyance to play Rohan,” articulated Karan, speaking about his debutants.
Besides this, Karan has one previous account launched several directors. For Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), a romantic drama film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Jaya Bachchan, Johar roped in Nikhil Advani, who later went on to direct blockbusters like Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love (2007). And that’s not all. Karan has also launched director Tarun Mansukhani with Dostana (2008), Ayan Mukerji with Wake Up Sid (2009) Punit Malhotra (I Hate Luv Storys), Renzil D’Slive (Kurbaan), and his assistant director Sidharth Malhotra (We Are Family).
In the near future, Karan Johar will bring to the big-screen the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani directed by debutant Akshay Roy. Student of the Year is Karan Johar’s first with newcomers however and the director has stepped away from his usual movie-making strategy, roping in newcomers instead of big stars. We did workshops and they were found to be right for the roles. They have this enduring charm to them and though they had some rough edges, I knew that they had potential to face the camera. Moreover after watching the film, you would realize that they have this correct celluloid presence. While Siddharth has the right restraint to play Abhi, Varun carries good enough flamboyance to play Rohan,” articulated Karan, speaking about his debutants.
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