Karan Johar- And his passion for films

Karan Johar started off his career as an actor in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, the question is that, did he always wish to become a director? Or did he have interest in something else? He must have started off as an actor but now he has become a great director. May be he is just following his father’s footsteps, as his father, Yash Johar was also a well known director in Bollywood.

The production house known as Dharma production was established by his father. This production house has given birth to many hit films. Apart from acting and directing, Karan has also tried his luck on production, screenwriting, costume designing and also worked as a television host. He has excelled in almost all of these fields. His wonderful journey of movies started when he made his first directorial debut with the romantic-comedy, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. 

 

It was after the blockbuster release of the movie that Karan decided to never look back and so the league of Karan Johar movie started. He made a statement in one of interview before the film release that he was never sure of the script of his first film but after many attempts of finalizing, he decided to combine his first and the second story line and introduce the flashback sequence.  

Karan has always experimented with his films; this can be projected through the different story lines of his movies. His movies doesn’t belong to a particular genre, there has been movies that had attracted critics like Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna and My Name is Khan because both of these movies were based on the themes such as adultery and religious discrimination.

He always motivates the young and new comers, and so in his productions he has introduced capable directors like Nikhil Advani, Tarun Mansukhani, Rensil D’silva and Ayan Mukherjee. He was so fond of the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai lead pair Sharukh and Kajol that he re-casted them in his family entertainer Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. After the success of all his other movies, Karan is currently working on his new project ‘Student of the Year’, with the completely new faces. 

This is the first time that he has casted the fresh faces Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. The story revolves around three friends who are involved in different kind of complications of life like the competition, hatred, jealousy, heartbreak etc. The trailers have become viral and the release is scheduled for the 19^th October.