Buzz is that Karan Johar's next film after Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (KANK) will reunite Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan after five years (on celluloid, that is).
He has already begun work on the film and although Karan is tight-lipped about Kajol's presence, he doesn't deny it either.
At what stage are you with your next film?
I'm in the middle of scripting.
According to rumours, it is based on racial discrimination and illegal immigration.
(Laughs) It sounds more like a documentary, which I am not making! All I can say is that it's a feature film and will be a departure from what I have done before, and will be based on a serious topic.
I want to challenge myself as a director and that's why I am busy researching and writing the project. But no, it won't be a Fahrenheit 9/11 sort of film.
Your film won't have songs too?
I have never said that there won't be any music in my next film! I can't make a film without music. I met Javedsaab (Akhtar) the other day and he was horrified to learn that my film wouldn't have songs.
I told him, 'Meri itni aukaat nahin, that I can't have music in my films.' I love music. But yes, I am fed up of people dancing to my songs. This time, I want people to sit down and listen to my music, not dance to it.
Hopefully there will still be romance in your next?
Love is a very important part of our lives and an important part of my cinema. Every film of mine has love, and even here I might squeeze it in somewhere.
Love is something I can't run away from, even if I try. It is the solution to most problems.
The buzz is that you are getting Kajol and SRK back together after five years.
We don't know what's going to happen. It's too early to talk about it. Though I am not good at keeping secrets, when the time is right I will talk about it.
Do you give SRK a reading of the script and the role, or is it a given that he'll do your film?
Shah Rukh is my elder brother and Gauri and he are family to me. It's like asking my father (late Yash Johar), 'Papa should I make this film or not?' It's the same thing with Shah Rukh.
When I tell him about my film, he tells me these are the dates and when we can start. That's the perfect understanding we have with each other.
We may live in two separate homes, but our hearts are in the same place and it will always be like that.
When do you plan to start shooting your film?
Koffee With Karan gets over by June, so once I finish the script I should begin by the end of this year or early next year.
Is your next film going to be called Khan?
No. No such title is mine!
After Krrish, all directors want their heroes to play superheroes. Any plans of making SRK a superhero?
Isn't he one already?
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