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Karan Johar on MNIK
This is the first time you are shooting in LA, how is it different from New York?
In LA, Everything is by the book. We have a lot of foreign cast in the film, and we had to go through the screen actor's guild. There are rules, modulations, and it's very disciplined and very Hollywood. And very film-friendly.
You had to change venue during KANK, due to the crowds..
There is no crowd here. We are the only crowd. We are about an hour-and-a-half out of LA. People won't even know where it was shot. It could be any heartland of America. We needed this kind of location and it suits us perfectly.
How many hours do you shoot?
Twelve hours a day… the foreign crew may work single-shifts of eight hours but we desi girls and boys put in longer hours. Also we have to work fast because we lose light by 4.30. I am working with an entirely new crew this time. Barring SRK, Kajol and me, it's an all new team. I have new ADs, a DoP and production team. I have never worked with Ravi Chandran before.
Also, it' s unlike a KJo film?
Yes, I feel like I am not me, and it's not my film. I feel like I am directing a film for someone else. There is no lip-syncing in the songs, there is no choreography…I am missing Farah (Khan) and I will make her do one song for the film. I am missing the sound of her voice screaming and shouting, and her one-line gems that she keeps throwing about.
How did you spend New Year's?
We all went out for dinner. I am way beyond that age where I feel the need to do something extra special for the New Year. It's just another day. I just want to be around family and friends.
Yes, and they are all there: SRK, Gauri, your best friend Kaajal (Anand), your mom...
Yes, I like going back from work to familiar faces after pack-up.
Kajol has still to get there.
Yes, and I can hardly wait for her to get here. I will be working with her after eight years. I know I will break down when we do the first shot together. She and I will get emotional and Shah Rukh will be very amused by it. We also did this during Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. After the first shot, we hugged and cried. We will shoot their first scene together on the 7th. I am really looking forward to it.
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This is the first time you are shooting in LA, how is it different from New York?
In LA, Everything is by the book. We have a lot of foreign cast in the film, and we had to go through the screen actor's guild. There are rules, modulations, and it's very disciplined and very Hollywood. And very film-friendly.
You had to change venue during KANK, due to the crowds..
There is no crowd here. We are the only crowd. We are about an hour-and-a-half out of LA. People won't even know where it was shot. It could be any heartland of America. We needed this kind of location and it suits us perfectly.
How many hours do you shoot?
Twelve hours a day… the foreign crew may work single-shifts of eight hours but we desi girls and boys put in longer hours. Also we have to work fast because we lose light by 4.30. I am working with an entirely new crew this time. Barring SRK, Kajol and me, it's an all new team. I have new ADs, a DoP and production team. I have never worked with Ravi Chandran before.
Also, it' s unlike a KJo film?
Yes, I feel like I am not me, and it's not my film. I feel like I am directing a film for someone else. There is no lip-syncing in the songs, there is no choreography…I am missing Farah (Khan) and I will make her do one song for the film. I am missing the sound of her voice screaming and shouting, and her one-line gems that she keeps throwing about.
How did you spend New Year's?
We all went out for dinner. I am way beyond that age where I feel the need to do something extra special for the New Year. It's just another day. I just want to be around family and friends.
Yes, and they are all there: SRK, Gauri, your best friend Kaajal (Anand), your mom...
Yes, I like going back from work to familiar faces after pack-up.
Kajol has still to get there.
Yes, and I can hardly wait for her to get here. I will be working with her after eight years. I know I will break down when we do the first shot together. She and I will get emotional and Shah Rukh will be very amused by it. We also did this during Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. After the first shot, we hugged and cried. We will shoot their first scene together on the 7th. I am really looking forward to it.
http://www.mid-day.com/epaper/index.htm
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