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About Karan Johar (KJo)
| Full Name: | Karan Dharma Kama Johar |
| Born: | 25 May, 1972 |
| Based in: | Mumbai |
| Owns: | Dharma Productions |
| Education: | Masters degree in French |
| Directorial debut: | Actor and Assistant Director Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) |
| Directorial ventures: | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, My Name Is Khan. |
| Directorial Producer: | Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Kaal (2005) (co-producer), Dostana (2008), Wake Up Sid (2009), Kurbaan (2009), Koochie Koochie Hota Hain (2010), My Name is Khan (2010), We Are Family (2010), I Hate Luv Storys (2010) |
| Profile |
Karan Johar was born in Mumbai, India to Indian Bollywood film producer Yash Johar, founder of Dharma Productions and Hiroo Johar. As a child, he was influenced by commercial Indian cinema and he cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations. Johar formally entered the film industry as an actor, portraying Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) close friend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He was also assistant director on this film and helped director Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay for this film. In addition, he selected Shahrukh Khan's costumes, something he continued to do for Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007). Johar made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998. The film won eight Filmfare Awards in 1998 including Best Movie, Best Director and all four Best Actor awards for both leading and supporting roles. Johar's second directorial effort was the family drama, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, released in 2001. It was also highly successful and won five Filmfare Awards. For a period of time, Johar followed numerology, creating film titles in which the first word and a number of others in the title began with the letter "K." After watching the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai which was critical of numerology, Johar decided to stop this practice. In 2007, Johar was chosen as one of 250 Global Young Leaders by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum 2006. On 30 September 2006, Johar became the first Indian filmmaker to be a jury member in the Miss World competition, in Warsaw, Poland. |
About the Show
Stars... Our days begin with Bollywood news (ahem' gossip!) in the morning newspaper... and end on conversations about box office fortunes with our friends! We even get kicks out of knowing what the stars eat, what they put in a sandwich or how they can't go to the loo because they're stuck in a superhero costume! We follow them on twitter, read their blogs, become their fans on Facebook - all in a bid to get as close to them as possible. Know their Secrets! But alas, that's just about how close we can get.
But there's one man who's closer to them than anyone else, who knows them inside out. He's been a part of their past, is privy to their present and advises them on their future. This man loves his coffee and loves conversations even more.
Watch Karan, as he elicits the sauciest secrets in conversation with some of the biggest names in Bollywood, in the All New Season of Koffee with Karan.
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