Although the 41-year-old fights shy of creating fiction shows for the small screen, he has produced and hosted three successful seasons of chat show "Koffee With Karan" for TV.
Later, he made "Lift Kara De". And judged reality shows like "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5" and fourth season of "India's Got Talent".
The filmmaker says he admires people who understand the TRP game and keep up with it.
"Hats off to those who can go through the stress. The ratings go up and down every week and changing your content as per that (is tough). It is bad enough that we have to combat box-office pressures, I don't want to play the TRP game and ruin things for myself."
There was a time when TV produced stars like Smriti Irani, Sakshi Tanwar, Ram Kapoor andRonit Roy, but not any longer.