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Biography for
Karan Johar
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- KARAN JOHAR
Profile As a child, Karan Johar always dreamt of being famous. His father, Yash Johar was a top filmmaker, so Karan grew up amidst the company of Amit uncle and Jaya aunty, who were close friends of his parents. Like most star children, he too went for Hrithik and Abhishek's birthday parties where he met up with other kids, many of whom have grown up to become famous stars today. Kareena and Karisma Kapoor, Twinkle and Rinke Khanna, Aditya and Uday Chopra, Abhishek and Shweta Bachchan, Goldie and Shrishti Behl, Hrithik and Sunaina Roshan, Tusshar and Ektaa Kapoor were few of his childhood friends but they all drifted apart as childhood soon turned to adolescence.
When Karan was schooling at Green Lawns, he used to be a complete movie buff. However, having lived and studied in South Mumbai all along, he hardly had any filmi friends. He wasn't very proud when people came up to him and asked him if he was Yash Johar's son. At that time and in that side of the city, being associated with films wasn't something to be thrilled about. So he often denied any connection with the movies, insisting that his father was not a producer, but a businessman. But within, Karan was an ardent Hindi movie buff, who would rush home after school to catch his favourite movie on video. He had his own collection of the latest Hindi films and saw Yash Chopra's Silsila every single day. He loved trial shows and would often burst into tears when his parents refused to take him for preview screenings.
As Karan grew up, he realized that his love for cinema kept growing too, and when he was studying at H R College, he got friendly with Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra's son. One day, Aditya called up Karan, wanting to narrate his gem of a story idea he had. That film was "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge". The next two months saw Karan working along with Aditya on the scripting of the film, till one day Adi asked him to assist him on the film. Karan, who had just finished his French course and was all set, to go get a degree in Mass Communications from Paris. But his passion for the movies made him change his mind and the rest is history.
While working on "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge", during the Switzerland schedule of the film, one day Shah Rukh suggested to Karan to direct his own film. That was how his debut "Kuch Kuch Hota Hain" was born. The film ended up, as one of the biggest blockbusters of all time and Karan was a superstar director before he realized it. For a teenager who grew up on the works of Raj Kapoor and Yash Chopra, he was now a successful filmmaker himself. After that, Karan took a break for a year as good friend Adi was making "Mohabbatein". "Both Adi and me have decided that we will make films alternately. So, when he makes a film, I will be there with him at every stage and vice-versa", he said of his impressive decision. After Mohabbatein released, Karan announced his next venture, "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum", which was the biggest multi-star cast film made to date. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan with Kajol and Hrithik Roshan cast along Kareena Kapoor made Kabhi Khusi Kabhi Ghum the hottest movie of the decade. Since then Lady Luck has been exceedingly sweet to him. He has his own chat show as well. As they say some people have all the luck!
A close friend of Shahrukh Khan, he assisted Yash Chopra's Yash Raj Films during the early days of of his career, making his directorial debut with the mega-hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). He also had a popular chat show named "Koffee with Karan" (2004) The success of "KKHH" made him one of the most high-profile directors in the Hindi-language Mumbai Film industry, popularly known as Bollywood.
Also a close friend of Aditya Chopra, he has been a creative member of Yash Raj productions such as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Veer-Zaara (2004), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Mohabbatein (2000).
Johar's success has guaranteed him worldwide distribution of his production company, Dharma Productions, for many years to come.
Always casts Shahrukh Khan.
TriviaFamily is close with Yash Chopras family.
Son of Yash Johar.
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