Karan Johar
Karan Johar was born on 25 May 1972 in Mumbai to Yash Johar and Hiroo Johar. He is a film director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer and a television host. He is also the head of the production company Dharma Productions.
Karan Johar made his debut in Bollywood as an actor in 1995 with Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. He had also assisted Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay. He made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starring Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji. The movie was a commercial and critical success and won a National Award and eight Filmfare Awards. His next movie was a family drama, Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham in 2001 which won five Filmfare Awards. Karan changed his style in 2010 with My Name is Khan and delivered a movie about the stereotypical response to the name ‘Khan’. The movie was critically acclaimed and a huge blockbuster.
Karan Johar also produced movies like Wake Up Sid!, Kurbaan, We Are Family, I Hate Luv Stories and Agneepath. Karan Johar hosted a TV series, Koffee with Karan on Star World and Lift Karade on Sony TV. He has also selected costumes for Shahrukh for movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Duplicate, Mohabbatein, Mai Hoon Na, Veer-Zaara and Om Shanti Om.
Fans don’t want Bipasha Basu to get married in 2013
According to a recent poll conducted by a popular entertainment website, Bipasha Basu got the least votes when asked about the celebrity that want to see married by 2013. Bipasha [...]
RGV wants Karan Johar to attend his movie’s premiere
Yes you heard it right, Ram Gopal Varma who has always cracked jokes on the abilities of Karan Johar, now wants him to come to the premiere of his [...]
The focus should now be on Rs 1000 crore club, says Karan Johar
Every time a film crosses Rs.100 crore, the Bollywood industry celebrates its success with great pride and enthusiasm. However, filmmaker Karan Johar feels Rs 1,000-crore box office is not far [...]
Akshay Kumar and Emraan to star in Karan Johar’s next
Akshay Kumar, who is enjoying the success of Special 26 both commercially and critically is now gearing up for his next project which will be directed by Karan Johar. Karan [...]
Akshay Kumar & Karan Johar join hands for an ambitious project
If all goes well, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar will team up for an ambitious project. This will be the first time the two would be coming together, despite the [...]
‘Student Of The Year’ to have its sequel
Announcing his plans for a sequel to ‘Student of the Year’, Karan Johar is all set to introduce new talent into the film industry yet again through the films sequel. [...]
Emraan Hashmi to romance Kareena Kapoor
Jodis are what make a film’s identification. Therefore, it is with great care and thought that directors select the lead pair. Now, the latest news is that Kareena Kapoor and [...]
Shahrukh Khan is the richest Indian celebrity
Forbes India magazine has come out with its inaugural India celebrity 100 list, based on their popularity and income. Shahrukh Khan, who became the first Indian actor to appear on [...]
Parineeti Chopra and Siddharth Malhotra in Johar’s next
There had been rumours doing the rounds that Karan Johar is planning a movie with his Student of The Year star Siddharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra. For all the people [...]
Hrithik Roshan’s star studded birthday bash!
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Alia Bhatt will be seen as a Tamilian in 2 states!
Alia Bhatt is doing everything possible to make sure she survives long enough in the industry. The actress who will be seen as a Tamilian girl in 2 states, is [...]
Bollywood mourns Delhi rape victim’s death
entire country is mourning the death of the Delhi gang rape victim who is being called by various names – Nirbhaya, Amaanat, Daamini. The braveheart’s death has left people in [...]
Alia Bhatt credits Karan Johar for her fashion sense
Actress Alia Bhatt, giving credit to Karan Johar, says, he is reason why she is now a fashion-conscious girl. “I was not fashion conscious before I met Karan Johar. After [...]
Akshay Kumar not impressed with Karan Johar!
Actor and now producer Akshay Kumar, who was loved by critics for his mind blowing performances in movies like Hera Pheri, Housefull 2, Rowdy Rathore and many more recently made [...]
Bollywood celebrities saddened by Bal Thackeray’s death!
Bal Thackrey, the Shiv Sena hero, too his last breath at 3:30PM on Saturday after his long illness. Bollywood celebrities were shocked while some saddened. They took to twitter [...]
Aishwarya Rai to make a come back with Karan Johar’s next?
If rumors are to be believed, Karan Johar is all set to remake Amitabh Bachchan’s Bemisal, a 1982 classic, with Aishwarya Rai. The original film starred Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee and [...]
Is KJO calling RGV the ‘Bhoot’ in the latter’s ‘Bhoot Returns’?
All this while, Ram Gopal Verma had a gala time pulling Karan Johar’s leg but now, KJO is giving it back tit for tat. Taking to Twitter, Karan says he [...]
Karan Johar is dying to work with Salman Khan!
The latest gossip in B-town is that Karan Johar has had a fallout with his old friend Shahrukh Khan. Reason being, Karan not directing SRK for the first time in [...]
