Saturday, September 8, 2012

Karan Johar- The Experimental Filmmaker

By Rohini Nadia


Karan started off his career as an actor in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, the question is that, did he always wish to become a director? Or did he have interest in something else? He started off as an actor but now he has become a great director. May be he is just following his father's footsteps, as his father, Yash Johar was also a well known director in Bollywood.

His first directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was a huge hit at the box office. The movie was a romantic flick which featured the love triangle between the lead characters of Rahul, Tina and Anjali. It was the movie that created an impact among the youngsters. The college goers started imitating the dressing style of the characters and it soon became a cult. The movie not only attracted the younger crowd but also the older generation alike. The movie made many laugh and many cry, so it was a good blend of emotions and expressions.

Karan Johar has been one of the most experimental film makers as his stint with movies includes a range of genres. Apart from being a film maker, Karan's endowed with incredible versatility as he has been viewers favorite TV host from 2004 as he made his television debut with a chat show, Koffee with Karan. His vibrant and charming personality makes him an extremely confident and appealing anchor.

He has made movies of different genres; his movies were characterized by themes like adultery, family tension, religious discrimination etc. These themes were all extracted from the real life incidences. His intention is to create awareness about the socially relevant topics that can be debatable.

Karan considers Shahrukh as one of the great actor that Bollywood has and apart from the professional relationship they are really good friends off screen. Other then casting Shahrukh in most of his movies, Karan has also designed costumes for some of Shahrukh's movies like Dil To Pagal Hai, Duplicate, Mohabbatein, Veer Zaara, Main Hoon Naa and Om Shanti Om. Karan is known to be good with his words and can indulge in interrogating the Bollywood celebrities with his witty questions in his famous chat show Koffee with Karan.

He is currently busy with his new movie 'Student of the Year' which is scheduled to be released on 19th of October. The trailers have already been launched, the movies stars three new faces Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. It is at present the most awaited movie of Dharma banner because people have lot of expectations.




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