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Of course, there are big guns like Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowariker, Vishal Bhardwaj who make serious movies with agendas and propel Bollywood forward one step at a time with their masterpieces, but yet when asked about Bollywood’s favourite director, most millennials will choose Karan Johar at any given point. The relationship we’ve developed with him through his movies is one that few Bollywood directors can create. The music, the dialogues, the weightage and value he gives to relationships are all very unique. The filmmaker turns 46 today and is celebrating his birthday in New York.
Over the years, Karan has endeared us to his wit, his way with words, his sportiness, his screen presence; which makes every award function and every talk show ravaging, and at times also his silent beautiful sadness. Karan Johar has seen an incredible rise in his career becoming one of Bollywood’s biggest and most talented directors for a man who never knew he’d even be a filmmaker. It’s been a while since his autobiography ‘An Unsuitable Boy’ was released where he became open with the most candid and speculated topics of his life, which only put him higher in our regards. On his 46th birthday today (May 25), take a look at 7 lesser known facts of the filmmaker.
1. Karan had an affinity for the letter K as evident as it was, faded off after he saw Lage Raho Munnabhai.
2. Karan’s fancy of a Masters in French degree. On another note, he has one.
3. Contrary to popular belief, Shah Rukh Khan isn’t his most favourite actor to work with. By his own admission, “Hrithik is obsessed with his work. We all are, but while all of us give 100% he gives 300%.”
4. It has been his life’s dream to walk the red carpet at the prestigious Oscars. “I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, ‘This is for you, India.’ That’s the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film,” divulged Karan.
5. Karan is not a bookworm. The mega talent and the scriptwriter of blockbusters like ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho and My Name is Khan’ is not fond of reading. Still, he has the sense of getting every move and shot correct when it comes to movies.
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