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Bollywood cinema of today has been heavily shaped by Karan Johar. Read on to know about his movies, education, family and more.

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Biography

Karan Johar is one of the most popular faces and personalities in the Bollywood industry. Karan Johar is the one is a multi-talented person a director model actor producer writer and anchor. Karan Johar’s full name is Karan Kumar Johar aka Rahul Kumar Johar. 

Rahul Kumar Johar better known by his stage name Karan Kumar Johar is an Indian film director and television personality who specialises in Hindi cinema. Under Karan Johar’s own Dharma Productions Karan Johar has launched the careers of a number of accomplished performers. Karan Johar has received numerous honours including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards and in 2020 the Government of India will bestow upon him the Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian award in the nation.

The romantic comedy-drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) which won Karan Johar the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay marked his directorial debut. Karan Johar is the son of producer Yash Johar. Both of Karan Johar’s subsequent films the ensemble romance drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and the ensemble family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) were critically acclaimed and financially successful. Karan Johar won his second Filmfare Award for Best Director for the social drama My Name Is Khan (2010). Karan Johar won the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 2018 for producing the spy thriller Raazi. These along with further movies he's made for Dharma Productions have made him one of the top Hindi film producers and directors.

Karan Johar has dabbled in different facets of the entertainment business. Karan Johar is the host of the dating programme What the Love! and the television conversation show Koffee with Karan. and the radio programme Calling Karan as well as in the reality competition programmes Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa India's Got Talent and India's Next Superstars as a judge. 

Kangana Ranaut is also one of the popular stars who claimed in a tweet that take back Karan Johar’s Padma Shri Award because Karan Johar doesn’t deserve this and added and linked it to the Sushant case. 

Age

Karan Johar’s place of birth is in Mumbai. Karan Johar’s birthdate is the 25th of May. Karan Johar was born in the year 1972. Karan Johar’s age as of 2024 is 51 years. Karan Johar’s zodiac sign is Gemini. 

Education

Karan Johar was born in Bombay India (modern-day Mumbai) parents Hiroo Johar and film producer Yash Johar who founded Dharma Productions. His mother's side of the family is Sindhi Hindu and his father's is Punjabi Hindu. He went to Greenlawns High School to study. After Greenlawns he went to Bombay's H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.

Family

When Karan Johar played Shrikant in the 1989 Doordarshan serial Indradhanush Karan Johar launched his acting career in the entertainment world. Karan Johar attributes his early exposure to commercial Indian cinema to Raj Kapoor Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya.

For a while Karan Johar used numerology to create movie titles where the opening word and a few more words all started with the letter K. Johar chose to cease using numerology after seeing the 2006 movie Lage Raho Munna Bhai which was critical of the practice. 

When talking about his sexual preference Karan Johar remarked My sexual orientation is widely known. I do not have to shout it out. I won't repeat it if I don't have to.

Through surrogacy, Karan Johar became the father of boy and girl twins in February 2017. At Mumbai's Masrani Hospital the twins were delivered. Karan Johar gave his daughter Roohi's name by rearranging his mother's name Hiroo and Karan Johar gave his son Yash named after his father. 

Relationships

Sidharth Malhotra

That is undoubtedly startling don't you think? According to them Sidharth Malhotra and Karan Johar are "close pals." But why did they go on vacation together to Paris? Sidharth was featured in Student Of The Year shortly after that. Is this not suspicious? Sidharth contacted Karan Johar on the set of My Name Is Khan and if you didn't already know KJo's assistant director. Regarding KJo and Sidharth's strong friendship well-known fashion designer Rohit Bal comments "This is amazing." I'm overjoyed for them both. Additionally, I've known Sidharth since he was a young child but was unaware of his homosexuality. God! I should have taken a chance!

Manish Malhotra

Manish Malhotra is a well-known and accomplished fashion designer and several directors have occasionally asked him to create the costumes for their movies. Karan Johar is also one of them. Although they claim to be close and really good friends the word "close" doesn't seem to adequately describe their friendship. The couple has frequently been spotted having a good time at events going on dates and spending "quality time" together. Despite the fact that it appears they no longer have the same "connection " they are still close friends.

Twinkle Khanna

Karan Johar has frequently expressed his affection for Twinkle. Twinkle jokingly reported that she had a moustache and that perhaps that is why he fell in love with her when he declared on his show that she was the only girl he had ever been in love with. Since they attended the same school as children they have known each other since they were little and now have a close bond.

Best Movies and TV shows

Career as Director

As an assistant director on Karan Johar's cousin Aditya Chopra's 1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which is regarded as a milestone in Hindi cinema Karan Johar made his debut in the motion picture industry. Then with the romantic comedy-drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Karan Johar made his own directing debut (1998). 

The first half of the movie focuses on a love triangle between an immature boy (Shah Rukh Khan) his tomboyish best friend (Kajol) and the college's most attractive girl (Rani Mukerji) while the second half is about the now-widowed boy's attempt to rekindle his friendship with his best friend who is now engaged to another man (Salman Khan). At the box office the movie became a huge hit and critics gave it high marks. Anish Khanna a critic posts for Planet Bollywood.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham an ensemble family melodrama was Karan Johar's subsequent filmmaking effort (2001). Amitabh Bachchan portrayed an opportunistic wealthy entrepreneur in the movie Jaya Bachchan played his loving wife and Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan played the couple's two sons. In addition Kajol and Kareena Kapoor appeared as lower-class sisters who fell in love with Khan and Roshan respectively. The movie was well-received by reviewers and went on to become Johar's second big box office hit. Taran Adarsh a critic stated that Johar "confirms that he is the star of the cinema industry. Although the movie's premise is straightforward the storytelling is what earns the greatest praise."

Career as Producer

With the exception of the anthology films Bombay Talkies Lust Stories and Ghost Stories Karan Johar has produced all of his films under the Dharma Productions label which was started by his father Yash Johar and which he has since taken over following his father's passing in 2004. In addition to Karan Johar’s own films he has also produced a number of other directors' movies under the Dharma label. Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) Dostana (2008) I Hate Luv Stories (2010) Agneepath (2012) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) 2 States (2014) Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) Kapoor & Sons (2016) Dear Zindagi (2016) Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017) Raazi (2018) Dhadak (2018) and Simmba are just a few of the movies that have achieved significant success (2018).

Television Career

In addition to working as an assistant director on Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Karan Johar was an actor in the film playing the minor role of a friend of Shah Rukh Khan’s character. Since then Karan Johar has made cameo appearances playing himself in films like Om Shanti Om (2007) Fashion (2008) and Luck by Chance (2009).

In Anurag Kashyap's historical drama Bombay Velvet (2015) Karan Johar made his full-fledged acting debut opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma playing the primary antagonist. Karan Johar received some praise for his acting despite the movie's poor box office results. Sarita A. Tanwar a critic said "Karan Johar lends a lot of dignity to the character of Khambatta... which is admirable considering this is absolutely beyond his comfort space. He is the sole solace in the picture."

In numerous films including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) Duplicate (1998) Mohabbatein (2000) Main Hoon Na (2004) Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om Karan Johar worked as Shah Rukh Khan's costume designer (2007).

Karan Johar is the host of the chat show Koffee with Karan on which he conducts interviews with important figures in the Hindi cinema business including actors directors producers and others. The show had six seasons as of June 2020 and aired sporadically between 2004 and 2019. Currently the seventh season is on air as of August 2022 on OTT Platform Disney plus Hotstar.

Since 2012 Karan Johar has worked as a judge on the reality competitions Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa India's Got Talent and India's Next Superstars which Karan Johar has judged alongside Madhuri Dixit and Remo D'Souza (with Rohit Shetty). Alongside Mithun Chakraborty and Parineeti Chopra Karan Johar made an appearance as a judge on the January 2022 episode of Hunarbaaz Desh Ki Shaan on Colors TV. 

Upcoming Movies

Karan Johar has many amazing movies planned ahead in the future. Such as movies like Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani in 2022 starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh Selfie starring Akshay Kumar in 2023 Govinda Mera Naam starring Vicky Kaushal Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani in 2022 Takht and many others. 

Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani

Hindi-language romantic drama Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is being directed by Karan Johar and made by Dharma Productions. Dharmendra Jaya Bachchan Shabana Azmi Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt play the leading characters in the movie. The movie is slated for release on April 28 2023.

Career Timeline

Controversies

Koffee With Karan has evolved into something like a tabloid where you may hear celebrity secrets straight from the source. At the very least KWK has established itself as a humorous conversation program that also "generates debate." Every episode generates news coverage and included cricketers KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya.

The sixth episode of the sixth season was severely criticized for its misogynistic remarks. The two cricket players were suspended from the ODI series in Australia after the episode aired a punishment that was deemed "fair" by their teammates. Although the audience continued to criticize Hardik and Rahul for their insensitivity many in the audience felt that Karan was equally to blame for these consequences. Karan Johar felt accountable for these consequences.

All-rounder Hardik expressed regret for his disrespectful remarks but the BCCI nonetheless temporarily suspended him and Rahul. Karan Johar asserted that the mere memory of the incident had been giving him sleepless nights. I still would love to have them cricketers and welcome them to my concert with open arms but I don't think they'll come " Karan Johar remarked.

Karan Johar had a passion for filmmaking but Ae Dil Hai Mushkil put a lot of pressure on him and caused him to make mistakes. First Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released following the Uri attack which claimed the lives of 19 Indian soldiers. The All-Indian Cine Workers Association forbade Pakistani artists from working in the Indian film business following the incident. Because Fawad Khan played a significant part in the movie the association demanded that Karan Johar reshoot his scenes or risk having the movie banned. Karan Johar declined and settled for a fine instead.

One debate that never truly had a resolution is this one. Two seasons ago Kangana Ranaut joined Saif Ali Khan on the Koffee sofa. Kangana Ranaut claimed that Karan Johar made fun of her for behaving poorly and using bad English. Karan Johar was also referred to as "the industry's flagbearer for nepotism" by her.

Even though Karan Johar made an effort to resolve the situation the two continued to argue and argue for weeks after it was resolved on the Koffee couch. Team Kangana Ranaut concurred that Karan Johar doesn't give outsiders many opportunities and solely supports star kids. Star kids according to Team Karan Johar who was primarily made up of members of the film industry ultimately received what they deserved. Even though it was a huge topic of conversation across the nation for months nothing much changed in the sector.

Net Worth

The mega-hit director has a net worth of $200 million which is a huge number in Indian rupees (1450 crores). As one of the highest-paid filmmakers in the nation Karan Johar receives between two and three crores for each film Karan Johar directs. Karan Johar recently got a large profit from his investment in the south Indian movie "Bahubali:a The Conclusion " which brought in over 1500 crores globally.It is indeed astonishing that Karan Johar's net worth has climbed by 80% in the last few years. Recently Karan Johar donated 5 crores of Indian rupees to the Indian Army Services proving that being wealthy also means being kind-hearted. One of the biggest tax payers in the film industry is Karan Johar.

Karan Johar resides in an oceanfront condo on a feeder road in Mumbai. Karan Johar purchased this apartment back in 2010. Karan Johar spent over 33 crores on the 8000 square foot duplex in 2010. Later Karan Johar spent attention on its internal architecture. Gauri Khan Shahrukh Khan's wife was the sole designer of Karan Johar's children's room.

The director Karan Johar also has a stunning property in Malabar Hills Mumbai where Karan Johar enjoys his free time with his family. The well-known director spent money on the interior decoration of this luxurious mansion which Karan Johar purchased for a staggering 20 crores.

The pricey hobby of cars is one of Karan Johar's many expensive pastimes. Karan Johar has a huge collection of expensive cars. Karan Johar drives a black Mercedes Maybach S Class which is pretty expensive and costs about 2.80 crores. The director Karan Johar of the movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil loves BMW. Karan Johar owns a BMW 760 which is valued in India at over 2.50 crores.

In his garage Karan Johar keeps a stunning BMW 745 that he likes to drive. The car is worth approximately 1.70 crores. This director of a movie Karan Johar also owns a Jaguar XJ a luxury vehicle. Karan Johar invested 1.31 crores in this car. The last car in Karan Johar's garage is a Range Rover Vogue. 2.30 crores is a stunning price to pay for an automobile.

Awards

• Dream Director 2013 Stardust Awards Winner. 
•  Winner of the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Direction.
• Winner of the 2011 Zee Cine Awards for Best Story.
• Best Story winner at the International Indian Film Academy Awards.
•  Best Picture 2004 International Indian Film Academy Awards.
•  Best Director 2011 Zee Cine Awards Winner.
•  Winner of the 2011 Filmfare Award for Best Director.
•  Dream Director 2011 Stardust Awards Winner.

Interesting Facts

• Karan Johar never writes any of his films. He conceives a story in his head and then narrates it to a screenwriter or assistant who puts it into the form of a script.
• Karan Johar was honoured by the British House of Parliament in London by Baroness Verma of Leicester in London.
• Karan Johar was given Karan Dharma Kama Johar name at birth but his mother later changed it to Karan because according to Hiroo Johar she dreamed that her baby was named Karan.
• One of the rare Bollywood stars with a degree is he. He has a "Masters in French" degree.
• Despite what his degree may say about him he is the exact opposite. He detests reading.
• His father Yash had a script ready for him back in the day since his parents always believed he would become an actor.
• Unfortunately Karan's conviction that all of his films would succeed if they began with "K" was unfounded.
• Karan is the only Indian invited to the London Olympics opening ceremony in addition to the Indian Prime Minister. 
• Karan was the first producer-director to serve on the Miss World Competition jury.

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