Karan Johar refuses the millennials and declares: "I should be more excited about my children's birthday" | Bollywood

The year 2019 announces it as a special year for Karan Johar – in more ways than one. Dharma Productions ends 40 years later this year. In addition, he is ready to start working on his ambitious director project, Takht. But for now, Karan has taken a break. To celebrate his 47th birthday today, he is in New York for a quick getaway. "Yes, I decided to give myself a five-day break, but I will immediately resume the preparatory work of Takht and all the other great things we do at Dharma," he says. . Excerpts from an interview:

For starters, where is the party?

It's with a few close friends and their family in New York. I have been gone for a few days and I am very happy to be here, just to browse the streets of the city that I really like. You can say that I am reconstituting myself (smiling).

And New York happens to be your favorite city.

Yes, in fact, a few meetings were already scheduled for Takht – including with the crew of my film – in New York. So I decided to combine it (the trip with work and birthday). But I'll be back in five days because I can not go long because of my babies (Yash and Roohi).

Do you want to call a birthday?

I was excited and much more. from a birthday person earlier. I would just celebrate it and organize parties, etc. But in recent years, I began to feel that it was very ridiculous of me to become so enthusiastic (laughs). Now, I should be more struck by the birthdays of my children and not mine. Yes, it's a great day to feel the love of your loved ones, but I can not be millennial about my birthday. Now, I have to start directing these energies to my children.

Later this year, Dharma Productions will be 40 years old. How do you see his career, especially with you?

It's a great race. I joined Dharma Productions 20 years ago when I created Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998. Since then, I have done my best to keep the Dharma flag in full swing and for that the quality that my father (late Yash Johar) had put. I do not feel like it's a professional baby, but a personal baby. I hope Dad is proud of everything we have done at Dharma. We work as a big family and I think it's a very inclusive organization. There is a complete democracy in everyone's thoughts and opinions.

And now, your production house has new facets …

Yes, we now have Dharma 2.0, which deals with commercials and our digital business. , Dharmatic. I am very grateful to the CEO of our company and my childhood friend, Apoorva Mehta, who brings strong structure and energy to the organization. And I am grateful to all the filmmakers (with whom we have worked), since we have launched more than 15 to 17 of them. We run it like a family of shops and make everyone happy. It does not matter how a film sells, as long as everyone manages to make these movies. We firmly believe in a phrase "ambading good karma to Dharma".

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In terms of new movies, you have an exciting and exciting list coming soon.

We started the year with Kesari and now we have a horror movie starring Vicky Kaushal, followed by Janhvi Kapoor's (Gunjan Saxena's biopic). Then there is Good News and many other movies. We are therefore very excited about all that Dharma can offer in terms of content. At Dharma, we firmly believe that we are going to do the kind of film that really energizes the theater.

You return to directing a feature film after three years, with Takht. Are you excited or nervous?

I am extremely excited and very nervous because it is a brand new territory and terrain (vintage drama) for me. It's not my comfort zone and that's why it's difficult. In addition, I will film Takht in the 40th year of Dharma Productions, a company built by my father. And I could not have dreamed of a bigger cinematic experience. This is a story in which I firmly believe. It's a period saga and looks like a show, but it's a family film that revolves around family emotions. So, in a way, it's my return to a strong, emotional and dynamic family film space. run for movies. And it's very important to offer people strong films to attract them to theaters because we are fighting fierce competition through the digital revolution, television and sports, and so on. Thus, if we want the cinema to take the lead, we must come with high-content films.