Karan Johar
Karan Johar
Karan Johar, often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, actor and television personality who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the acclaimed producer Yash Johar...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 May 1972
CityMumbai, India
CountryIndia
family grew large tend
I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.
obsessive totally
When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
life relationships throughout
Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
avoid call email emails half personal phone pick reply secretary type
I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails, I get my secretary to type out for me. And the personal ones, I avoid and just pick up the phone and call them.
cheat company definite family fills full life marriage married mother spouse totally unit void
Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
attempt break certain direct films gel good level perception present work
For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to break that perception. My decision to direct 'Bombay Talkies' or to present 'The Lunchbox' is an attempt to do that. These are the films that gel well with my sensibility, and it's unfortunate, it's not the perception out there.
attitude changes depending funny intense meeting serious work
I am always acting, be at a party, at work or in office. My attitude changes from meeting to meeting, from being serious to intense to funny, depending on who is in the room.
acceptance approval commercial definitely loves mom movies reason seek whether
Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
best few food local love people
Few people know that I love local dhaba food. It is the best!
designer interested time
I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.
build emulate love taught
I love that first-time feeling that I can't build in myself anymore, where I can learn and emulate other filmmakers. Be it Ayan Mukherjee, Punit Mahotra, Karan Malhotra, Tarun Mansukhani or Shakun Batra, all of them have taught me something or the other.