Karan Johar Birthday: There were many directors in Bollywood who made dozens of films, but could not achieve a special place in the film world. But, there were only a few filmmakers who created such a mark even in less films that their name itself became a brand. Karan Johar is included in those selected names. In his career spanning about 29 years, he directed only 7 films, but these films changed the entire picture of romance, family drama and glamor of Hindi cinema.
Karan Johar He started his career with Aditya Chopra’s film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, but he was associated with the film as an assistant director. After this, in the year 1998, he took his first step in the world of direction and made his first film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. Shahrukh KhanThis film starring Kajol and Rani Mukherjee proved to be the biggest blockbuster of that era. The way college romance, friendship and emotional drama were shown in the film, it created a new craze among the audience.
Worked with many big stars
After this, in the year 2001, Karan Johar directed ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, which is still counted among the biggest family drama films of Hindi cinema. Starring stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan, this film presented the emotions of Indian families in a grand manner on the big screen. Karan Johar himself has said many times that this film has been the most special stage of his career.
Paired with Shahrukh
Although Karan Johar has worked with many actors, but the pairing of him and Shahrukh Khan is counted among the most successful pairings of Bollywood. Karan did 4 films with Shahrukh like ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ and ‘My Name is Khan’. People liked all these films a lot. Talking about the actress, she worked in 3 films each with Kajol and Rani Mukherjee.
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Serious issues raised through films
The film ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ released in the year 2006 is considered to be one of the best films of Karan Johar. In that era, it was not easy to make a film on relationships outside marriage, but Karan presented it in a very emotional manner. There was a lot of controversy regarding the film, but later it was liked very much by the audience. After this, Karan Johar made ‘My Name is Khan’ in 2010. Serious issues like autism and Islamophobia were shown in this film starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.
‘Student of the Year’ became special
‘My Name is Khan’ is considered to be one of the most different and serious films of Karan’s career. With increasing years, there was a change in the style of Karan’s films. In the year 2012, Karan launched Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra through ‘Student of the Year’. This film became very popular among the young generation and the career of all three stars started from here, which was quite amazing, all three got special recognition in the film world through this film.
perfect match of relationship emotions
Then through ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ in 2016 and ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ in 2023, Karan again proved that he knows how to show relationships and emotions in a brilliant way on the big screen. Interestingly, Karan Johar made less films as a director, but as a filmmaker, he gave many big stars, new stories and successful films to Hindi cinema. Dharma Productions is counted among the biggest banners of Bollywood today.
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