Bollywood director Karan Johar hit out at filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma here Wednesday, expressing hope that the latter`s third instalment in the scary franchise `Phoonk` is never made.
"I have heard that Ram Gopal Varma has said that the scariest movie he has ever watched is (my) `Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna`...
I haven`t watched `Phoonk` and `Phoonk 2` but I hope `Phoonk 3` is never made," Johar told reporters in his signature tongue-and-cheek fashion.
IKLANKaran Johar is all set to co-produce a film with newly turned producer, Ashish Balram Nagpal who is already directing Dharma Productions ‘Adhoora’. The new film is tentatively titled ‘Mumbai Dreams’ and it will have Manoj Bajpai in the lead role.
‘Mumbai Dreams’ will also be the launch vehicle of Nagpal’s son Hridaye Nagpal. Our reliable source confirms, “This is KJO’s second movie with Nagpal. ‘Adhoora’ is based on the life of a homosexual and was the first project KJo signed Nagpal for, as a director. And now, Karan Johar and Nagpal are joining hands to produce ‘Mumbai Dreams’ (tentative).”
He goes on to add, “’Mumbai Dreams’ will be Nagpal’s debut venture as a producer. When he showed keenness to introduce his son Hridaye in the film; Karan Johar accepted gladly with a big yes!”
“The leading lady has not yet been finalized, but as soon as they decide, the film will go on floors,” signs off our source.
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IKLANKaran Johar recently spent sleepless nights, and quite literally too. On the brink of ‘My Name Is Khan’s theatrical trailer’s release, he worked and worked to ensure that it turns out perfect enough to create a good impact on audiences. As a result, he hardly got about an hour of sleep starting from Saturday morning to Monday morning.
As ‘My Name Is Khan’ is Karan’s most different film so far, he really wants to do his best to make it appeal to masses. He was to go to LA but he cancelled his trip to finalize the first look.
He started work early on Saturday morning and continued up to 7am Monday morning. At the most, he might have slept for just an hour between the two days. On Saturday night, Shahrukh Khan , who stars in the film, met up with Karan to discuss promotion techniques for the film.
After SRK saw the first promo, he left the office on Sunday morning. Karan still kept working until Monday morning and left for home only after he was completely satisfied with the way the first look had turned out.
Let’s hope Karan’s sleeplessness pays off!
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With Aamir Khan’s much hyped project ‘Ghajini’ ready to hit the silver screen, our Mr. Perfectionist just seems to be all over the place now. Keeping in tow with his publicity campaign, Aamir appears on the covers of the latest issue of the famous lifestyle magazine ‘GQ’. His stylist look with trademark ‘Ghajini’ haircut can make any heart skip a beat.
As a topping to this treat, Karan Johar has done the honours of being the Contributing Editor of this magazine.
The editor of this mag says, “Aamir Khan doesn’t appear on many magazine covers. The fact that he has chosen to work with GQ is a testament to the magazine’s 50-year old reputation as a publication featuring and read by intelligent, successful men.”
What makes the cover story even more special is the fact that Karan Johar, allegedly a member of a rival camp in the film industry, has interviewed Aamir Khan - for the first time.
One of the most popular faces of Mumbai, Karan Johar, says although he may have been in New York when the terror attacks took place but his Heart still bleeds for Mumbai after it was hit by the very gruesome terror attack.
“For someone who’s been born and raised in this magnificent city, this is easily one of the most shattering things to hear - and see. And that’s all I could do. Glued to my television in a hotel room far too far away from where this massacre was taking place, I absorbed everything I saw and everything I heard. Everyone had a sound byte. Everyone had to come out and express his or her opinion. The NSG should be applauded. The media should be praised. Certain politicians should be bashed,” says Johar.
Probably pointing a finger at the Prime Minister’s speech like most of us, Karan says, “Politicians, soulless and emotionless, were addressing the country while reading off of teleprompters. Can you not feel anything? Can you say nothing to make us feel just a little more secure in your hands? Poorly conducted “press conferences” announcing the death and casualty toll for foreigners with the speaker unable to successfully read a list from a sheet of paper, confusing Austria for Australia and generally making us look like illiterate idiots to a global audience. It left me embarrassed and struggling to find pride in our government.”
Speaking about all the outrage in the city, Karan shares a thought that his friend his made. “This one particular observation deserves a mention because it summarizes our biggest strength and weakness as a city. My friend Niranajan, a gifted writer, put across with remarkable simplicity that, “The only people who did anything to mention over the past 3 days were the NSG who quietly came in, stoically risked their lives, killed our enemies, walked out onto the debris filled streets, boarded red BEST buses and went home.”
“I returned home from my trip and went and hugged my mother. We didn’t have an issue to sort out. We’re fine and always will be. But just in case, just to be able to sleep better at night, I had to make sure the simple threads that make up my life were strong and in tact. Only then did I feel fit to tackle the situation outside. But I have to ask, how fit do you feel?” he signs off asking probably one of the most important questions of today.
'Koffee With Karan' - One wonders whether Karan Johar himself is aware about this book being published. Agreed that he has been all busy with Dostana and yet-to-get-on-floors My Name Is Khan, but it is rather surprising that he hasn't uttered a single word on 'Koffee With Karan', the book which has found it's way into the shelves. This is a book which publishes the script of some of the select celebrity chats that Karan Johar engaged with in his extremely popular television show by the same name which has been running season after season. A good idea indeed which is let down completely due to poor layout and presentation!
That's right. What could well have been an engaging exercise is relegated to being a chapter-by-chapter account of what happened in each of the episodes; just like it would happen in a school text book. In fact the layout format of 'Koffee With Karan' appears to be a school/college guide with an unimaginative design, boring presentation and some tiresome read.
Of course, on the face value it did seem like a good idea i.e. to present the scripts of all the episodes verbatim for readers to cherish in case they have missed seeing them on the telly. In fact, even for those who have seen the episodes already, it may not have been a bad idea to revisit all the fun, humor and scandals that were unveiled in trademark Karan style. However, it is choice of publication house which is the piece of the villain here since it doesn't even try to benefit from the big opportunity it had in hand and instead merely places the entire script in a chapter after chapter format.
While the conversational text does become cumbersome after a point (there are close to 550 pages in the book), what makes it readable to some extent are the snippets that are placed page after page which highlights some of the quotable quotes. In fact I found myself only going through them after a point in time since that seemed to be good enough for me to gather any 'masala', if at all it was present in any episode. Beyond this, 'Koffee With Karan' turns out to be a book which one may want to finish one chapter at a time in one's spare time. In nutshell, hardly a book which classifies itself as 'can't be put down till the last page is through' kinds.
For those who are interested to know the episodes that the book covers, the celebrities being covered are Shah Rukh, Kajol, Rani, Kareena, Preity, Saif, Aishwarya, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Fardeen, Zayed, Gurinder Chadha, Farah Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Gauri Khan, Suzanne Roshan, Bipasha, Lara, Ekta Kapoor, Sunita Menon, Sushmita, Sanjay Dutt, Rakhi Sawant, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shabana Azmi, Shobha Dey, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Vivek Oberoi, John Abraham, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora, Neetu Singh, Rishi Kapoor, Esha Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman.
Some of the quotes that made 'Koffee With Karan' the celebrity show it was are reproduced as below:
"The strangest thing people wonder about me is whether I am a homosexual or bisexual. You know, I cannot have two kids by heavy petting" - Shah Rukh Khan
"Anil Kapoor was the worst dancer I have ever worked with" - Farah Khan
"I often love to hate Aishwarya" - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
"I believe that doctors would give you what God could not" - Rakhi Sawant
"Good girls go to heaven; naughty girls go everywhere" - Amrita Arora
"Vivek Oberoi is the most over rated actor in Hindi cinema" - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
"People came to see Bipasha Basu in Jism; no one came to see me" - John Abraham
"Women's feet turn me on" - Sanjay Dutt
"Aamir Khan told me that I was doing Sameer's character all wrong in Dil Chahta Hai" - Saif Ali Khan
"Aishwarya Rai is the worst dressed Indian woman" - Shobha De
"90 percent of Indian cinema is crap" - Rahul Bose
"I am affirming that the casting couch for men exists in the modeling world" - Arjun Rampal
"The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say 'it's in!'" - Amitabh Bachchan
Of course quite a few of these quotes were made months back when the episodes were telecast (and may have even lost relevance today) but nevertheless they do make for a spicy read at places. In the end, 'Koffee With Karan' isn't even the kind which would turn on the biggest of the movie buffs. At maximum, its readership is restricted to the select few who have been absolutely clueless about how the show 'Koffee With Karan' looked like (difficult to imagine such a breed!) or those who were in love with the show and want to go through the chapters due to sheer nostalgia.
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Ace filmmaker Karan Johar shows his support for gays relationship through his movie Dostana. We certainly can say that, Karan Johar has started a new trend of open display of gay relationships in his today released movie Dostana.
Back in time, gays in Bollywood were a source of mere comedy in a movie. But, with Dostana Karan depicts a whole new perception to gay relationships with out any hesitation.
This a a clear indication of Bollywood getting bolder with changing times. Thus, recent hits like Fashion and Page 3 by reality filmmaker, Madhur Bhandarkar also focus on this issue, giving a complete new story of reality. Not to forget, Karan Johar’s Kal Ho Na Ho, that too had a comic twist of gayism.
When confronted Karan Johar, he says that the subject is treated very sensitively and aesthetically. Thus, it is a movie that can be enjoyed with entire family.
Kajol is holding up pre production work on Karan Johar’s next flick My Name Is Khan, as she has yet to sign on the dotted line.
According to media reports Kajol has reportedly stated in interviews that she would only agree to star in the film once she reads the final script.
However, Karan has said that his script is complete and Kajol has seen and admired it.
According to sources Kajol might be delaying signing up for the role opposite actor Shah Rukh Khan because she is waiting on her husband Ajay Devgan.
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