As he says in his own words he has written the script himself.

KARAN JOHAR HAS THE LAST LAUGH

By Taran Adarsh

With K3G opening to a thunderous response in its third week, Karan Johar is having the last laugh!

Those who had written off K3G soon after its release have made an about-turn vis-à-vis their 'predictions' about the fate of the film. “There were caustic comments galore during the first three days of the film's release. I was so disheartened. One so-called trade analyst even went to the extent of saying that the collections of the family drama would see a downward trend from the very fourth day of its release. But like they say, the box-office figures speak louder than hollow words,” Karan, presently in Goa to celebrate the New Year's, tells me in a telephonic conversation.

“I was so upset with the venomous talk about the length of the film. I was demoralised completely and couldn't enjoy the success of the film for the entire first week,” Karan reminisces, continuing in the same breath, “On one hand we talk of the dire straits the film industry is in and when a film does manage to collect astonishing figures, we feel nonplussed instantaneously. Double standards, I tell you.”

Karan elaborates, “It was Shah Rukh Khan who made me come to terms with the fact that people are bound to talk filth. 'Why should people like you?,' Shah Rukh told me. 'You achieved a distinction in your very first film (KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI) and in your very second film (K3G) you assembled a star cast that was the envy of one and all. So people are bound to feel jealous and vindictive', he added,” Karan states.

That did it! It brought Karan out of the gloom.

So what's next on the cards?

“My associate director – Nikhil Advani – is directing the next film for Dharma Productions. Nikhil was the associate director in KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI, MOHABBATEIN and K3G. He deserves to go independent now. And Shah Rukh will head the cast of this film. Dharma Productions cannot imagine making a film without Shah Rukh. He's family,” Karan states.

This project, Karan tells me, will roll in September 2002. “It will be a 2-hero, 2-heroine subject. A thriller. Not the kind of film I specialise in. But I am writing its screenplay. I'm stepping into an altogether new territory this time,” he laughs.

Once this film is complete, Karan will embark on his project. “At the moment, let me chill out,” Karan states. Agreed!

I guess i have been proven wrong about this news. Kudo's to Karan Johar for exploring different areas of cinema. Lets hope he becomes equally as successful in making thrillers as he has with making love/family flicks.


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Wouldnt have it been nice if he were directing it too??? well i hope he comes up with a nice script..... but yes its great that he is experimenting and good luck to him.....

Dont forget this is is unsurprising as i said in a post during the pre-release that both Karan and his bandit friend Aditya have scripts which are thriller/action subjects but i dont think they have the what it takes to risk such subjects....Infact aditya sai in an interview weeks after DDLJ Release back in 95 ....that his next movie after his father DTPH would be a suspense thriller......and look what happened the freak chickened out .....Its no suprise because Karan johar home productions Dharma have produced many films with different theme.....Agneepath.....ACTION........Gumrah....DRAMA/THRILLER.....DUPLICATE...COMEDY....

In my opinion Yash chopra, Karan Johar, Subhash Ghai have lost the balls to expiriment

If you read the clipping from Aditya's interview at the YRF website (link below). He says that he wanted to do a thriller after DTPH, since he got bored of love stories. But something kept drawing him back to Mohhabatein. Lets hope that his next too is a suspenseful thriller now that he's finished with love stories/mohabbatein, we need more films like that in bollywood. Especially since they promote new ideas/excitement and concepts for our films.
http://www.yashrajfilms.com/mohabbatein/adispks.htm



In my opinion, I don't think they have lost there "balls". I think there just in it at the moment to earn some high level of capital, basically throwing things at the general audiences that they would want to see instead of presenting new things which would create a progression in the quality taste of Indian Cinema or Bollywood.


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