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July 10, 2024 01:59 pm IST
Karan Johar made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Recently, he reflected on the legal challenges and self-introspection faced by Indian filmmakers.
Karan Johar is known for making films across genres in his cinematic career spanning over two decades. Recently, the filmmaker spoke about how Bollywood often becomes a soft target and gets embroiled in unexpected controversies. In an interview with Faye D’Souza, Karan spoke about how his production house practices self-censorship to prevent unnecessary FIRs and court cases. (Also read: 6 recent confessions by Karan Johar on family, money and sexuality)
Karan Johar comments on self-censorship
The Bad Newz producer reflected on the challenges faced by Indian filmmakers, “There is a fear of getting into any kind of legal process. We now have a legal department in every organisation. We don’t want court cases, we don’t want any FIRs filed against us, so that we are safe. Every script that is made, whether it is by Dharma Productions or our digital arm Dharmatic Entertainment, goes through legal censorship internally and then we make the film. It’s not that we are afraid, we just don’t want the stress and pressure of fighting court cases and putting our energy into something you can do very well without.”
Karan Johar says cinema is always an easy target.
He added, “I really believe that people who object sometimes are not really the people who should object. These are people who want to make noise for all the wrong reasons. Sometimes I feel it’s just for the sake of noise and crying because Bollywood or Indian cinema is an easy target. Like a lot of people are saying and doing different things but we say anything and we are different and you are everywhere. We will be attacked online. We are an easy target, that’s true. We are a soft power which is an easy target. That’s the irony of life.”
Karan Johar’s Bollywood Career
Karan started his Bollywood career as an assistant director in Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He also worked as a costume designer in movies like – Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na (2004), Veer-Zaara (2004), and Om Shanti Om (2007) . He made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). He later directed Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), My Name is Khan (2010), Student of the Year (2012), Bombay Talkies (2013), Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016), Lus Stories (2018), Ghost Stories (2020) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).
Karan’s upcoming film as a producer is Bad Newz starring Vicky Kaushal, Tripti Dimri, Amy Virk, Neha Dhupia and others in lead roles.
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