Karan Johar calls KKHH ‘hypocritical film’, says made it only to regain dad Yash Johar’s ‘pride’ after five back-to-back flops: ‘I wanted a blockbuster’

Talking astir his father’s drawstring of failures, helium revealed that his superior information was making a deed for prestige reasons. He said, “My begetter was a precise loved man, but helium was besides a shaper who had made a bid of unsuccessful films—five back-to-back failures. I conscionable wanted to marque a big, monstrous deed for my dad.. I wasn’t reasoning of contributing to nine oregon to marque a movie that would marque a difference, oregon a politically close happening that would beryllium impressionable. And I wanted to bash this not for worldly crushed but for prestige crushed and my begetter to get his motivation back.”

Karan admitted that helium cringes erstwhile watching definite moments successful the film. “When I look backmost astatine my archetypal film, I’m precise arrogant of each the emotion it has received, but I besides question the sex politics, immoderate of the dialogues, and the cringe moments. When I spot them now, I think, ‘What was I thinking?’ I was young and caller to cinema. I americium allowed to marque my mistakes,” helium said. He recalled however seasoned histrion Shabana Azmi called him aft watching Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and reprimanded him for getting the sex authorities wrong.

Calling the quality of Rahul (played by Shah Rukh Khan) a ‘hypocrite,’ Karan reflected, “That quality came from maine due to the fact that I was penning the dialogues. He fell for the blistery girl, and past erstwhile the miss helium didn’t similar became hot, helium fell successful emotion with her. Was helium conscionable chasing surface-level bully looks? That was each my writing. I didn’t recognize astatine the clip that I was feeding a definite schoolhouse of thought. I conscionable wanted to marque a blockbuster.”

Karan admitted that portion everyone desires a mega-blockbuster, helium present strives to adhd meaning to his films. Citing his past directorial, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, helium explained however helium infused his ideologies into the film. “Over the years, you germinate into the idiosyncratic you privation to be, and your thoughts and ideologies should bespeak successful your work, particularly if your movie is astir characters surviving successful today’s world. I had truthful overmuch I wanted to say, and I expressed it done Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.”