Veteran director Karan Johar has been known to spend extravagantly on the films he directs. For his fifth movie, Student of the Year, the director has been rumored to have spent lavishly yet again. Till date, Karan Johar has directed four films, making his debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998, followed by Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), and My Name Is Khan in 2010. While Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starred Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji and was produced for a reasonable Rs. 8.33 crore, Johar went over-the-top with his next directorial venture Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.
The only disadvantage in being from outside is doing filmy things. I'm not so dramatic and not comfortable doing over-the-top things. When you look at Shah Rukh Khan, it's not what he sings on screen, but how he sings too. He sings (lip-syncs) with so much passion and love. This was a challenge at least for me."
Karan Johar spent above Rs. 40 crore for his next venture, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Using the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan as a setting for this movie, Karan Johar managed to grab the attention of audiences in India and abroad, with the film raking in more than Rs. 110 crore at the box office and that's certainly not all. For the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar chipped in an estimated Rs. 38 crore, while the film won 10 FilmFare Awards and 7 Star Screen Awards amongst others.
This is also the first time Karan Johar is directing a movie, which does not star Shahrukh Khan in the lead. However, the news of Shahrukh Khan doing a cameo has been doing the rounds, exciting people around the country. Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment banner has also lent a hand in the film's production along with Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.
Produced in collaboration with Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment along with IBC Motion Pictures and Walker Family Pictures, the film is scheduled to release on the 19th of October 2012. The film marks the on-screen debut of Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan who've both worked as assistant directors with Karan Johar for the afore-mentioned film My Name Is Khan.
The only disadvantage in being from outside is doing filmy things. I'm not so dramatic and not comfortable doing over-the-top things. When you look at Shah Rukh Khan, it's not what he sings on screen, but how he sings too. He sings (lip-syncs) with so much passion and love. This was a challenge at least for me."
Karan Johar spent above Rs. 40 crore for his next venture, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. Using the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan as a setting for this movie, Karan Johar managed to grab the attention of audiences in India and abroad, with the film raking in more than Rs. 110 crore at the box office and that's certainly not all. For the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar chipped in an estimated Rs. 38 crore, while the film won 10 FilmFare Awards and 7 Star Screen Awards amongst others.
This is also the first time Karan Johar is directing a movie, which does not star Shahrukh Khan in the lead. However, the news of Shahrukh Khan doing a cameo has been doing the rounds, exciting people around the country. Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment banner has also lent a hand in the film's production along with Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.
Produced in collaboration with Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment along with IBC Motion Pictures and Walker Family Pictures, the film is scheduled to release on the 19th of October 2012. The film marks the on-screen debut of Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan who've both worked as assistant directors with Karan Johar for the afore-mentioned film My Name Is Khan.
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A glamorous and glitzy rom-com, Student of the Year stars Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. Directed by Karan Johar, the film revolves around the lives of three students enrolled in a prestigious school.
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