Karan Kumar Johar was born on May 25, 1972, Karan Kumar Johar, often known as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker and television personality. His area of expertise is Hindi film. He has helped many talented actors and filmmakers launch their careers with his company, Dharma Productions. He has won numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards. In 2020, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Shri.
Karan Johar Personal Info
| Date Of Birth | 25 May 1972 |
| Age | 51 years |
| Place Of Birth | Mumbai, Maharastra, India |
| Height | 1.75 m |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, television host |
| Mother | Hiroo Johar |
| Father | Yash Johar(film producer) |
| Twitter Profile | https://twitter.com/karanjohar |
| Education ( Pre-university College) | H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai(He received a Masters degree in French.) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hobbies | Collecting Old Things & Antiques |
| Father | Late Yash Johar |
| Mother | Hiroo Johar |
| Siblings | Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra |
Karan Johar Education
Karan Johar was born in Bombay, India (modern-day Mumbai), parents Hiroo Johar and film producer Yash Johar, who founded Dharma Productions. His mother’s side of the family is Sindhi Hindu, and his father’s is Punjabi Hindu. He went to Greenlawns High School to study. After Greenlawns, he went to Bombay’s H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.
Karan Kohar Early Life
Karan Johar is one of the most popular faces and personalities in the Bollywood industry. Karan Johar is the one is a multi-talented person a director, model, actor, producer, writer and anchor. Karan Johar’s full name is Karan Kumar Johar aka Rahul Kumar Johar.
Johar was born in Mumbai, India on May 25, 1972, parents Hiroo and film producer Yash Johar, who founded Dharma Productions. It is his mother’s side that is Sindhi Hindu, and his father’s side that is Punjabi Hindu. Green Lawns High School was his place of education. Johar writes in his autobiography, An Unsuitable Boy, that he failed the entrance exam to the prestigious Dehradun all-boys boarding school, The Doon School, because he did not score well in mathematics. As a result, Johar’s mother received a highly “emotional letter” from the then-headmaster Gulab Ramchandani rejecting admission. Following Green Lawns, he studied in Mumbai’s H.R. College of Commerce and Economics .
Johar stated, “Everyone knows what my sexual orientation is,” while talking about it. I’m not gonna have to yell it out. I won’t repeat it if I have to because I live in a nation where doing so could get me arrested.” Through surrogacy, Johar became the father of twins in February 2017—a boy and a girl. Masrani Hospital in Mumbai is where the twins were born. Johar named his son Yash after his father, and his daughter Roohi named by rearranging his mother’s name Hiroo.
Karan Johar Net Worth
| Net Worth | $215 Million |
| Salary | Rs 100 Crore + |
| Monthly Income | Rs 10 Crore + |
Karan Johar Family
He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a high class Hindu family that had strong connections from Bollywood industry. He is the son of late Yash Johar, a film producer and Hiroo Johar, also a producer. Karan does not have a wife but has two kids through surrogacy, a boy named Yash and a daughter named Roohi. Yash was named after his grandfather and Roohi was named after karan’s mother hirro by reassembling her name. He has cousin brothers aditya chopra and Uday Chopra who are big names of Bollywood.
Karan Johar Social Accounts
| Karanjohar | |
| @karanjohar |
Karan Johar Television Shows
| Television Shows | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Koffee with Karan | Host | Star World |
| Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa | Judge | Colors TV |
| India’s Got Talent | Judge | Colors TV |
| India’s Next Superstars | Judge | Star Plus |
| Dil Hai Hindustani | Judge | Star Plus |
| What the Love | Host | Netflix |
Karan Johar Favorites
| Favorite Food | Parsi Food |
| Favorite Actor | Shah Rukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan |
| Favorite Actress | Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji |
| Favorite Film | Dil Wale Dulhaniya Le Jayege |
| Favorite TV Show | The Golden Girls |
| Favorite Perfume | Creed |
| Favorite Song | Dafli Wale Dafli Baja |
Career of Karan Johar
Karan Johar entered the entertainment industry as an actor in the role of Shrikant on Doorsarshan’s Indradhanush in 1989. The commercial Bollywood movies had a major impact on Karan Johar since childhood.
Finally, Karan got an opportunity to work as an assistant director on Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in 1995 under the guidance of Aditya Chopra. In 1998, Karan finally made his directorial debut with the release of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. The movie turned out to be the biggest hit of the year and is still considered one of the most iconic Bollywood movies.
The next movie for Karan as a director was Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… which was released in 2001 and broke all the year’s box office records. Two consecutive blockbusters placed Karan amongst the most popular directors of Bollywood.
Karan Johar also has a reputation for giving flight to the careers of newcomers and reviving the careers of Veteran artists. Such a reputation explains the success of Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor, etc.
Another critical success for Karan Johar’s direction career came in 2006 with his third directorial movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. The movie received great feedback from audiences in India and overseas. Karan also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie and was applauded globally for his control over the movie’s script.
Besides direction, Karan Johar is also an accomplished producer who has produced many successful movies, like 2 States, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, I Hate Luv Storys, Agneepath, and many others.
Karan Johar is also a famous Television personality. He has been a judge of several reality shows like India’s Got Talent, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, etc. Karan also hosted his talk show Koffee with Karan. The show aired for seven seasons until 2019.
Karan Johar Wife
After all, this media and people of India want to know about Karan Johar wife. Actually, Karan announced this on twitter handle. There was a lot of buzz about Karan Johar wife on all social media. Actually, Karan doesn’t want to get married so he decided to get surgical kids. So if you are looking for Karan Johar wife – actually she doesn’t exist. People also what to know about Karan Johar wife if Karan was married when he got delivery of kids.
People fake about Karan Johar wife. As per the law if you want to have a surgical baby you cannot reveal the name of the female person. As per the reports, Farah Khan motivates Karan to get surgical kids. It is the best way when people don’t want to get married but want to have babies. In conclusion, there is a lot of rumours about Karan Johar’s partner who were involved in surgical babies.
Karan Johar Kids – Baby
Karan was blessed with twins a baby boy and girl. After the announcement, Karan announces the name of kids. Now baby Karan Johar’s baby girl is called Roohi Johar which is a recreation of her mother name “Hiroo Johar”. The baby boy is called Yash Johar which is actually the name of his late father.
Karan Johar Car Collection
- Mercedes Benz S-class
- Jaguar XJ
- BMW 7 Series
Filmography of Karan Johar
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- My Name is Khan
- Student of the Year
- Kabhhie Alvida Naa Kehna
- Kapoor & Sons
- Dhadak
- Simmba
- Dear Zindagi
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
- Kurbaan
- Wake Up Sid
- Bombay Talkies
- Gippi
- Shandaar
- Brothers
- Ungli
- Baar Baar Dekho
- Badrinath Ki Dulhania
- Kesari
- Drive
- Kalank
- Student Of the year 2
- Good Newzz
- Brahmastra
- Agneepath
- 2 States
- Ok Jaanu
- Simbba
Karan Johar Fast Facts
- Entered the film industry as an assistant director to Aditya Chopra in his blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), his directorial debut, was a great commercial success and won eight Filmfare awards
- Winner of four Filmfare Awards, including two Best Director Awards for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and My Name is Khan (2011), respectively
- Took over his father’s production company Dharma Productions after his death in 2004
- Had a minor role in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and has made several cameo apprearances as himself in Om Shanti Om (2007), Fashion (2008) and other films
- Hosts the celebrity talk show Koffee with Karan
- Launched his biography An Unsuitable Boy in February 2017.
Karan johar Awards
- 2015International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Picture: Nominated
- 2015Filmfare Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2014Filmfare Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2014Screen Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2014International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Picture: Nominated
- 2014Zee Cine Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2013Stardust Awards-Dream Director: Winner
- 2013Stardust Awards-Film of the Year: Nominated
- 2013Zee Cine Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2011International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Direction: Winner
- 2011Zee Cine Awards-Best Story: Winner
- 2011Zee Cine Awards-Best Director: Winner
- 2011Filmfare Awards-Best Director: Winner
- 2011Stardust Awards-Dream Director: Winner
- 2010Filmfare Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2009Filmfare Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2009International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Picture: Nominated
- 2007International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Direction: Nominated
- 2007Zee Cine Awards-Best Director: Nominated
- 2007Zee Cine Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2006Global India Film Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2004Zee Cine Awards-Best Film: Nominated
- 2004International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Story: Winner
- 2004International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Picture: Winner
- 2002International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Story: Nominated
- 2002International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Direction: Nominated
- 2002Zee Cine Awards-Best Director: Nominated.
Karan Johar Career as Producer
With the exception of the anthology films Bombay Talkies, Lust Stories, and Ghost Stories, Karan Johar has produced all of his films under the Dharma Productions label, which was started by his father Yash Johar and which he has since taken over following his father’s passing in 2004. In addition to Karan Johar’s own films, he has also produced a number of other directors’ movies under the Dharma label. Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Dostana (2008), I Hate Luv Stories (2010), Agneepath (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), 2 States (2014), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), Kapoor & Sons (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016), Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Raazi (2018), Dhadak (2018), and Simmba are just a few of the movies that have achieved significant success (2018).
Karan Johar Television Career
In addition to working as an assistant director on Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Karan Johar was an actor in the film, playing the minor role of a friend of Shah Rukh Khan’s character. Since then, Karan Johar has made cameo appearances playing himself in films like Om Shanti Om (2007), Fashion (2008), and Luck by Chance (2009).
In Anurag Kashyap’s historical drama Bombay Velvet (2015), Karan Johar made his full-fledged acting debut opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, playing the primary antagonist. Karan Johar received some praise for his acting, despite the movie’s poor box office results. Sarita A. Tanwar, a critic, said, “Karan Johar lends a lot of dignity to the character of Khambatta… which is admirable considering this is absolutely beyond his comfort space. He is the sole solace in the picture.”
Karan Johar is the host of the chat show Koffee with Karan, on which he conducts interviews with important figures in the Hindi cinema business, including actors, directors, producers, and others. The show had six seasons as of June 2020 and aired sporadically between 2004 and 2019. Currently, the seventh season is on air as of August 2022 on OTT Platform Disney plus Hotstar.
Since 2012, Karan Johar has worked as a judge on the reality competitions Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, India’s Got Talent, and India’s Next Superstars, which Karan Johar has judged alongside Madhuri Dixit and Remo D’Souza (with Rohit Shetty). Alongside Mithun Chakraborty and Parineeti Chopra, Karan Johar made an appearance as a judge on the January 2022 episode of Hunarbaaz Desh Ki Shaan on Colors TV.
Karan Johar Controversy
Uri attack
In 2016, after the Uri attack by Pakistan on the nations army, this led to a huge uproar. After the attack all the Pakistani artists were banned from playing a role in Indian movies, actors like Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan left the country but Karan still remained in touch and supported the actors on twitter. Following this, MNS threatened Karan for doing so, and threatened to beat him up for so.
Prabhas Rift
In the year 2018, there were some news regarding a rift between him and actor Prabhas. This was because Prabhas rejected another movie of Karan due to some salary issues, as per the reports. However, later the actor himself shut the news saying it is completely fake.
Twitter War
Once Karan and other film director Ram Gopal Verma got in a cold war with each other after RGV expressed his desire to make remake of Karan’s movie “Raavan” as “My Name is Raavan”, which was an indirect dig towards Karan’s movie “My Name is Khan”. This didn’t go well with Karan and after this, both of them caught in twitter war saw by everyone.
AIB
Another popular controversy associated with him that raised many questions for its controversial content was when he along with stars like Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, and other stars participated in “AIB Knockout Roast”. Post the event, a complaint was filed against them for indulging in obscene behavior in Public.
In the year 2016, actor Ajay Devgn revealed that Karan Johar has payed KRK for praising his movie “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and discrediting movie “Shivaay” in which Ajay played the main lead.
Nepotism
Sushant Singh Rajput ended it all at his Bandra home on the morning of June 14. He was 34 and was experiencing wretchedness. The updates on the youthful on-screen character’s destruction sent stun waves the country over, and tributes began pouring in. Many film stars, VIPs, fans and political pioneers, including the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mourned Sushant Singh Rajput’s end on Twitter. IT began at the KWK, Kangana Ranaut pointed and blaimed kaan for promoting nepotism. The scene highlights Kangana with Saif Ali Khan, what before long transformed into an ordinary discussion was her comment on nepotism. She even proceeded to call Karan the ‘flag bearer of nepotism’.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma in a new interview addressed rumours of a tiff with Karan Johar. Citing the example of when he happily handed over a title for a project Karan was working on, he said that he has ‘no issues with anybody’
Unknown facts about karan johar
- He charged only 11 Rupees for his role in Bombay Velvet as his fee.
- His father who was a film producer, wanted him to become an actor and was even ready to launch him.
- In 2006, he became the first Indian filmmaker to be a Jury member in “Miss World Competition”.
- In the year 2007, Johar was also among the world’s best 250 Global Young Leaders, chosen by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.
- Most of his movies started with the k alphabet but after the movie “Lage raho munna bhai”, he stopped using k in his movies.
- It was through his movie “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” that he adopted the idea of making love triangle movies.
- The idea to make movie “Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna” came into his mind “Before Sunset” during one of his trip to London.
- In 2017, he was included in the world economic forum as the cultural leader.
- Karan owns a master’s degree for the french subject.
- He is also the only Indian other than the former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to have been invited for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
Karan Johar Entry In Bigg Boss 17
Bigg Boss 17: Things have not been fine between the only married couple on the show, Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain. In the upcoming Weekend Ka Vaar episode, guest Karan Johar is seen counselling them on the differences and misunderstandings between them. Karan questions Vicky for not standing up for Ankita when his mom was interrogating her. However, the promo then shows Vicky justifying his family’s reactions to her actions and schooling her on what’s wrong on her part.
KARAN JOHAR REPLACE SALMAN KHAN AS HOST THIS WEEK
According to the latest reports, filmmaker Karan Johar is going to host Weekend Ka Vaar once again this time as Salman Khan couldn’t give time to the controversial reality show due to his hectic schedule.
Karan Johar Other Controversies
- Koffee With Karan has evolved into something like a tabloid where you may hear celebrity secrets straight from the source. At the very least, KWK has established itself as a humorous conversation program that also “generates debate.” Every episode generates news coverage and included cricketers, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya.
- The sixth episode of the sixth season was severely criticized for its misogynistic remarks. The two cricket players were suspended from the ODI series in Australia after the episode aired, a punishment that was deemed “fair” by their teammates. Although the audience continued to criticize Hardik and Rahul for their insensitivity, many in the audience felt that Karan was equally to blame for these consequences. Karan Johar felt accountable for these consequences.
- All-rounder Hardik expressed regret for his disrespectful remarks, but the BCCI nonetheless temporarily suspended him and Rahul. Karan Johar asserted that the mere memory of the incident had been giving him sleepless nights. I still would love to have them cricketers and welcome them to my concert with open arms, but I don’t think they’ll come,” Karan Johar remarked.
- Karan Johar had a passion for filmmaking, but Ae Dil Hai Mushkil put a lot of pressure on him and caused him to make mistakes. First, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released following the Uri attack, which claimed the lives of 19 Indian soldiers. The All-Indian Cine Workers Association forbade Pakistani artists from working in the Indian film business following the incident. Because Fawad Khan played a significant part in the movie, the association demanded that Karan Johar reshoot his scenes or risk having the movie banned. Karan Johar declined and settled for a fine instead.
- One debate that never truly had a resolution is this one. Two seasons ago, Kangana Ranaut joined Saif Ali Khan on the Koffee sofa. Kangana Ranaut claimed that Karan Johar made fun of her for behaving poorly and using bad English. Karan Johar was also referred to as “the industry’s flagbearer for nepotism” by her.
- Even though Karan Johar made an effort to resolve the situation, the two continued to argue and argue for weeks after it was resolved on the Koffee couch. Team Kangana Ranaut concurred that Karan Johar doesn’t give outsiders many opportunities and solely supports star kids. Star kids, according to Team Karan Johar who was primarily made up of members of the film industry, ultimately received what they deserved. Even though it was a huge topic of conversation across the nation for months, nothing much changed in the sector.
Karan Johar House
Karan Johar owns a lavish 8,000 square-foot sea-facing duplex house in Carter Road, Bandra, in Mumbai. Carter Road is one of the most posh areas of Mumbai and also among the most expensive. Many other actors own a house along Carter Road, including Varun Dhawan. According to a 2020 Spicecinemas story, Johar’s residence, which is located in the center of Mumbai, is priced between Rs 30 and 32 crores and is on the 14th floor of the structure. The house is expected to cost about Rs 40,000 per square foot.
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