Writing for Planet Bollywood, critic Anish Khanna commented that "Karan Johar makes an impressive directorial debut, has a good script sense, and knows how to make a film with S-T-Y-L-E." It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The film became a major blockbuster at the box office and received positive reviews from critics.
The first half of the film centers on a college love triangle between an insensitive boy ( Shah Rukh Khan), his tomboyish best friend ( Kajol), and the prettiest girl at the college ( Rani Mukerji), while the second half centers on the now-widowed boy's attempt to reconnect with his best friend who is now engaged to marry another man ( Salman Khan). He then made his own directorial debut with the romantic comedy-drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Johar entered the film industry as an assistant director on cousin Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), which is regarded as a landmark in Hindi cinema. Johar named his son Yash after his father, and his daughter Roohi named by rearranging his mother's name Hiroo. The twins were born at Masrani Hospital in Mumbai. In February 2017, Johar became father to twins (a boy and a girl) through surrogacy. ĭiscussing his sexual orientation, Johar said "Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. After watching the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai which was critical of numerology, Johar decided to stop this practice. For a time, Johar followed numerology, creating film titles in which the first word and a number of others in the title began with the letter K. As a child, he was influenced by commercial Indian cinema: He cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R.
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Johar started his career in the entertainment industry as an actor, when he played the role of Shrikant in the 1989 Doordarshan serial Indradhanush. College of Commerce and Economics, both in Bombay (now Mumbai). He studied at the Greenlawns High School. He has Punjabi Hindu ancestry from his father's side, and Sindhi Hindu ancestry from his mother's side. Johar was born in Bombay, India (present-day Mumbai) to film producer Yash Johar, founder of Dharma Productions and Hiroo Johar. He hosts a television talk show, Koffee with Karan, a dating show What the Love! and a radio show Calling Karan, and appeared as a judge on competition reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, India's Got Talent, India's Next Superstars. Johar has also ventured into other avenues of the entertainment industry. These, along with other films he has produced under the Dharma Productions banner, have established him as one of the leading director-producers in Hindi cinema. Johar produced the spy thriller Raazi in 2018 which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Film. His social drama My Name Is Khan (2010) earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Director. (2001) and the ensemble romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), were both commercially and critically successful. His next films, the ensemble family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Son of producer Yash Johar, he made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy-drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), which earned him the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay. The recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards, he has been honoured with Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India in 2020. He has launched the careers of several successful actors under his own Dharma Productions. Karan Kumar Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar ), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker and television personality, who primarily works in Hindi Cinema.