FILMOGRAPHY OF KARAN JOHAR

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Yes		Yes	8 Filmfare Awards National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
2001	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Yes		Yes	5 Filmfare awards
2003	Kal Ho Naa Ho		Yes	Yes	8 Filmfare awards 2 National Film Awards
2005	Kaal		Yes		Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2006	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yes	Yes	Yes	1 Filmfare award
2008	Dostana		Yes
2009	Kurbaan		Yes
	Wake Up Sid		Yes		3 Filmfare awards
2010	My Name Is Khan	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 Filmfare awards
	I Hate Luv Storys		Yes		Co-produced with UTV Motion Pictures
	We Are Family		Yes		Co-produced with Sony Pictures 1 Filmfare award
2012	Agneepath		Yes		Remake of Agneepath (1990)
	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu		Yes		1 Filmfare award
	Student of the Year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2013	Bombay Talkies	Yes		Yes	Anthology film, director of one segment
	Gippi		Yes
	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani		Yes
	Gori Tere Pyaar Mein		Yes
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee		Yes		Co-produced with Phantom Films
	2 States		Yes		Co-produced with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania		Yes
	Ungli		Yes
2015	All India Bakchod Knockout		Yes
	Brothers		Yes		Co-produced with Lions Gate Entertainment and Endemol India
	Shaandaar		Yes		Co-produced with Phantom Films
2016	Kapoor & Sons		Yes
	Baar Baar Dekho		Yes		Co-Produced with Excel Entertainment and Eros International
	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Dear Zindagi		Yes		Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2017	Ok Jaanu		Yes		Co-Produced with Madras Talkies
	Badrinath Ki Dulhania		Yes
	Ittefaq		Yes		Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2018	Drive		Yes
	Raazi		Yes		Co-produced with Junglee Pictures

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FILM PRODUCED BY KARAN JOHAR

Johar’s directorial work (with the exception of Bombay Talkies) has been under the Dharma Productions banner, founded by his father Yash Johar and taken over by him after his father’s death in 2004. In addition to his own directorial work, he has produced several films by other directors under the Dharma banner. Many of these films have become major successes including Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Dostana (2008), I Hate Luv Storys (2010), Agneepath (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), 2 States (2014), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) and Kapoor & Sons (2016).

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HOW KARAN JOHAR STARTED HIS CAREER ?

Johar entered the film industry as an assistant director on Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), which is regarded as a landmark in Hindi cinema. He then made his own directorial debut with the blockbuster romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). 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). The film became a major blockbuster at the box office and received mostly positive reviews from critics. 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. It swept most of the major awards at the 44th Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and all four acting awards.


Karan Johar with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol at a film promotional event.
Johar's next directorial venture was the multi-starrer family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001). The film starred Amitabh Bachchan as an egotistical rich industrialist, Jaya Bachchan as his compassionate wife, and Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan as their two sons. It also featured Kajol and Kareena Kapoor as sisters from a lower-class family who become the love interests of Khan and Roshan respectively. The film became Johar's second major blockbuster at the box office and received mostly positive reviews from critics. Critic Taran Adarsh commented that Johar "confirms the fact that he is the brightest in film firmament. The premise [of the film] is simple, but it is the storytelling that deserves the highest marks.

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PERSONAL LIFE OF KARAN JOHAR

Karan Johar was born in Mumbai, India to Indian Bollywood film producer Yash Johar, founder of Dharma Productions and Hiroo Johar. He studied at the Greenlawns High School[citation needed] and attended H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, both in Mumbai. He received a master's degree in French.

Johar started his career in entertainment industry as an actor, he played the role of 'Shrikant' in 1989 Doordarshan Serial Indradhanush. As a child, he was influenced by commercial Indian cinema: He cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations. 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." After watching the 2006 film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai which was critical of numerology, Johar decided to stop this practice.

Johar is a single father to twins (1 boy and 1 girl) through surrogacy. The twins were born at Masrani Hospital in Mumbai. Johar named his son Yash – after his father; and his daughter Roohi – rearranged from his mother's name Hiroo.

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WHO IS KARAN JOHAR ?

Karan Johar (born 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, actor and television personality who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the acclaimed producer Yash Johar.

Johar made his directorial debut with the blockbuster romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), which earned him the Filmfare Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. His next two films were the ensemble dramas Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), which were both very successful in the overseas market. His counter-terrorism drama My Name Is Khan (2010) earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Director. These, along with the several successful films he has produced under the Dharma Productions banner, have established him as one of the leading director-producers in Hindi cinema.

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