Karan Johar Talks About Romance Era Then And Now

Pune : Celebrating 20 years of the marvelous Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan Johar talks about how modern day love and romance has changed with time. Talking at the Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Perfect Strokes with Anupama Chopra, Johar was questioned about the graph of romance in Bollywood over all these years.

According to him, “How does one create love in this day and age when everything is like fast food? Conversation is such a large part of a relationship today. Looks and silence is no longer the order of the day. In films like Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Kagaz Ke Phool, there is indestructible love, there is unrequited beauty in that romance but that is all gone. It has been replaced by pragmatism and practicality. You can no longer be old world about your romance it will not be identifiable, the younger generation will feel disconnected. The four-letter word lust is replacing the four-letter word love. When you portray lust that goes into love, it seems to be a lot more identifiable”. This is also not to forget that the Dharma productions chief directed four stories for the Netflix TV series Lust Stories.

So far as love stories are concerned, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is one of his forever favorite works, “I have been in love when I haven’t received it back. Conversations that I had in my personal space were replicated and put out there on-screen”. Adding to his close to heart works, Karan went on to say “It has to meet with my personal conviction. If somewhere it doesn’t, I will never be able to live with myself. So within that scope, I have not made commercial errors… I’ve made conscious decisions.”

Just how kids grow up, he added up to his experiences and work as and when finding remarkable scenarios, “It started from deep intensity, went into pop culture and now it is into mature blossoming.” Anyway risk factors have always been to his sleeves while experimenting with something new, listening to him “Nobody thinks or attributes risks to me. I am considered as this fluffy and frivolous filmmaker who makes films about rich people.”

We’re also going to witness his another season of Coffee with Karan where we’ll be listening to much more ado’s.