Karan Johar is not interested in making Hollywood films: “My heart is in my country and cinema is in my heart” : Bollywood News
Director Karan Johar was present at the 2023 Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 2. He has also been honored with the Variety International Vanguard Director Award. At the event, the director spoke about Hollywood and why his heart lies in India.
Speaking to Variety, Karan said, “This misconception has pushed us back many years. Yes, we make song-and-dance films and we are proud of them, but there are stories that have been made in many languages and from many parts of India that are beautiful and must be watched by the audience.” Thank God that live streaming services are bringing it to the world.
“The world needs to wake up to Indian stories and storytelling,” Karan added. The director revealed why he did not want to make Hollywood films, and said: “It took two trips to Los Angeles to realize that everything is great and you have a lot of meetings, but my heart is in my country and my cinema is.” in my heart. I don’t want to leave that. “I don’t want to make films without the language I grew up in.”
After winning the International Vanguard Director Award, he said: “Receiving this award today is an achievement. I don’t need to produce an English film to win. It would be amazing to walk the red carpet for the Oscars, but I would love for it to be with a Hindi language film.
On the work front, Karan Johar last directed Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film stars Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Churni Ganguly, Aamir Bashir, Khasti Jog and Anjali Anand.
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