Karan Johar: I Can Never Do A Film On Poverty; I Am A Ridiculous Businessman [Flashback]

As
Karan
Johar’s
much-awaited
directorial

Takht–
a
period
drama
is
still
in
the
pipeline,
we
bring
to
you
an
old
interview
of
the
director,
wherein
he
had
admitted
that
he
can
never
make
a
film
on
poverty.
In
2010,
after
the
release
of

My
Name
Is
Khan,
when
Karan
was
asked
why
he
has
an
image
of
an
irreverent
person
among
the
moviegoers,
he
had
said,
“The
irreverence
is
my
personality.
I
have
a
casual
approach
to
people.”

Calling
himself
a
ridiculous
businessman,
Karan
had
said,
“What
I
have
is
the
intuition
to
pick
up
the
right
people
and
give
them
responsibility.
Left
to
myself,
I
always
want
to
spend
more
than
I
should.
I
need
to
be
constantly
policed
by
my
CA
and
staff.
I
am
a
ridiculous
businessman.”

The

Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
director
further
added
that
his
sensibilities
as
a
filmmaker
can’t
go
beyond
A-class
towns,
and
he
can
never
make
a
film
like

Ghajini.

“Maybe,
I
am
not
a
film
maker
who
can
tap
a
certain
kind
of
audience.
For
instance,
I
can
never
do
a
film
on
poverty.
But
I
am
not
an
NRI
film
maker,
which
is
what
a
lot
of
people
call
me.
What
they
don’t
realise
is
that
there
is
no
single
NRI
market-
there
is
the
US
market
which
has
young
professionals.
There
is
the
UK
market
which
has
people
who
left
in
the
60s,
and
are
conservative,”
added
Johar.

Coming
back
to
Karan’s

Takht,
the
film
casts
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Ranveer
Singh,
Alia
Bhatt,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Anil
Kapoor,
Bhumi
Pednekar
and
Janhvi
Kapoor
in
the
lead
roles.

ALSO
READ:
When
Karan
Johar
Said,
‘I
Don’t
Want
To
Work
With
Newcomers,
I
Have
No
Interest
In
It’

ALSO
READ:
Karan
Johar
Quashes
Reports
Of
Takht
Being
Shelved:
It’s
Just
Delayed