“MNIK moves you on a human and emotional level”- Karan Johar
Karan Johar talks about his deal with Fox for his next directorial venture, My Name Is Khan.
You've
apparently
inked
a
deal
with
20th
Century
Fox
for
an
astronomical
never-heard-of
amount
of
money?
Let
me
tell
you
the
amount
mentioned
is
nowhere
near
being
a
realistic
amount.
The
deal
among
Star
Fox
studios,
my
company
and
Red
Chillies
is
an
internal
matter
and
can't
be
discussed
in
public.
What
makes
this
deal
so
historic
is
not
the
money
involved
but
the
attempt
to
cross
the
diasporas
with
a
Hindi
-language
film
My
Name
Is
Khan.
We'll
reach
out
in
places
where
Hindi-language
films
have
not
gone
before.
I
am
foxed
by
the
deal…
The
Fox
guys
read
the
script
and
have
followed
the
project.
They're
close
enough
to
it
to
know
what
it's
all
about.
I've
shared
a
comfort
zone
with
them
from
Day
1.
Both
Shahrukh
and
I
believe
they
are
the
best
people
to
handle
My
Name
Is
Khan.
They've
faith
in
our
brand
power
and
content
creation.
It's
not
about
money.
It's
not
about
mutual
respect.
Is
Fox
trying
to
give
the
Islamic
world
a
more
positive
image
in
the
West
by
buying
a
film
about
Islamic
isolation
and
the
western
world?
It's
not
the
politics
of
the
film.
It's
when
the
film
moves
you
on
a
human
and
emotional
level
that
matters.
My
Name
Is
Khan
endeavours
to
do
just
that.
I
don't
think
Fox
was
swayed
by
the
positive
message.
It's
the
human
aspect
that
won
them
over.
I
believe
in
the
emotional
content
of
both
my
cinema
and
personal
relationships.
Look
at
the
longevity
of
the
association
between
my
company
Dharma
Productions
and
Shahrukh
Khan's
Red
Chillies
and
you'll
see
what
I
mean.
You
are
adapting
Fox's
Stepmom
.Will
there
be
more
such
adaptations
of
American
films
produced
by
Fox?
I'd
always
want
to
direct
original
content.
But
there're
young
filmmakers
in
my
company
who
are
excited
by
the
idea
of
adapting
films.
Siddharth
Malhotra,
for
example,
is
doing
a
Hindi
version
of
Stepmom
for
our
company.
He's
working
really
hard
on
it.
An
adaptation
is
as
difficult
as
an
original
film.
And
Siddharth
is
working
really
hard
on
it.
What
is
the
final
cast
of
Stepmom?
It's
Kajol,
Kareena
Kapoor
and
Arjun
Rampal.