Karan Johar Biography

Karan Johar is an Indian film director, producer and TV celebrity. He is one of the most successful filmmakers of Bollywood and also best known for his films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ,Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, and My Name Is Khan.

Personal Life

Karan Kumar Johar aka Rahul Kumar Johar was born in Mumbai in 1972. He is the son of film producer Yash Johar and Hiroo Johar. He studied at Greenlawns High School and attended H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. He received a Master's degree in French.

Career Life

Dharma Productions, founded by his father, is Johar's production company. As a child, he was influenced by commercial Indian cinema and he cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations.

Johar formally entered the film industry as an actor, portraying Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) close friend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He was also an assistant director in this film and helped director Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay for this film. In addition, he selected Shahrukh Khan's costumes, something he continued to do for Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007).

Johar made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998. The film won eight Filmfare Awards in 1998 including Best Movie, Best Director and all four Best Actor awards for both leading and supporting roles. Johar's second directorial effort was the family drama, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, released in 2001. It was also highly successful and won five Filmfare Awards.

Television Host

Johar is also the host of a television chat show called Koffee with Karan commissioned by Star World, in which he interviews renowned celebrities from Bollywood and India's glamour world. The first season of the show began in 2004 and ended in 2006. The second season began to air in February 2007 and ended in August.