Karan Johar Admits Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Was Politically Incorrect; Was BLASTED By Shabana Azmi For It!
Karan Johar opened up about how Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a politically incorrect film. The filmmaker said that his first direction got so many things wrong that actress Shabana Azmi was disappointed.
Karan
Johar
is
one
of
the
most
popular
Hindi
cinema
directors
and
producers.
He
is
considered
to
belong
to
the
mainstream
segment
of
the
film
industry,
as
most
of
his
works
have
been
commercially
inclined.
When
Karan
was
recently
at
the
Indian
Film
Festival
in
Melbourne,
he
opened
up
about
how
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
is
a
highly
politically
incorrect
film.
Read
on!
The
filmmaker
admitted
that
his
first
direction
got
so
many
things
wrong
that
even
veteran
actress
Shabana
Azmi
was
disappointed
with
it.
"Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
is
the
most
politically
incorrect
film.
I
remember
Shabana
Azmi
saw
the
film
somewhere
in
the
UK
and
she
called
me.
She
was
aghast,"
he
recalled."She
told
me,
'what
have
you
shown?
That
a
girl
has
short
hair,
so
she's
not
attractive,
and
now
her
hair
is
long
and
she's
pretty?
What
do
you
have
to
say
to
this?'
I
said
I'm
sorry.
She
said,
'what?
that's
all
you
have
to
say?'
I
said
yes
because
I
know
you're
right,"
he
added.
Even
though
now
KJo
recognizes
the
film's
shortcomings,
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
went
on
to
win
8
Filmfare
Awards
and
a
National
Film
Award
in
1999.
There's
also
no
doubt
that
it
is
one
of
the
most
loved
Bollywood
films.
That
aside,
Karan
has
evolved
as
a
filmmaker
to
a
great
extent.
He
has
directed
and
produced
some
critically
acclaimed
movies
in
recent
times,
such
as,
Bombay
Talkies,
Raazi,
Kapoor
&
Sons,
Lust
Stories
and
others.
Talking
about
how
he
is
still
viewed
as
mainstream,
he
said,
"We
get
less
credit
for
the
kind
of
films
we
make
now
or
produce.
We
are
still
tagged
only
as
mainstream,
which
isn't
true."
KJo's
next
directorial
venture
will
be
'Takht'
a
multi-starrer
historical
drama,
featuring
Ranveer
Singh,
Kareena
Kapoor,
Alia
Bhatt,
Anil
Kapoor,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Vicky
Kaushal,
and
Janhvi
Kapoor.
The
film
is
scheduled
for
release
in
2020.