It
was
for
the
first
time
that
Karan
Johar
was
stepping
into
a
Bhansali-que
world.
A
lot
of
expectations
were
riding
high
on
the
multi-starrer
Kalank,
which
was
helmed
by
his
associate
Abhishek
Verman.
Unfortunately,
the
movie
tanked
at
the
box
office.
There
had
been
speculations
that
Karan
Johar
has
been
spurred
to
shelve
Takht,
another
multi-starrer
he
had
announced,
which
was
to
be
directed
by
the
filmmaker
himself,
due
to
Kalank's
failure.
The
filmmaker,
recently,
cleared
the
air
on
the
same.
In
an
interview
to
Rajeev
Masand,
Karan
clarified
that
both
films
are
different
and
one's
failure
won't
affect
the
other
and
confirmed
that
Takht
is
very
much
on.
"I
was
actually
really
excited
and
then
I
got
nervous
because
everyone
started
saying
that
I
am
shelving
Takht
because
of
Kalank,"
he
added.
KJo
stressed
on
the
fact
that
the
delay
in
Takht
was
due
to
other
reasons
and
didn't
have
anything
to
do
with
Kalank's
performance.
"There
is
a
reason
that
I
moved
from
September
to
February,
as
there
were
logistic
issues,
date
crunching
issues
and
long
commitment
from
the
actors.
How
does
the
stress
of
one
film
affect
the
other
film,
when
both
are
totally
different
feature
films?" told
the
filmmaker.
"Suddenly
everybody
was
writing
on
social
media
'Is
he
shelving
the
film
because
of
Kalank'.
Dude,
have
you
asked
me?
I
am
making
Takht.
I
have
been
making
it
for
the
last
two
years,
and
probably
will
make
it
for
the
next
two
years.
I
am
vastly
excited
about
it
but
you
are
making
me
nervous.
You
are
making
me
second
guess
myself," he
further
said.
In
the
same
interview,
he
also
took
full
responsibility
for
Kalank's
failure
and
said,
"The
person
responsible
for
Kalank
is
me
and
no
one
else,
I
was
the
leader
of
that
team.
I
think
I
got
carried
away
with
the
film,
and
when
Abhishek
Verman
had
the
idea
of
a
palette
that
he
wanted
to
give
it
and
a
certain
vision,
I
was
so
sucked
into
that
world
that
I
lost
complete
objectivity.
I
gave
everybody
unnecessary
wings
to
fly.
That
film
had
commendable
talent
with
Abhishek,
Alia,
Varun,
Sonakshi,
Aditya,
Sanju
and
Madhuri.
I
could
have
just
helmed
the
film
better."
Coming
back
to
Takht,
the
film
has
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Ranveer
Singh,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Anil
Kapoor
and
Jahnvi
Kapoor
in
the
lead
roles
and
is
slated
to
go
on
floors
in
the
near
future.