Karan Johar’s Gippi poster unveiled!

The Dharma Productions chief, Karan Johar, has a way of surprising the audiences with his films. Lately, he unveiled his upcoming production, Gippi, with the release of the film’s first poster. To be produced by Dharma Productions and directed by Sonam Nair, the upcoming film is a coming-of-age film that revolves around the life of an overweight 13-year-old girl who simply doesn’t see the point of dieting or losing her baby fat!

Karan Johar’s Gippi poster unveiled!

The film stars Delhi-based 13-year-old Riya Vij playing the role of Gippi. The film has been shot extensively in Shimla as well as Mumbai, as per reports and rumors, and is a one-of-a-kind movie that will move viewers to tears, with its humor and simple yet touching tale. 

To promote the film, Karan Johar has been roping in a bunch of actors who best relate to Gippi. Actress Parineeti Chopra as well as her Ishaqzaade co-star Arjun Kapoor has promoted the film by featuring in teaser promos for the film. “Since Gippi doesn’t feature any big stars or known faces, the makers thought of roping in two or three stars to spread the word about the film. Since Arjun is popular among young audiences, he was one of the first choices for the task,” says an insider. Gippi is scheduled for a 10^th May, 2013, release. 

Apart from this film, Karan Johar has also unveiled yet another project, titled Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. This film is directed by Ayan Mukerji and is scheduled to release on the 31^st of May, 2013.

“Clean love stories don’t exist anymore,” says Karan Johar!

When it comes to creating films centered on tales of love, not many filmmakers know the best way to win hearts. The head of Dharma Productions, Karan Johar, sure knows how to craft heart touching stories however and has come up with films that have moved audiences to tears and made us fall in love all over again! According to him, the film industry has undergone a tremendous change lately and the way contemporary cinema portrays love and romance these days is a step away from the past.  

Clean love stories don’t exist anymore

“It’s sad but the purity of romance has taken a beating. It’s the difference between water and cola. The ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s projected clean, tranquil and seamless love. Just the way a glass of water appears. Today’s love is like a fizzy cola. It’s got fizz, which eventually goes flat. Water is like the ocean, it’s endless. Unfortunately, today organic love is known as old world love. Clean love stories don’t exist anymore,” said Karan.

He also went on to add, “Unfortunately, there’s no love story that one can tell today without watering it down. Last year only one love story was made - Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Before that the only real love story was Jab We Met. Imagine the most important films of our decade aren’t love stories! And that was all our industry was producing at one point.”

Karan’s last film, Student of the Year, released on the 19th of October, 2012 and was proclaimed a hit. The film starred newcomers Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt playing students at a school while veteran actor Rishi Kapoor plays the role of a gay dean.

Karan Johar- And his passion for films

Karan johar

Karan started off his career as an actor in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, the question is that, did he always wish to become a director? Or did he have interest in something else? He must have started off as an actor but now he has become a great director. May be he is just following his father’s footsteps, as his father, Yash Johar was also a well known director in Bollywood.

The production house known as Dharma production was established by his father. This production house has given birth to many hit films. Apart from acting and directing, Karan has also tried his luck on production, screenwriting, costume designing and also worked as a television host. He has excelled in almost all of these fields. His wonderful journey of movies started when he made his first directorial debut with the romantic-comedy, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

It was after the blockbuster release of the movie that Karan decided to never look back and so the league of Karan Johar movie started. He made a statement in one of interview before the film release that he was never sure of the script of his first film but after many attempts of finalizing, he decided to combine his first and the second story line and introduce the flashback sequence.

Karan has always experimented with his films; this can be projected through the different story lines of his movies. His movies doesn’t belong to a particular genre, there has been movies that had attracted critics like Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna and My Name is Khan because both of these movies were based on the themes such as adultery and religious discrimination.

He always motivates the young and new comers, and so in his productions he has introduced capable directors like Nikhil Advani, Tarun Mansukhani, Rensil D’silva and Ayan Mukherjee. He was so fond of the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai lead pair Sharukh and Kajol that he re-casted them in his family entertainer Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. After the success of all his other movies, Karan is currently working on his new project ‘Student of the Year’, with the completely new faces.

This is the first time that he has casted the fresh faces Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. The story revolves around three friends who are involved in different kind of complications of life like the competition, hatred, jealousy, heartbreak etc.