Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan’s friendship remains unbreakable

Rumor-mills have forever been spinning yarns and some of the most recent gossip to make headlines is an ongoing rift in director Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan’s friendship. The two have been close friends since a while now and have worked together in several blockbusters before including Karan Johar’s directorial ventures like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and My Name Is Khan (2010). In all of these films, Shah Rukh Khan has starred in the lead and has been termed as Karan Johar’s lucky charm. For his most recent film titled Student of the Year, Karan decided to rope in a newcomer cast, one of the reasons that sparked of false rumors of a fallout.

"Adi (Aditya Chopra) and Shah Rukh are the two reasons I am in the industry. Shah Rukh is like my older brother, and I am bound to him for emotional, spiritual and professional reasons," said Karan Johar however, pushing these rumors to the ground. Just recently, the director spent a vacation with Shah Rukh Khan and his family in the United Kingdom. “I am here to spend time with Aryan and Gauri. Shah Rukh, Gauri and I are a unit that has evolved beyond the realms of the film fraternity,” said Karan speaking from London.

While Shah Rukh Khan might not have made an appearance in Karan’s latest film, he has co-produced Student of the Year under his Red Chillies Entertainment banner with Dharma Productions.