Karan Johar’s 2001 film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was led by an ensemble cast. A-listers like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
In a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, Karan Johar spoke about how it would be impossible to imagine a multi-starrer like K3G today.
Filmmaker Karan Johar recently expressed that assembling a star-studded cast for a film like his iconic Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is now nearly impossible. He cited the sky-high remuneration levels and a shift in industry dynamics, where actors over-analyse and are influenced by numerous advisors, making collaborative projects economically unfeasible and creatively challenging in today’s Bollywood landscape.
Bollywood royalty, Karan Johar, attended a special session at the Bharat Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival and shared some interesting titbits about his first time there, which he had attended with his father, Yash Johar. Back in 2002, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, written and directed by Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar, under their banner Dharma Productions, was sold at the Cannes film market for $5000, i.e, Rs 4,29,643 today. Karan Johar, who is attending the festival after his production Homebound got selected in the Un Certain Regard segment at Cannes, said, “I have a lot of emotional memories related to Cannes. I remember the year 2002 when my father and I were here at the Cannes market.”
