Mumbai, August 20: Everyone knows that Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra are the best of buddies.
And that Karan is a huge fan of Yash Chopra films. But that the Chopras and KJo are lunching buddies, is not a known fact. It was Uday Chopra who let the cat out of the bag on his Twitter account, “Had lunch with Karan and my dad at KJ’s office…lots of fun and good food.”
Karan confirms, “Yes, Yash uncle and Uday had dropped in at my office but then we keep doing that often. Yash uncle is like family and no, there are no tie-ups happening. It’s a given thing that they are the first ones to see all Dharma films which are ready. Wake Up Sid is ready and I will show it to them. Everything that I do is discussed with Adi.”
Currently, Karan is multi-tasking. “We have a long schedule of My Name Is Khan beginning from today in Mumbai till September, I am looking into the promos of Wake Up Sid and soon, the marketing campaign of Kurbaan will start. Right now, I am hyper-ventilating and will soon burst a blood vessel,” he quips.
Recently, SRK was detained in the US and it was called a publicity stunt for My Name is Khan. Karan says, “I am appalled that people are calling it a publicity stunt! The film is releasing early next year, so how does it make sense to publicise it from now?
I think people who are insinuating that it’s a publicity stunt lack the intelligence and vision to back their statement. And am I powerful enough to get the US security to help me promote my film? I have gone through three emotions – shock, indifference and amusement.
This kind of publicity won’t help our film. MNIK is about the protagonist Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh) and we are trying to build that character. It’s not about Shahrukh’s detainment. Lastly, Shahrukh, Kajol and Dharma Productions don’t need to resort to such tools to promote their film. I feel sorry for such people who think it’s a stunt. God bless such people.”
—–Agencies