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Saturday, September 20, 2025
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Topic: Karan Johar

Indians react to Karan Johar’s new reality show, The Traitors. ‘Have some mercy on us’

The show will stream on Amazon Prime Video starting 12 June, with new episodes every Thursday at 8 pm. It will be hosted by Karan Johar and feature influencers Apoorva Mukhija and Uorfi Javed.

Karan Johar wouldn’t mind ditching the ‘star’ factor

Karan Johar said it’s the director’s conviction, and not logic, behind the success of films like RRR, Gadar, and Animal.

Karan Johar and Ananya Panday endorsing Rajdhani Besan. Who came up with this PR disaster?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and L’Oreal Paris, Virat Kohli and Puma, Ranveer Singh and Pepsi—these pairings click as they create an instant connection.

What Poonawalla’s Rs 1,000 crore deal means for Dharma—more freedom, big-budget productions

Karan Johar recently spoke about exorbitant star fees and rising entourage costs, which were affecting the industry and production of films.

Karan Johar’s studio sells 50% stake worth 10 bn rupees to vaccine maker Adar Poonawalla

SII CEO will buy stake through his production company, Serene Productions -- another major investment outside pharma sector after picking up 20% of social media platform Wakau Interactive in 2021.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham tune left Karan Johar in tears

Sameer Anjaan recounts the stories behind his iconic compositions, which accompanied colourful costumes, catchy melodies, and larger-than-life performances. They defined an entire generation.

Enough with Arjun & Aditya Roy Kapoors on KWK. Give us more Sharmila Tagores, Zeenat Amans

An industry that has long been ageist appears to be changing, with Karan Johar himself casting 3 older actors in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.

Karan Johar is going on about nepotism in every KWK episode. It’s a masterclass in PR

On Koffee With Karan with Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Ananya Pandey, Johar has tried to shift the blame. Nepotism whitewashed, with a pinch of nostalgia.

The Bengali man is the big picture in RRKPK: Rocky Randhawa ban gaya bhadralok

Bengalis are revelling in Chandan Chatterjee’s depiction – a dancer jeered off the stage at a Punjabi pre-wedding sangeet.

Indian family is back in Bollywood. But Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani just made it imperfect

Johar uses stereotypes to address patriarchy, cancel culture, elitism, and even the disdain that had accumulated about larger-than-life Bollywood films.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.