Let us first show you a small glimpse of it. Karan Johar is coming to take over the chair of direction and this time his comeback is going to be more filmy and powerful than ever before. In fact, ever since his return to direction with Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani in the year 2023, there was only one question in everyone’s mind regarding Karan Johar that when will be his next comeback. Because the love story of Rocky and Rani not only made a special place in the hearts of the audience, but the film also won many awards. Since then people were eagerly waiting for Karan’s next film. Meanwhile, a vigorous discussion has started on social media. The news is that Karan Johar is going to make a comeback with the second part of his 25 year old famous film. The same film, which taught an entire generation the meaning of love, fashion and music. According to reports, preparations for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Part 2 have started. The script of the film is almost ready and the story will be multi-generational, that is, the story of two heroes and two heroines can be seen in it. Now the question is, why are people divided into two groups on social media as soon as the name of this film comes out? Some fans even shared the list of their favorite stars in the comments, while on the other hand, some users requested Karan Johar not to spoil the memories of this classic film. Someone even said that now they have already seen the story of Star Kids.

Karan Johar is ready to return to his favorite genre once again. After almost twenty years, he is all set to work on a large scale family drama. It is being told that this directorial film of his will be made in the emotional and spectacular space of 2001 superhit ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’. He has finalized the script of the film in the new year.

In Pinkvilla’s report, citing sources, it has been said that Karan Johar is going to return to direction after a long time. He has finalized his 8th film to be released in 2026. This will be a big family drama which can be known as ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham 2’.

Karan Johar will return with a family drama
After the tremendous success of ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’, Karan Johar wants to return to the same genre once again. He knows this best. This will be an emotional and romantic family drama. According to the report, this may prove to be his most expensive film till date. He started the new year by finalizing the script of this film.

Shooting and Casting Plan
According to the report, the pre-production of this film directed by Karan Johar will start by mid-2026. Its shooting will start by the end of the year. There will be two male and two female lead characters in the film and casting will start soon. This will be a big theatrical release of Dharma Productions. It is being said that the title of this film could be ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham 2’. However, its official information has not been revealed yet.

About ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’
‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ is a superhit family drama of Bollywood. This is the highest grossing film of the year 2001. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan were seen in lead roles in this film.

Well-known Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has recently appeared quite impressed after watching Ranveer Singh’s film ‘Dhurandhar’. Karan openly praised this film and said that this film forced him to question his own filmmaking abilities. Karan believes that this is one of those films which forces you to think.

Storytelling and direction won hearts
During a conversation at the book launch of Anupama Chopra’s book ‘Dining with Stars’, Karan Johar said that the biggest strength of ‘Dhurandhar’ is its storytelling.

The film does not seem over anywhere and every scene progresses in a very natural manner. He especially praised the film’s director Aditya Dhar and said that he did not try to show himself off with his direction but kept the story at the forefront.

Ranveer Singh’s strong performance
Karan also told that Ranveer Singh has done an amazing job in the film. He said that Ranveer’s performance is so strong that you are unable to take your eyes off him. The actor has completely immersed himself in his character which is clearly visible in every scene. The balance of action, emotion and drama seen in the film is what makes it special.

Educational film for filmmakers
Karan Johar admitted that when a film is made at this level, other filmmakers start re-evaluating themselves. He said that this is a good thing for an artist because it gives an opportunity to learn and gives inspiration to do better work in future.

Getting positive response from audience and industry
Talking about ‘Dhurandhar’, the film is getting positive response from both the audience and the industry. The story, action sequences and music of the film are also being liked a lot. Many celebs have already praised the film and now Karan Johar’s name has also been added to this list.

The audience has been waiting for filmmaker Karan Johar’s film ‘Lag Ja Gale’ for a long time. Karan Johar had announced this film in the year 2022 itself but there was no update on it for the last three years. However, now the shooting of ‘Lag Ja Gale’ is about to begin and a big update has also come out on its release date. Let us tell you that Lakshya, Jhanvi Kapoor and Tiger Shroff will be in lead roles in this film.

‘Lag Ja Gale’ is an action film which was initially going to be directed by Karan Johar. But now the command of direction of this film is on the shoulders of Raj Mehta and Karan is the producer of the film. According to the report of Mid Day, the cast of the film is going to finish the shooting of the film in three months, after which ‘Lag Ja Gale’ will be able to hit the theaters only next year.

‘Lag Ja Gale’ will be a story of revenge.
Quoting a source in the report, it is written – ‘Lag Ja Gale will be shot continuously in Mumbai from December to March. The cast has given block dates to Raj, who is ready to complete the shooting of the film by the end of March. This will be a tremendous action film in which there will be a lot of drama between the three lead characters. The action scenes of Lakshya and Tiger, who are experts in this genre, are being considered the main attraction of the film. Revenge is the core theme of the film. If everything goes as per plan, the film may hit theaters by the second half of 2026.

Lakshya, Jhanvi Kapoor and Tiger Shroff’s work front
On the work front, Lakshya was last seen in the series ‘The Bads of Bollywood’. Now the actor also has ‘Lag Ja Gale’, ‘Chand Mera Dil’ and ‘Dostana 2’. Karan Johar will produce all these three films. Jhanvi will be seen in Kapoor’s film ‘Peddi’ with Ram Charan. This film will be released on 27 March 2026. Apart from this, Tiger can be seen in ‘Rambo’ and ‘Screw Loose’.

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Director Neeraj Ghaywan’s film Homebound has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards. Ishaan Khattar, Vishal Jethwa and Jhanvi Kapoor are in lead roles in this film. Filmmaker Karan Johar is very happy and emotional after this news.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced shortlists in 12 categories. 15 films have been shortlisted in the International Feature Film category, which will be reduced to five in the final nominations.

These films were shortlisted
Apart from Homebound, this category includes Argentina’s Belén, Brazil’s The Secret Agent, France’s It Was Just an Accident, Germany’s Sound of Falling, Iraq’s The President’s Cake, Japan’s Kokuho, Jordan’s All That’s Left of You, Norway’s Sentimental Value, Palestine’s Palestine 36, South Korea’s Nine Other Choices, Spain’s Sirât, Switzerland’s Late Shift, Taiwan’s Left Handed Girl and Tunisia’s The Voice of Hind Rajab are included.

There will be final nominations in the shortlist category in the coming time. Final nominations will be announced on 22 January 2026. Comedian Conan O’Brien will host the Oscars 2026. Let us tell you that the Oscar Award is going to be held on March 15.

Karan Johar expressed gratitude

Expressing his happiness over Homebound being shortlisted at the Oscars, Karan Johar wrote, ‘I don’t know how to tell how proud and happy I am with the journey of Homebound. We all feel proud to see this film in our filmography. Neeraj thank you for making the dreams of all of us come true. It was a wonderful journey from Cannes to being shortlisted at the Oscars. Love for the entire cast. Homebound is streaming on Netflix.

Expressing happiness over Homebound being shortlisted, Karan Johar’s production house Dharma Movies wrote on its social media account, ‘Homebound has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film category. We are grateful to see the love and support this film is receiving all over the world.

Many family and multi-starrer films were released in the 90s, but there were some films which, once settled in people’s minds, never came out again. One such film was ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, in which the dignity of the family, love crossing the boundaries of rich and poor and the confluence of three generations were shown. Today the film has completed 24 years, actress Kajol and film director Karan Johar have expressed happiness about it on social media.

Kajol wrote on her Instagram – ‘My message to all Anjalis, keep speaking openly and proudly! Rahul is somewhere, but perhaps he is late due to traffic. While sharing some scenes of the film, Karan Johar wrote – ‘Even after so many years, it continues to make everyone feel the power of family, love, a lot of happiness and a little sadness’. This film introduced Shahrukh Khan and Kajol as an iconic pair, in which Kajol’s bubbly style won the hearts of the fans the most.

The film is close to Karan Johar’s heart.
This film is very close to the heart for Karan Johar also. Competing with director and producer Sooraj Barjatya, he gave a big and hit family film to Hindi cinema. Earlier, Sooraj Barjatya was known for family and romance films. Karan Johar also signed the star cast of the film in a single day. The producer signed 6 big stars of the film in one day.

Starcast was signed in a single day
Karan Johar had revealed in an interview that he wanted to include all the big stars in the film. He said that one day he first reached Shahrukh Khan’s house with the script, where he said ‘yes’ to the film without even reading the script. After which Kajol said ‘yes’, then he reached Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya’s house and narrated the story and then both of them said ‘yes’ for the film.

Finally I reached Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor’s house. The title track of the film was also shot with great difficulty because singer Lata Mangeshkar had stopped singing at that time, but on the insistence of music composer Lalit Pandit, she recorded the first title track of the film.

Akshay Khanna is in discussion these days about the film ‘Dhurandhar’. The film has recently been released in theaters and is performing well at the box office. Akshay Khanna’s look and character in the film is impressing the audience a lot.

After watching his film, everyone from fans to Bollywood stars are not tired of praising him. Recently, Bollywood film producer-director Karan Johar also watched his film and reviewed ‘Dhurandhar’. Karan Johar praised this film by calling it a fantastic film.

Karan Johar felt scared
But do you know that Karan Johar was once afraid of Akshay Khanna. You can’t believe this, right? Neither did we. But this is true. Karan Johar himself had told this that he was afraid of Akshay Khanna. Not anymore though. Recall that the year 2007 was when the 7th season of Karan Johar’s chit chat show ‘Koffee with Karan’ started. During this time, Akshay Khanna participated in the episode of the show.

Karan Johar had revealed

The interesting revelation between Akshay Khanna and Karan Johar in this episode is still remembered. Both of them remembered their childhood days. Karan told in the show that he was afraid of Akshay because in his childhood, Akshay was a little rude.

Both were neighbors in South Bombay and grew up together. Karan said that Akshay was a good player in badminton and often asked him to go out of the court. Karan would go with him but he would be able to play only when Akshay left the court. Akshay took this thing jokingly but Karan insisted that he was really afraid.

Karan Johar’s net worth
Let us tell you that Karan Johar is one of the most well-known filmmakers and producers of Bollywood. He has made many superhit films and during his career has earned a lot of name in the field of direction, production and hosting.

Talking about net worth, according to ‘The Financial Express’, Karan Johar’s wealth is around Rs 1740 crore. Most of his earnings come from his production company Dharma Productions. Apart from this, he invests in other production houses and also hosts TV shows.

Aditya Dhar’s espionage thriller ‘Dhurandhar’ bombed at the box office as soon as it released in theaters last Friday. The film is being discussed a lot on social media.

After watching the film, many celebrities praised it. Now film producer Karan Johar’s name has also been included in this list. He praised the film on social media.

What did Karan Johar write about ‘Dhurandhar’?

Karan Johar reviewed Aditya Dhar’s film ‘Dhurandhar’ on his Instagram stories. He wrote, ‘Excellent! Big respect to Aditya Dhar, Ranveer Singh and Shashwat Sachdeva (my favorite performance of Ranveer Singh).

Let us tell you that Ranveer Singh was also directed in the film ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ released in the year 2023. Alia Bhatt was also in the lead role in that film. Karan had highly praised Ranveer’s acting. Ranveer shared screen space with Alia Bhatt in this film. The film was a hit at the box office.

Hrithik Roshan also shared the post
Let us tell you that before Karan Johar, Hrithik Roshan had written a post about the film ‘Dhurandhar’. Hrithik wrote in his post, ‘I like cinema, I like people who get caught in a whirlpool and let the story control them. They rotate it and shake it until what they want to say comes out on the screen. ‘Dhurandhar’ is an example of this. I liked the way of telling the story, it is cinema. I cannot agree with its politics, and debate what responsibilities we as filmmakers should take as citizens of the world. Still, I can’t ignore how much I loved it as a student of cinema and how much I learned from it. Wonderful.’

Senior journalist of ABP News Vibha Kaul Bhatt passed away on the morning of 25 November. There is a wave of excitement in Bollywood along with the media world due to this news. Vibha Kaul was admitted in Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai. Where he recently had heart surgery. Meanwhile, his condition deteriorated and he died untimely. Now Bollywood stars are also expressing grief over his demise. From Ajay Devgan to Hina Khan remembered Vibha with a heavy heart.

Ajay Devgan paid tribute like this

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also expressed grief over the demise of Vibha Kaul. The actor shared a picture with Vibha on his X account. In this he wrote, ‘The news of Vibha Kaul’s sudden demise is very sad. Prayers for his family. Om Shanti..’

Deeply saddened to hear about senior journalist Vibha Kaul ji’s demise. A kind soul gone too soon.

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— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) November 25, 2025

Hina Khan wrote an emotional post

Actress Hina Khan shared a photo of Vibha Kaul on her Instagram story. The actress wrote, ‘I knew him for 15 years. She was very nice. We talked a lot together Trevor. You left too soon. I will miss you a lot…’

Mohit Raina wrote this

Actor Mohit Raina also expressed grief over the demise of Vibha Kaul. The actor wrote on his Insta story, ‘Rest in peace Vibha… you will always be remembered. You were very sweet..’

Disha Parmar got a big shock

TV actress Disha Parman also shared a post for Vibha Kaul. The actress has shared a photo of him on her Insta story. In this he wrote, ‘This is very shocking… Rest in peace Vibha…’

Karan Johar also wrote an emotional note

Famous Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has also shared a post for Vibha Kaul. In this post he wrote, ‘Received this heart-breaking news early in the morning. I met him for the first time in 2014. She was very nice. We will always remember your laughter.

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