Karan Johar is one of the most famous people in the film industry in India. He is a popular producer, director, actor, costume designer and TV personality. Karan built his popularity through participation in many Bollywood films, and his first work as a director made him a big success in 1998.
It was the film ‘Kuch Kuch Kuch Hai Hai’ which he received several awards including the best scenario awards as well as filmfare awards for the best director. In addition to his great success in the film world, he was very successful as a businessman because Karan Johar was the owner of the largest distribution and production company in India called Dharma Productions.
There is no doubt that a big talent and hard work brought wealth to Karan Johar. But what exactly is the clean wealth? You will be able to find out in the following text that we have prepared for you. Well, if you are ready, let’s start.
Early Life of Karan Johar
The producer and director was born on May 25, in 1972. His hometown was Mumbai. Karan’s father’s name is Yash Johar and his mother’s name is Hiroo Johar. Interestingly, his parents are film producers, so they are inspiration for Karan Johar to be successful and do the same work as his parents.
He has debuted on the TV series called Indradhanush, which was broadcast on Doordarshan. Karan is still a teenager and 15 years old. In addition to his parents who have a big influence on his career, big inspiration are famous Indian actors such as Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, and Sooraj R. Barjatya.
As far as his personal life, Karan Johar has two children (twins), whose names are Yash and Roohi. Children are born through surrogacy.
The career of Karan Johar
As we said, Johar made TV debut as a very young boy. However, his debut as a director is in one of the most famous films in Bollywood, which is the film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. He is not the main, but assistant director.
The first film where he worked independently and as the main director, was the film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ from 1998. This film attracted a lot of attention from the public and viewers, and its quality was then confirmed by many awards. After that, another great success was followed by the film ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ in 2001. An interesting fact is that the two films are blockbusters.
Other successful films directed by Karan Johar were ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ from 2006, ‘My Name Is Khan’ from 2010, ‘Student of the Year’ from 2012, ‘Bombay Talkies’ from 2013, and AE Dil Hai Mushkil from 2016.
In addition to a very successful career as a producer and director, Karan Johar has Dharma Productions, which produces Bollywood films. Some of the films produced by this company were ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ from 2003, ‘Dostana’ from 2008, ‘Agneepah’ from 2012, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ from 2013, ‘2 countries’ and ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ from ‘Humpty Sharma’ 2014 and the film ‘Kapoor & Sons’ from 2016.
Karan also debuted as an actor in the film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, where he was also the assistant director. In addition to this film, he appeared in a small role in ‘Bombay Velvet’, ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Fashion’ and ‘Luck By Chance’.
However, besides this -this related matters relating to the film industry, he is the host of ‘Koffee with Karan’ which was broadcast from 2004 to 2005. We must also mention that Karan Johar is often one of the popular TV program judges in India like that as The next Indian superstar, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and India get talent.
Awards & Achievements of Karan Johar
He received the first prize for his first big blockbuster ‘Kuch Kuch Hai Hai’. It is a national film award for ‘Best Popular Film that provides healthy entertainment’. In addition to this grand prize, Karan is several winners of the Filmfare Awards (4 times), Iifa Awards (4 times), Screen Awards (2 times), Apsara Film & Television Guild Awards (2 times) and the Zee Cine award (3 times).
Net Worth of Karan Johar
Considering many films directed and shown by Dharma Productions, is logical that Karan Johar has gained great wealth in his career. So far, he has managed to collect $ 220 million in his career. Johar gets all his wealth with hard work and effort through involving the film industry.
His work is recognized outside of his homeland, so in 2006, he was declared by the World Economic Forum as one of the 250 global young leaders, while in 2017, he was a cultural leader.