Bollywood director Karan Johar hit out at filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma here Wednesday, expressing hope that the latter`s third instalment in the scary franchise `Phoonk` is never made.
"I have heard that Ram Gopal Varma has said that the scariest movie he has ever watched is (my) `Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna`...
I haven`t watched `Phoonk` and `Phoonk 2` but I hope `Phoonk 3` is never made," Johar told reporters in his signature tongue-and-cheek fashion.
Karan Johar is all set to co-produce a film with newly turned producer, Ashish Balram Nagpal who is already directing Dharma Productions ‘Adhoora’. The new film is tentatively titled ‘Mumbai Dreams’ and it will have Manoj Bajpai in the lead role.
‘Mumbai Dreams’ will also be the launch vehicle of Nagpal’s son Hridaye Nagpal. Our reliable source confirms, “This is KJO’s second movie with Nagpal. ‘Adhoora’ is based on the life of a homosexual and was the first project KJo signed Nagpal for, as a director. And now, Karan Johar and Nagpal are joining hands to produce ‘Mumbai Dreams’ (tentative).”
He goes on to add, “’Mumbai Dreams’ will be Nagpal’s debut venture as a producer. When he showed keenness to introduce his son Hridaye in the film; Karan Johar accepted gladly with a big yes!”
“The leading lady has not yet been finalized, but as soon as they decide, the film will go on floors,” signs off our source.
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Karan Johar recently spent sleepless nights, and quite literally too. On the brink of ‘My Name Is Khan’s theatrical trailer’s release, he worked and worked to ensure that it turns out perfect enough to create a good impact on audiences. As a result, he hardly got about an hour of sleep starting from Saturday morning to Monday morning.
As ‘My Name Is Khan’ is Karan’s most different film so far, he really wants to do his best to make it appeal to masses. He was to go to LA but he cancelled his trip to finalize the first look.
He started work early on Saturday morning and continued up to 7am Monday morning. At the most, he might have slept for just an hour between the two days. On Saturday night, Shahrukh Khan , who stars in the film, met up with Karan to discuss promotion techniques for the film.
After SRK saw the first promo, he left the office on Sunday morning. Karan still kept working until Monday morning and left for home only after he was completely satisfied with the way the first look had turned out.
Let’s hope Karan’s sleeplessness pays off!
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