Throwback: When Karan Johar wanted to dig a hole and jump into it because of his dad Yash Johar | Hindi Movie News

Filmmaker Karan Johar reminisced about a moment from the past when his late father, filmmaker Yash Johar, enthusiastically praised him in the presence of revered filmmaker Mani Ratnam. Karan, who was awaiting the release of his debut film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, shared the story of his father’s excitement and recalled an awkward encounter with Mani Ratnam.
During the Film Companion Directors Adda 2023, Karan Johar shared that his father, Yash Johar, genuinely believed that he was the most extraordinary person and the finest director on the planet. It made him nervous to go out with him because he would boast about his son.

Citing an instance, KJo said, “I used to die because he met Mani sir at the same location where Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was being shot. Mani sir was making Dil Se, and he was shooting the ‘Chaiya Chaiya’ song, which, as a student, I wanted to go and watch. He (Yash Johar) kept gushing about me to Mani sir, and I’m trying to pinch him, saying, ‘Please, I beg you. I want to dig a hole and jump into it,’ because Mani Ratnam was god to all of us, you know, and continues to be. I went home and said, ‘Papa, you can’t, my film hasn’t been released.’ He says, ‘Nai, it’s your trumpet, if you don’t blow it, who else will?’”
‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji, was released in 1998.