Recently, In a Podcast show with Komal Nahta, Karan Johar spoke about his first interaction with the cast of Student Of The Year & also talked about many exciting projects of 2025.

On the podcast, when asked how he met the three youngsters, Karan revealed the story and also added that he never treated the three like newcomers. "I won't lie. For me, it was just that I told my team - Siddharth and Varun, these two were my assistants, and I met Alia for the first time when she came from school. And when I launched them, I told everyone on the set, the choreographer, the production, the designer, to treat these three like megastars," he said.

Karan said that the crew asked for clarity, and he explained why he asked this of them. “They asked what it meant. I said, ‘If you give them that confidence, they will face the camera like stars. If you treat them like newcomers, they will give you the performance of newcomers.’ And they performed like stars. And all of them call me 'Karna'. They are like my friends. We did a 12-day workshop, and we four were together to get to know each other," added the filmmaker. Karan Johar has many exciting projects lined up for 2025.

In the same podcast, Komal Nahta asked Karan Johar Which chapter from history would he like to make a war film on. In response, he mentioned the Jallianwala Bagh incident. Karan shared that there was a true story he was producing about a man named C. Sankaran Nair, and it was based on a book. Karan said, “He fought the English crown because at that time there was Colonel Dyer, who said that it was a self-defense act, which is just appalling to even hear. This man fought it in court to say it was a genocide.”The filmmaker further stated that the movie featured Akshay Kumar in the lead and was helmed by debut director Karan Tyagi. Karan mentioned, “I want to say this on record; it is one of the best films that we’ve made, and I’m so proud of it.” He said that he couldn’t wait for the audience to watch the movie.

When asked if he had to direct a war movie, Karan Johar revealed that he would like to make a love story set in the ‘unfortunate and dramatic’ era of partition. The C. Sankaran Nair movie was officially announced in 2024. The announcement note read, “THE UNTITLED FILM ON the shocking cover-up of a massacre that pushed India's top barrister C. SANKARAN NAIR to fight an unprecedented battle against the British Empire.”The film is adapted from the book The Case That Shook The Empire written by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat. The Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday, and R Madhavan starrer is backed by Dharma Productions, Cape Of Good Films, and Leo Media Collective. 

According to the latest reports, the movie's title is "Kesari Chapter-2": The Untold Story Of Jallianwala Bagh and it will arrive in theaters on April 18, 2025.

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