There is no shortage of scripts that come to his company, Dharma Productions, but none have the power to excite Karan Johar as of now. The filmmaker reveals that he keeps thinking about what kind of film he wants to direct next, but he hasn’t found the answer yet. In fact, he goes so far as to declare that he has never been more lost in his life about his next step. Ideas keep coming to him but the second thoughts invariably follow and he realizes that he simply does not find the concepts exciting enough.
Speaking with his usual candour, he shares that this restlessness has contributed to his feelings of jealousy of all the filmmakers in his company who are making films! He admits that while producing movies is amazing, satisfying and great for the company, he is yearning to be a director again and make his own film because the pleasure derived in putting out one’s own narrative is another high altogether.
Portraying the intricacies of relationships is his forte but he claims that he might do something radically opposite to what is expected of him. He believes that one day he could make a film that nobody expects him to, and what’s more, it would actually be applauded.
He is inspired in this regard, by the master of human relationships and emotions onscreen – Yash Chopra, who also made other interesting films including thrillers. Speaking of the song-free thriller that his company is remaking – Ittefaq, which had been originally directed by Yash Chopra - he reveals that he would love to direct a thriller but he doesn’t know how to go about actually writing one. If he does manage to find a script for a thriller which he loves he would take the plunge in an instant. Remakes are out of the question though, as he feels that remaking an immortal classic demand that a filmmaker interprets it differently, else there is no point to the whole exercise.
Decrying the lack of good writing in the Hindi film industry, he admits that the story-telling in the South is at another level altogether, which is lacking in Bollywood where the writers have not been sufficiently empowered.
