Karan Johar is well-known for getting celebs to own their relationships or manifest them on his chat show Koffee With Karan. Several times he has been called out for his matchmaking hobby but recently when he joined Twinkle Khanna for a chat session on her Tweak India show he was addressed as Sima Taparia of Bollywood. Responding to the title given by Twinkle, Karan revealed how even his father, late Yash Johar played matchmaker for veteran actor Waheeda Rehman.
During the Tweak India show, Twinkle told KJo, “You are the Sima aunty of the movie business. You keep doing this matchmaking and your father did the same thing. When I was speaking to Waheeda Rahman, she mentioned that your father fixed up her marriage, it’s some genetic pre-disposition to get people together.”
KJo agreed to Twinkle’s claims and recalled that he introduced producer Siddharth Roy Kapur to Vidya Balan who are now married. He said, “I take on the responsibility, like I have to do it. It just makes me very happy to do it. It’s like one of the agendas in my life. Vidya (Balan) called me the other day. It was her 12th anniversary, and I had introduced her to Siddharth Roy Kapoor. I was so touched by this call, more than any feedback for a film.” However, KJo did not reveal any new info on any celeb couples and said, “I don’t think they would like me to go public with that information. Contrary to public opinion, there’s a lot that I keep secret to myself.”
Waheeda Rehman married Kamaljeet aka Shashi Rekhi in 1974. Reportedly, they met on the sets of their film Shagoon (196) and fell in love. They have two children- Sohail Rekhi and Kashvi Rekhi, both of them are writers now and not associated with the film industry. Waheeda Rehman and Kamaljeet’s marriage was fixed by Karan’s father Yash Johar.
(Source: Tweak India)
