In a special letter, Filmmaker Karan Johar opened up about
his parents and family. The director wrote a long letter to a leading daily
where he expressed his feelings and poured his heart out mentioning about his
late father Yash Johar.
The director also disclosed why he made the movie Kabhi
Khushi Kabhie Gham.
Filmmaker Karan Johar wrote, "Before I decided to have
children, I use to feel very guilty about not spending time with my mother. She
used to get lonely and I didn’t know what to do about it. I found myself
running away from the sadness of it all, because I felt I should be there for
her a lot more. Yash and Roohi have changed that.
My children are now 15 months old and for all this while my
mom and I have been living a perfect dream. They have been glorious months and
I sometimes think – when is the first crack going to come? I am so scared, I
find myself touching wood all the time."
He added, "I may have to contend with the question of
whether my children will have the same relationship with me as I have had with
my parents. They are my children and I have to trust them with abandon. I hope
they never take me to court – as so many are doing today – because that will be
a big shock to my system."
About making Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Karan writes, "I
cannot communicate with people who make their parents suffer. I made Kabhi
Khushi Kabhi Gham, with ‘It’s all about loving your parents’, as the tagline.
That is my reality. My parents are my world. My life is about them."
"I do feel that a chemical imbalance might be the
reason for violence against parents. I can understand siblings fighting; can
even comprehend couples sparring, but I cannot understand the breakdown of
relations between you and those who give birth to you. In the end, what I do
want to say is that if you’ve given up on loving your parents, consider them
your duty. If it is not deep love, it should be deep duty. Make it your duty,
your responsibility. For me, it will always be, “It’s all about loving your
parents'," the director finished his letter.
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