Karan Johar’s romantic-drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani recently completed two years since its release in 2023. The filmmaker spoke about the romantic-drama in an interview and hinted at the possibility of making a standalone film out of Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra’s love story shown briefly in the film.
Speaking about the film, Karan said in an interview with The Times of India, “It is right up there with My Name Is Khan and, of course, my first directorial Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which remains special as it brought a smile to my father’s (producer Yash Johar) face. Our production house was suffering huge deficits when I made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. It brought huge financial respite to my dad.”
Reacting to the buzz that was created about the kiss scene between Dharmendra and Shabana, Karan said, “There is a separate love story there. I may one day make a film on their love story in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani."
The film told the story of a flamboyant, loud Punjabi guy, played by Ranveer Singh, who falls in love with an intellectual Bengali journalist (Alia Bhatt) and how family problems ensue when they decide to get married. In the film, Shabana and Dharmendra played ex-lovers and the grandparents of Alia and Ranveer’s characters respectively, who rediscover their bond after meeting again.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani turned out to be a success at the box-office and was praised for its subversive screenplay which touched upon themes of battling patriarchy and toxic masculinity through love.
On the work front, Karan recently hosted the reality show The Traitors which premiered on Prime Video. His production, Dhadak 2, starring Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi is set to be released in theatres on August 1.
