Karan Johar Back To What He Does Best | Filmmaking | Anupama Chopra

In this exclusive (spoiler-filled) Post Mortem of ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ after the opening weekend, Karan Johar speaks with Anupama Chopra about the creation of the characters and what inspired ‘Rocky’. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set of RRKPK. He discusses working with Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, and Alia Bhatt, explaining how he balanced humor with a serious message. The filmmaker addresses the criticism he faced before the film’s release, his need for validation, and what he hopes to make next. #karanjohar #filmcompanion #rockyaurranikipremkahani Have you subscribed to Film Companion yet? Join us here - http://bit.ly/FCsubscribe Follow Us On:   / filmcompanion     / filmcompanion     / filmcompanion   00:00 Interview with Karan Johar 00:39 Karan discusses his anxiety before the release of RRKPK 02:35 Box office and critics' response to RRKPK 05:35 Details about the character Rocky, portrayed by Ranveer Singh 13:38 The aesthetic and set design of the film 14:45 Discussion on the Kathak dance sequence in RRKPK 19:10 The kiss scene between Dharamji and Shabana's characters 21:55 The strong writing of Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani 24:11 Handling politically correct language in the industry 28:35 Karan Johar's personal love life 30:00 Karan Johar on Ranveer's monologue in RRKPK 35:10 Karan Johar on the narrative instability in the second half of RRKPK 36:28 The reason for truncating the songs in the film 37:48 The music album of RRKPK 39:32 The chemistry between Alia Bhatt & Ranveer Singh 40:52 Karan's emotional outpouring in the week leading to the film's release 45:30 The sequel to Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani 47:05 What's next? About The Channel: The Film Companion is a web channel intended to promote Indian cinema through films review, interviews, discussions, video essays, and analytical compilations. It is intended primarily for the purpose of encouraging informed discussions, criticism, and review of cinema and towards such purpose, the programs use short extracts of cinematograph films, sound recording, and photographic works. These clips and extracts are of a minimal nature and the use is not intended to interfere in any manner with their commercial exploitation of the complete work by the owners of the copyright. The use of works is in compliance with the fair dealing exception provided under Sec. 52 of the Copyright Act, and we assert our use of the works under the exception provided for criticism and review.