All ready for IFFA
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has teased his friend and filmmaker Karan Johar for hosting more chat shows and directing fewer films!
Shah Rukh and Karan, who are set to host the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2024, have worked together in several hit movies such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., My Name Is Khan, and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. At the press conference of the IIFA Awards on Tuesday evening, Shah Rukh pulled Karan’s leg for being less active on the directorial front.
“He hosts chat shows, film shows. Picturein bhi toh bana mere bhai (When are you going to make films, my brother?),” said the superstar, eliciting laughter from the filmmaker. Karan, whose last directorial was 2023’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, admitted Shah Rukh was right.
“This is sounding so wrong on so many levels for a filmmaker. That I should be making movies. But that is exactly what I should be doing,” said the filmmaker, who also hosts the popular celebrity chat show Koffee With Karan.
IIFA Awards, the three-day award gala, returns to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, for the third consecutive year and will be held from September 27 to 29. Actor Vicky Kaushal will join Shah Rukh and Karan on the stage as a host.
There will also be performances by veteran actress Rekha, and stars such as Shahid Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor and Kriti Sanon.
For the first time, IIFA Awards 2024 is bringing together the best of both Hindi and South Indian film industries — Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada — with an aim to celebrate and honour the richness and diversity of Indian cinema by showcasing Bollywood.
