The year 2009 will see the release of our first animation film ‘Coochie Coochie Hota Hai’ and the film that I’ll direct will begin in the end of 2008. It will be released in 2009.
Q: Do you miss a larger support system?
A: I’ve a great support system. They are mostly people who’ve been with us from my father’s (producer Yash Johar) time. But I don’t think a single day passes when I don’t miss having him with me. I can never be the man, producer and leader that he was.
I just wish I follow in his footsteps. For him generating goodwill was far more essential than making money. The biggest hit for him was a unit that said we want to work with you again.
Q: The year 2009 looks busy for you?
A: Yes. Siddharth Malhotra who worked with Sooraj Barjatya in ‘Vivah’ and also assisted in my production ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’, and Renzel D’Silva, who wrote ‘Rang De Basanti’, will also direct films for us.
Q: Your favourite films in 2007?
A: I was bowled over by ‘Chak De! India’ and ‘Om Shanti Om’. It has truly been the year of Shah Rukh Khan. I also liked Anurag Basu’s ‘Life In A Metro’. And I loved Mira Nair’s ‘The Namesake’. I felt a strong sense of catharsis watching it. I’ll always be grateful to Mira Nair. I hugged her after seeing the film.
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