Together with his candid confessions on how he become "effeminate as a infant" and how he used to have "sleepless nights" over the difficulty, Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar stole the display on the first day of the Jaipur Literature festival which started right here on Thursday.
Speaking approximately his book "An wrong Boy" at a session with Shobhaa De and his biographer Poonam Saxena at the the front lawns at Diggi Palace, wherein the pageant is being held, Johar stated: "I hated the word 'Pansy' and i was referred to as that as a toddler. I was effeminate as a toddler and i used to have sleepless nights over the reality that i'm one of a kind from different children."
He said his parents had been a huge assist device.
"even when I weighed one hundred fifty kg, my mother stated i used to be the fine searching infant in the international and my father informed me that when I lost a bit domestic dog fats, I can be a hero in Hindi movies," stated Johar.
Requested approximately the bad portrayal of homosexuals in his movies, Johar said he changed into the first Bollywood director who discussed the problem in films.
"whether it’s 'Kal Ho Na Ho' or 'Dostana', i discussed the issue inside the mainstream. I received such a lot of letters from youngsters pronouncing that my movies helped their mother and father become aware of their sexuality.
"Now there are such a lot of movies on LGBT and i am proud that I started it," he stated.
Johar also spoke approximately the difficult times his family faced.
"whilst my father had some flop movies, we needed to promote our jewellery and residence. He was now not invited for release parties and it became terrible times," he said.
The director additionally spoke on rumours of a hard patch in his friendship with actor Shah Rukh Khan.
"Like every dating, there had been usaand downs. But, Shah Rukh's family is a part of my own family."
in step with the director, his first-rate film became "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna", and the least favorite become "pupil Of The 12 months".
"however, it gave three suitable actors for Bollywood," he said.
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