The Fame Game release or Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi? Here's what's making Karan Johar anxious and nervous

Karan Johar currently in London has double reasons to be nervous and anxious. His first web series   The Fame Game   which brings Madhuri Dixit back into the limelight starts streaming on Netflix on the same Friday (25 February) as his god-daughter Alia Bhatt’s litmus test in  Gangubai Kathiawadi  releases in theatres. During an informal chat from London, Karan sounds like an anxious mother whose children await admission into a prestigious school. “I don’t know what I am more nervous about.  The Fame Game  or  Gangubai.I haven’t seen    Gangubai  as yet. But I know the magic Sanjay Bhansali is capable of creating with Alia. The girl is blessed. I am so proud of her. I have been waiting for the two of them to work together.” As for    The Fame Game, it gives us one more super-talent, writer Sri Rao, from Dharma Production. Says Karan enthusiastically, “Sri is a US-based writer. He is amazing. How did I find him? I just did. I guess keep my eyes and mind open. But I take no credit for the talent that comes out of Dharma. These directors writers actors and technicians all have it in them.  Varna main kis kaam ka(otherwise what am I worth?).” Madhuri Dixit, he reveals, was always the first choice for  The Fame Game. “We needed a superstar to play a superstar.” Overt modesty apart, Karan hopes  Gangubai Kathiawadi  would be a smash hit. And not only for his darling  moohboli beti  Alia. “The industry needs success. We are struggling desperately post the pandemic.”

Subhash K Jha is a Patna-based journalist. He’s been writing about Bollywood for long enough to know the industry inside out.

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