Mumbai: As filmmaker Karan Johar turns a year older, he opened up about special friendships in his life in a recent interview with the Bombay Times.
Karan said, “Adi and Shah Rukh will always be weaknesses in my life because somewhere, I attribute my career to them and that is something I can never forget.”
The filmmaker says he hates it when he has to justify his relationship with his friend. “For me, he is beyond family, no matter where he is,” he said.
Karan can always fall back on his loyal friend he even narrated an incident, when Shah Rukh was there for him he said, “Recently, I had an emotional upheaval in my life a couple of months ago and it was just instinctive that I picked up the phone and called him. Normally, when you text him, he calls you back.”
“But once he told me, 'Karan, if you ever really need to reach me, I will pick up your phone.' And it's so strange that it has happened thrice in my life when I really needed to reach him and he picked it up.”
“It happened once when I lost my dad, once for a personal issue and recently, when I was extremely hurt due to a friend. I felt that I needed to connect with him on that. I picked up the phone, we chatted and he sorted my head out.”
He added, “With Shah Rukh and me, there will never be a phase that we will be apart. In my mind and heart, I know that the day we are back we have the same dynamic. Some relationships may create gaps in your life, but they never fade.”
“He is all heart. His biggest failing is his over sensitivity as sometimes, he does not want to hurt you. He will not say what he needs to as he is protecting your emotions.”
Rumour has it that the duo’s friendship turned sour, after Shah Rukh did not make an appearance on Karan’s talkshow, ‘Koffee with Karan’ for its fourth season.
Shah Rukh is currently busy with the upcoming film, ‘Happy New Year’, directed by Farah Khan. On Saturday, May 25 many familiar faces were seen at Karan’s residence bringing in his birthday.
