Kajol & Karan Johar Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai; the 2020s to Sarzameen. Karan Johar director in some, producer in others. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Kajol was Karan Johar's first choice for Anjali in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, but she initially said no because she didn't want to play a tomboy. Karan rewrote the entire character arc to convince her — and that's how his directorial debut got its leading lady.
• On the sets of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kajol would deliberately mess up her lines to make Karan laugh during serious scenes. He'd yell 'cut' and then they'd both crack up — she said it was the only way to survive his 18-hour shifts.
• My Name Is Khan (2010) was the first time Karan Johar produced a film that didn't have a single song-and-dance sequence in the traditional sense. Kajol pushed him to take the risk — she told him 'stop making films for the frontbenchers, make one for the world.' The film grossed over 200 crores globally.
• Between 2001 and 2010, Kajol and Karan didn't speak for nearly five years. She felt he had sidelined her after K3G; he felt she had ghosted him. They only patched up when Karan called her out of the blue in 2008 and said, 'I'm making a film about a Muslim man with Asperger's. I need you.' She said yes without reading the script.
• Karan Johar once said about Kajol: 'She is the only actor who can make me cry on set and then laugh in the next shot. She doesn't act — she just becomes the scene, and I have to keep up.'