Karan Johar in conversation about the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema | Google Arts & Culture

As part of our series presented by Google Arts and Culture, Anupama Chopra spoke to Karan Johar about the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema (1948-1965). Karan shared insights into how this era's music and films, such as Awaara, Kaagaz Ke Phool, and Pyaasa, influenced his upbringing and career. He discussed the impact of legendary figures like Guru Dutt, R. D. Burman, and Lata Mangeshkar, along with other filmmakers of the time, contrasting their passion-driven art with today's commercialized cinema. Karan also lamented the diminishing of cinematic artistry in favor of box office metrics.
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[@jz77_777]

Request u too do a 2023 Actors roundtable with Mohanlal, Mamooty,Dulqur,fahad ,vinayakan,pranav, Tovino,indrans ,kunchako boban at Grand Hyatt

[@NailsByAsh813]

Hell no.

[@jz77_777]

@@NailsByAsh813 why ?

[@NailsByAsh813]

@@jz77_777 Why tho??

[@hoigenk5136]

He is absolutely right. I am a Bollywood fan from west Africa and must say, I am having a hard time finding the kind of movies that made me fall in love with Bollywood to watch today. I want back those movies that had songs that went along with the story. Bollywood looses its identity when they forget that key element. Does the current movies really reflect the current Indian society??? Has Indians really shifted away from their culture that much???? I will just wait for the next Sanjay Leela's' next movie then.

[@sameera3469]

Anupana...please let Karan know that your audience love hearing these anecdotes about our favorite actors from golden era of indian cinema. You should do more of rgese so we can capture these beautiful narrations for our future generations.

[@drjyots]

Lovely interview! Honest, insightful and new learnings too! Love the anecdotes

[@rishwiz9]

Everyone wants their dough to multiply and no one has the balls to make a film out of passion alone. Raj Kapoor went almost bankrupt for Mera Naam Joker, so did Sunil Dutt for Reshama aur Shera. They just love the money too much to lose any now.

[@RajakrishnaSharma]

Please ask Karan Johar to recount these priceless anecdotes on camera or get it written by someone for the sake of posterity😮& nostalgia.Please get in done at the earliest and get the blessing in abundance. Thanks.

[@DaEnlightenedGORILLA]

SRK+KJO+GREAT SONGS N STORY ! 🔥

[@yasha.hisaria3143]

Both Karan and Anupama look at least 4-5 years younger. What’s up guys?

[@peaceoflife6707]

Exactly.. Even I was wondering🤔💭🤔💭🤔💭🤔💭

[@mainshaayartonahi27]

It is what they looked like when Mughal-E-Azam came out

[@apoorvadasari5782]

It’s an old interview

[@shivangijani2224]

Thank you we are on the same page.

[@andrewduanebarr4737]

Old interview😊

[@IrinNarlely]

The glory of Hindi cinema was gone

[@21972012145525]

Karan should upload masterclasses on Bollywood history on KZbin instead of stupid koffee with karan

[@neethupn4644]

Please review ‘Kaathal-the core’ Malayalam movie

[@NailsByAsh813]

No, no, just no.

[@aaAaa-rq2cj]

Film companion tell sandeep vanga to dub animal in english as well.Lets take Indian movie to international level.

[@kiransts]

Aishwarya would have been stunning in that era..

[@serenity_now1999]

Oh yes ❤

[@opposervice8550]

Please take a interview of jeet for her own movie Manush

[@ethicalfilms594]

K. A. Abbas of course is being deliberately omitted.. Sad

[@AmnolGupta]

Is this an old interview? Looks a bit dated.

[@noors7932]

Indeed, they look younger!

[@np4365]

they mention 100crores 🤭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I wish Javed Akhtar was also interviewed on this subject considering he had a show with three seasons about the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema.

[@mainshaayartonahi27]

Not to forget Waheeda Rehman - she was part of the Golden Age and it’s an absolute honor that we are living in the same timeline as her

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@mainshaayartonahi27 Yes. They should interview her too

[@hammadshaikh4278]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@arfaa584]

Thanks for this ❤ Anupama C ! Karan s passion is so inspiring ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@aloe704]

*Is this an old interview?*

[@andrewduanebarr4737]

Old interview??

[@RachitaGupta]

They should title it as retro interview and then we can also enjoy memories honestly 🎉

[@shashankraghumudri]

The title literally says golden era of Hindi Cinema????

[@thatfilmydesaikid]

@@shashankraghumudri They're discussing that era, yes, but this isn't a new interview, they've taken a relevant snippet/portion from an old interview to cover the topic.

[@thatfilmydesaikid]

@livingalifetimeinadream_ Did you not notice that both of them look at least 5-6 years younger? That the audio and even the video quality isn’t as clean as their videos from even the past year?

[@nickraghuvanshi]

The anecdotes he gave sound more like abuse of power than cinema passion.

[@vedantupadhyay42]

It is not an abuse of power.. It is their Artistic Integrity.. their sheer dedication and passion to their craft and the vision they had!

[@nickraghuvanshi]

@@vedantupadhyay42 Do not agree with you.

[@muhammadsajawal8876]

HOW MANY INTERVIEWS WILL KARAN GIVE 😂😂😂😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

As much as Lata Mangeshkar deserves credit, we don’t talk enough about Geeta Dutt.

[@thecinematicvoyage7117]

You forgot SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI AND RAJKUMAR HIRANI WHO MAKE CINEMA FOR PASSION

[@akhilchanana8824]

Hope you are doing Producers Adda & Calling Karan Johar on it This December ⭐️

[@PokhrajRoy.]

5:23 WAIT WHAT? Pearl S. Buck was a collaborator on ‘Guide’. Wow!

[@abdulsamadshah4401]

I wish or "MANIFEST" that FC comes with a series like this, where they talk about different eras of the Hindi Film Industry, which involves everything be it success or failure of the movies, music, screenplays, production management, different anecdotes, it would be so so interesting ✨✨✨

[@Errohitraina]

Karan Johar was talking about RAJ KAPOOR’s AAG. I’ve no clue which poster was that that came up.

[@monaperry2635]

I like his honesty

[@PokhrajRoy.]

First of all, there needs to be a stronger union and dignity in the workplace. Second of all, corporates need to be limited because they’re going wild.

[@NiravJoshi]

RD Burman ❤. An absolute genius. Contest between RDB and ARR, RDB wins for sure may be by a small margin but he does.

[@amanissar7125]

Haha passion... Film students are so arrogant nowadays nobody wants to make films but call themselves filmmakers on their gram bio and post shit dozen stories and boost their ego.

[@sammyjohn.production4783]

Last part is 😥and true

[@sammyjohn.production4783]

What he said pond full of what philkitaaa whats that

[@sanjanaaravind3262]

It's ittar which means perfume

[@user-zr8ub8wv6c]

Raj Kapoor used to watch his mother taking a bath 😮😬😬

[@NileshKumar-nr2vj]

In many families in Europe even adult children and parents get naked in front of each other. Taking sauna bath, or beach etc... Even change in front of family