The Producers Adda with Karan Johar, Aanand L Rai, Rhea Kapoor, Siddharth Roy Kapur & Priti Shahani

As we wind up 2018, Anupama Chopra sits down for a conversation with Bollywood’s leading producers Karan Johar, Sidharth Roy Kapur, Priti Shahani, Aanand L Rai and Rhea Kapoor to debate the year in film. They discuss the Khan crisis, the Me Too conversation and its implications going forward and whether 2018 was a landmark year for Bollywood. What did you think of the conversation? Tell us in the comments below.
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[@tiens7866]

Anand Rai produced two of my favorite films this year, Tumbbad and Manmarziyaan Edit: He produced Mukkabaaz too, dude's got a great sense for stories

[@sandeepkumar2936]

Mine all three favourites too and be ready for zero too😍😍 his dream project

[@kavyasharma3679]

Bro. He also produce nill battey sannata and newton

[@sandeepkumar2936]

@@kavyasharma3679 I know but I was talking about this year those movies r in previous years...but undoubtedly he is fantastic fearless filmmaker...if zero turnout to be good you will be real potential of aanad l rai in upcoming years

[@yashwanthvempati2913]

Kavya Sharma hhhokkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkklllllopppppppppppppppppp

[@amsheel9921]

He's been on a roll since Tanu Weds Manu

[@sheetal_views]

I’m sick of hearing, “dude” and “bro”. Is Rhea Kapoor aware that she’s sitting with a group of mature, intelligent and qualified people?!?!

[@beast-zs5un]

Getting butthurt by hearing dude or bro shows lack of intelligence, and maturity.

[@ranjithakashyap2081]

Take out Rhea from this panel and this interview will turn into gold. Objectifying men instead of women in tareefa is not women empowerment 'dude'. 🙄

[@ritikadoshi7031]

true

[@rl1900]

@@ritikadoshi7031 so true 'BROHhh'!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sowmyab506]

Anushka Sharma was more deserving to be on the panel.. she’s a wonderful producer in my opinion!

[@whenwasthisrue.]

Exactly

[@mixingtalks6286]

They are the producers for a very long time and experienced ones.

[@sanjanaswain9166]

I guess she must have been busy and would have declined

[@dheekshamaturi9992]

So true

[@rishiraaj.580]

No place for outsiders easily. 😐

[@puneetshukla9716]

Siddharth Roy Kapoor is delight to listen

[@AudioVideo1822]

True...he's so polite and so on point

[@madhulikatyagi6008]

He is vidya's hubby, right?

[@daddyissues_india]

I agree

[@kavyasharma3679]

That'why vidya ji marry to him

[@1800options]

Only if Karan allows him talk ? Lol

[@yaminpatel5101]

Siddharth Roy Kapur is a pure gentleman.

[@xdfckt2564]

Yamin Patel careful,2 years later he might be on #metoo

[@yaminpatel5101]

@@xdfckt2564 I wish he doesn't fall under it.. :)

[@truthseekeralways7050]

@@xdfckt2564 how Sexiest of you

[@upmapoha]

Who all want a solo interview with SIDDHARTH ROY KAPUR? Like this comment asap

[@MStalwarts]

Yo Yo Funny Singh Mm they did one with Ronnie screwwala and him a couple of weeks ago for pihu the film

[@marthasolomon7997]

yes please! and a long one!

[@Chinmayi-S]

There is one solo interview on BeerBiceps

[@visa3267]

He's so hot btw , just putting it out there 😻

[@AishwaryaNet]

Rhea put Sonam in the same group as Deepika, Kareena, and Vidya???

[@ajaymore9650]

I was like i saw what u did there

[@ashutoshmendon2908]

Aishwarya Net Kangana not mentioned here

[@mathivathanisakthivel7014]

But i think Sonam is heavily misled by Rhea's ideologies. If Sonam really wants to up her game, she shouldnt be doing Prem Ratan, Players, Thank You and even Veere Di Wedding. Neerja showcased her acting skill and she should have stuck with content driven films.

[@idayg6457]

That's proves her IQ level 😂😂

[@oatmat]

Deepika is also trash

[@StoicPhilosopher821]

Hichki collected more than 150 crore in China. An extraordinary run for a female-led film.

[@madhuridilipkumar1017]

Na..they are just crazy for substandard content. Even Thugs made money

[@ahaan-thakker9142]

But only 25percent is returned and dangal made more than 1000 Cr in China coz there’s a huge udience

[@mahnoortariq1300]

StanaKaticFan I watched it in cinema and it was amazing

[@pmaraj]

Siddharth is lowkey hot.. lucky vidya

[@pmaraj]

@mother earth haha

[@truthseekeralways7050]

P Trivedi I Agree He is so handsome GOD Bless Him.

[@shwe008]

Hahahahah!

[@amitnagpal1985]

Interviews like this really show the difference between successful vs show off. These are the employers. The job creators. The content creators. On the other hand you have actors. They have airport look. The gym look. The cocktail look. Karan Johar is the exception because he does both and both equally well.

[@Shrejo33]

amit nagpal agreed

[@criptions5654]

Dnt forget dat the actors also are the face of the film.so they have to project this looks funda for public to be in awe of them.and yes it is primarily kjo who started all these looks..

[@hasinabegumsayed7664]

Veere de wedding was quite boring and doesn’t merit for a repeat watch , there ws a scene where the house help complained how her husbands beats her and Sonams character didn’t even bat an eyelid , even though she’s a lawyer there , it was just horrendous

[@dollysingh007]

Exactly! And these people would not stop banking this movie about female empowerment. I mean it's great that people are choosing roles and responsibilities keeping stereotypical gender roles but you must call a spade a spade! Veere De Wedding was shit af!

[@hasinabegumsayed7664]

Dolly Singh it was , lol they obviously don’t know the meaning of empowerment or feminism 😀

[@gohan12991]

@@dollysingh007 Feminism is being used as a selling point for movies. Chetan Bhagat did it for his book One Indian girl and others are following. Mind you Chetan's book broke the pre-order record. Bollywood will use feminism for monetary gains in the future and it will succeed.

[@jahangirhussain1]

Hasina Begum Sayed the reason why sonam didn't bat an eyelid in that scene was that she was thinking about which outfit she should be wearing for the next scene lol

[@soorajnair150]

You watched it first time??

[@mobilegamerz4379]

Kjo : "You also estimate the overseas collection, which is always very small, unless you have a ShahRukh Khan" 😎😍🔥 Sooo true

[@tony-pc4kd]

Yes i tell why its so small.. Bcoz overseas market is very low.... They hardly made 10-14crore even if film is so good... Otherwise its 3-4crore... Out of that you only get 30-40%... For example raid made 2m dollar at US.. Means 14cr.. Now india will only get 5crore... Now imagine most of indian films only make 4-5crore.. UK Australia New Zealand are even worst than US...

[@Stephensofceea]

Karan's movies also do a little better overseas than other movies.

[@cricbent4978]

tony✔️ Just For Your Information there's Mahesh Babu From South whose recently Film Bharath Ane Menu grossed 33 cr in Overseas,so it isn't necessarily SRK

[@nsg7578]

@@cricbent4978 dilwale being such a shit film and clashed with bajirao mastani have done 26.7m(190cr) in 2015 SRK has like 30+ blockbuster movies in overseas ,. Mahesh is no wr near SRK ...

[@cricbent4978]

Sagar Just For Your information A Mahesh Babu Movie in USA opens bigger than any of the Khan's including SRK as said by Trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Agree Srk is biggeet star in overseas ,then why couldn't he replicate the same collection of dilwale his recent films?

[@nishatfarha]

I like how knowledgeable Karan is but he needs to stop interrupting people...he interrupted Sid several times which is very disturbing to watch. Otherwise it was fun and expected more from ALR.

[@truthseekeralways7050]

I Agree 💯 He is Always doing that someone

[@bottlefly5124]

Karan really knows the business of cinema! Like he does talk a lot but he knows the game for sure. His analysis of December being Gold was interesting. Please call him alone he has so much to say!

[@DrStratComm]

Rhea Kapoor's "insights" reek of elitist and out-of-touch-with-reality sensibilities. Nothing she has produced as a "female producer" has broken stereotypes or moved mountains. Also, Karan has a lot of genuinely insightful things to say here but maybe he should have had a separate interview where he doesn't overshadow the impressively knowledgeable and talented Priti, Anand and Siddharth. Those voices are almost completely drowned out when they shouldn't be. Rhea Kapoor has NOT earned her seat at this table.

[@bxb6665]

True , Rhea Kapoor doesn't deserve to sit there , she hasn't earned the seat

[@manojnag1000]

In contrast, Rhea Kapoor is the only producer who has been making female lead films. They are discussing here a producers p.o.v definitely they want to know, how risky is it to invest in such movies. So , she definitely deserves.

[@TheStorywithShikha]

@desighee couldn't agree more. Veere di wedding is no benchmark in good cinema. Just putting female actresses doesn't make any film a barometer for breaking glass ceiling. And being a producer doesn't just mean budgeting and financial collections, I mean you have so much authority over scripts, they should pay more attention towards better content. Female centric DOES NOT make up for bad content..

[@smathew8924]

Why is she pressing on the female producer tag, Rhea is totally not the right candidate to be here, it just degrades the prominent people in the panel. @FC please choose the panel judiciously.

[@brilliantbookworm3806]

Totally second you

[@DigantDasDrecher]

Rhea kapoor daughter of Anil Kapoor saying I don't need a kapoor

[@theawesomeacim4564]

lets see if she casts someone else apart from sonam kapoor in her next

[@aishwaryachopra6048]

@worldtraveller 1 well it takes a brain to make the first high earning film with a feminine narrative . I hope next time your comment comes out of conscious awareness rather than compulsive ignorance.

[@aishwaryachopra6048]

@worldtraveller 1 I am all about respecting personal opinions which is why I commented. If you would have said I don't like the film she makes it's completely okay but you're commenting on someone as a person and that's unjustifiable until you know anyone personally . About the film, if you haven't seen it it is a representation of real women to the degree where Indian audience can accept it , yes she had advertisements and the whole glamour attached to it but then how else would you pull in the crowd and cater to it . Because our society is largely patriarchal , it hard to show women occupying their own space whilst men coexist. Equality is still an esoteric utopia which is why I said you must say things by being consciously aware. It takes alot for films like this to be made itself , I hope you make opinions after being aware of all that it takes to make one.

[@snehaaggarwal7256]

That was obviously a reference to male "stars" who usually come with a big surname attached. If instead of just arguing semantics, you could actually try to understand what is being said... Too much to ask for?

[@abbie7497]

She's talking about other kapoors

[@trupti.marolia]

I really didn't expect to See Rhea Kapoor here.. Veere di Wedding might have been a hit.. But it was such a poorly made film. Rubbish screenplay

[@vedanthmisri9956]

It is producer table not writer/director table... It's about successful producer. Obviously she will be here!

[@ExothermicRxn]

Can you not read?

[@b4bhanu]

give them a break man.. they might do something worthwhile once they find their footing.

[@tibouktou9124]

This true

[@balkaransingh7372]

if she was able to sell a film with a rubbish screenplay, then she did a good job selling it.

[@akshay9411]

What’s is rhea kapoor doing here? She has just produced three films over years to relaunch her own sister

[@joinobbintejahan1674]

exactly :P

[@MrsMannSKhurana80]

Her films are not that groundbreaking...She is not a good director

[@mau_the_cat]

How come Veere Di Wedding is a content based movie? Where are producers of Andhadhun? These were the biggest blockbusters of 2018.

[@user-ip6lf5bb4r]

It baffles me how rhea Kapoor says tarefaan objectifies men and then talks about gender equality in the very next sentence. It’s a two way street, if you don’t want woman objectified you can’t objectify men either.

[@adityajoshi5103]

now who will explain that to dumb chicks like rhea Kapoor

[@artique9690]

she decided to objectify male in that video, reversed

[@kulsoomahmad8791]

Correction to the Julia Roberts anecdote- It was Clooney who sent her a $20 bill attached to the script and a note '"I hear you're getting 20 a picture". She was reluctant to work in Ocean's as she had just done Erin Brockovich with Soderbergh for $20 million and won her Oscar. She didn't do it for free but for $10 million as did the rest of the cast.

[@shrisub881]

Dude I want to make that much money just one movie and I will retire hahaha

[@avipshasengupta6112]

i hate saying this...but is Rhea Kapoor even there...others are talking about something and she is taking it on an entirely different tangent...is she high or something?

[@dr.ananthakrishnavemuri733]

Mam, actually now that you have mentioned it, it hits me. You are bang on target. That is because probably she doesn't understand INNOVATION.......the whole discussion sounds good, but execution falters.......cheers.....from Hyderabad..🙏

[@bishakhadas9436]

Kyunki woh ratta mar ke aayi hai

[@ganesh113]

Meth

[@manassrivastava8753]

I absolutely second that observation of yours

[@nanblackalbum]

LoL

[@ChandrakantPawar03]

They told that they've not yet realised the full potential of how much money a movie can make but failed to address the lack of infrastructure available. Today a movie does more in China than India largely because of the number of screens it's plays on.I live in a small town of southern India where I don't have the opportunity to watch Andhadhun or Bhadhai ho in theaters and have to wait till they come on a OTT platform. To fully realise a movies potential they first have to build a strong distribution network and make sure it reaches maximum audience

[@typosaidiloveya3853]

Very well said

[@BangBang-xl3dm]

Well said

[@jayeshverma7733]

Please do a solo interview with karan johar....cause he has so much to say and actually make sense if it comes to business and monetary talks. Rest are just agreeing what he is saying. So its better to just listen him alone rather inviting others and just make them listen and nothing else

[@user-gm2we2bm8z]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@shivakumarvanugu3860]

😂👌👌😂😂😂

[@tony-pc4kd]

I totally agree... This guy has lot of knowledge and insight related to film business

[@ssaakshisharma1916]

Rest do make sense..only if he could let others speak!!!!

[@arunjyothis3851]

Solo interview is a available in fc South

[@PERCY-26]

Rhea Kapoor talking about good scripts and not having stars in films. Veere di Wedding was one of the worst film of the year. It was utterly disgusting.

[@rinkysen999]

Percy 26 If you think Veere Di Wedding is disgusting what is your opinion of Grand Masti? I agree Veere needed a better direction but by no way its disgusting!

[@theyoungindians9027]

@@rinkysen999 Grand masti was one of the shittiest movie. Btw, Grand masti movie producer would never sit on table like this.

[@rinkysen999]

TheYoungIndians indians Exactly what I was trying to say. Veere Di Wedding might not have been a great film to watch, but it was not disgusting like the original comment states. Grand Masti was disgusting.

[@ritubala7081]

@@rinkysen999 bravo, you just made a lame argument... If the original comments stated that grand masti was better than veere Di wedding, only then your reply would have made any sense... To counter attack somebody you can name a thousand movies like kuch kuch locha hai, humshakals, a gentleman, hate story etc... But be logical with your answer.

[@rinkysen999]

Ritu Bala You can write all you want keyboard warrior but Veere Di Wedding is NOT a disgusting movie. Period.

[@sarojadhikari2877]

I was here to listen to Anand L Rai but he was also there to listen to Karan johar

[@minicasdad]

Hahahah

[@yashpaul3251]

ye bhadwa kisi ko bolne deta h kya.......sid roy kapoor kitni baar bich m roka.....chutiyaa h sala

[@muhammadali-bi5sm]

hahahhaah

[@showmicr]

Redundant hahaha for such a fabulous comment.

[@ritusingh-ye7vn]

I think Karan SHUD B called separately . I can listen no one bcoz of him 😂😂😂😂

[@sakshisharma5679]

They are scared of saying anything about the Khans.

[@cn-yl1oz]

Padmaavat wasn't a female led film, it was an eponymous film with three superstars with one of the biggest budgets. Please stop clubbing it w actual female led films. Doesn't mean it wasn't a magnum opus, just means it wasn't a female led film. It was named after the female character.

[@shivakumarvanugu3860]

Charu N it is overrated movie except the climax. Climax made film name as padmavat

[@Stephensofceea]

True. But usually when there are two male massive male stars and a female one, even when the film is eponymous with her character, the marketing tend to focus on the male stars. But Padmavat featured just Deepika in most of its posters and teasers. She was more prominently shown in all the promos. She was the one who was making all the promotional events which I think is unusual

[@joinobbintejahan1674]

even I felt director given his focus more on Allauddin Khilzi role that played by Ranveer ...I never feel its a female lead movie

[@mehrbaan611]

@@Stephensofceea doesn't make the movie female led, it was just due to the controversy that Ranveer and Shahid weren't allowed to promote.

[@daddyissues_india]

Padmabat became a massive hit bcoz of Ranveer Singh. Dipika is not Kangana Ranaut.

[@yugsa8297]

My takeway about these producers. Karan seems to care about movies as a cinelover, good casting but mostly his discussions are about money. Siddharth seems to give considerable attention to the director & the story yet money does matter. Rhea Kapoor is under the false impression that she's promoting female centric movies, she promoted her friends & family. Anushka Sharma is more of a producer than Rhea Kapoor, you should've called her & Karnesh instead. But Anand L Rai seems actually care about cinema as a medium of social impact. Money seems to be on the back burner for him. That part where he talked about tummbad listen carefully, he never mentioned the money. He said what lesson it teaches the Audience. And that right there is the difference. That's a person you can expect good stories from. That's why his track record is so strong. Rest of them are "money, money, money" & then story.

[@rajkumarmarskole4693]

They all are producers they have to think about money they don't get charity funding to make films

[@psrnithinkalyan9681]

karan johar is not a cinemalover,he is a businessmen who knows to manipulate audiences and make money.

[@harryharron18]

Anand L Rai didn't speak for the first 25min!! Bad!! Anu should have been a better moderator!! She got carried away!!

[@lerolerolerolerolero256]

Dude why do you comment when you haven't watched the full video only He starts speaking 4 minutes into the video itself 4:00

[@harryharron18]

@@lerolerolerolerolero256 Saying a sentence or a word is not talking. A panel discussion should be very neutral. Everybody should get an equal share of the pie. So you go watch the video and let me know :)

[@kavyasharma3679]

Bro. But it is his nature he is introvert while karan is extrovert

[@meghasingh9294]

Yes she does get carried away with stars n famous ppl..

[@mitravaruna]

She tried to get him to talk a couple of times.

[@ItsSaurabhRaut]

These people talk these nice things and then take Katrina Kaif and Arjun Kapoor in their films 😂😂

[@xewxewzewzew663]

True.... Bro

[@pavniagrawal20]

More true words have never been spoken. Also then karan asks Katrina and Arjun to rank actors like rajkumar, ayushman, vicky kaushal etc based on their acting abilities on koffee with karan.

[@ItsSaurabhRaut]

@@pavniagrawal20 lol i like karan but he is a big hypocrite.

[@govindmathur5158]

talking about someone`s talent is a personal judgement , if you think they can`t act and on the other hand directors think they can and justify the roles , should they consult you because saurabh raut finds them so and so we should not cast them , fuck logic !

[@ItsSaurabhRaut]

@@govindmathur5158 katrina kaif deserves an Oscar. Happy now

[@2901gagandeep]

I clicked just to hear the word "Tumbbad" and i got it within first 3 minutes. Win.

[@anupshewale6572]

True that!!!

[@m_s916]

Right... It's Epic..

[@TheSuavemanner]

Right, Tumbadd is the best movie of this year for me. What a beautiful amalgamation of mythology, horror and the lesson to be kept for long. Performance, cinematography, BGM everything was bang on.

[@2901gagandeep]

@@TheSuavemanner Same feelings here.

[@komalvishwakarma9740]

Absolutely right! One of d best films of d yr!

[@sowmyab506]

At 28:00, Priti gave it back well to Sonam, who thinks she made a cult film with Veere Di Wedding and that Sonam Kapoor is a Star !

[@mehrbaan611]

The hatred for sonam kapoor is so real, that you don't even get her point. The fact that the film was successful proves it deserved that budget.

[@mashkoorezdigyasi2314]

So Rhea's idea of addressing equality and objectification of women is doing a reverse item song! Isn't it a high time to eradicate every form of it?

[@yas3450]

Mashkoor Ezdi Gyasi sometimes people need a taste of their own medicine. Harsh reality.

[@mecytotoxic]

you are not mature enough to understand that.

[@anshijain2522]

Sooo true yaar ,tune meri mooh ki baat cheenli, I was just about to comment this and I definitely know karan johar was thinking about the same thing

[@nepalyesterday]

and also karan and priti say whatever women say must be believed without any proof !! guess they have something to hide !

[@Himanshusingh-wm2wm]

True

[@yas3450]

I enjoy listening to Karan so much. He’s always so insightful and honest.

[@dheekshamaturi9992]

And Manipulative

[@sujathanayak6501]

I'm totally fangirling Sidharth Roy Kapur!

[@gohan12991]

Lol, I read that as fingering instead of fangirling.

[@mohammadayaansiddiqui7125]

@@gohan12991 same here

[@SatishTorani]

I always appreciate Karan Johar for making complicated things in life sound so simple :)

[@rishiagarwal3726]

And overspeak with lack of content which replicates in his movies

[@sarma123]

@@rishiagarwal3726 ha kbhi kbhi bekar banata hn lekin kbhi kbhi achi bhi bnata hn

[@ramadevigokarla625]

@@sarma123 true bro he is a good writer in family drama genre but not in other genre and also not a great director But Imo he is not as bad as ppl say

[@bizzey2714]

@satish that’s what happens when someone articulates well

[@kinglouis4875]

First exposure to Priti Shahani and she’s amazing to listen to, wise and beautiful, love seeing woman like this in power

[@shrutzpoised]

Ria Kapoor while talking about solo woman movies she pretty slyly talks about women like Sonam Kapoor, Deepika, Vidya.. whereas I agree with Vidya, I quite don't understand she didn't take Kangna's name because that is the first name which comes to the mind when you talk about independent women in Bollywood or movies which are solo woman hits.

[@stifler4eva1]

Exactly. I thought of Queen when she was discussing that.

[@MStalwarts]

These insiders don’t like her

[@deonomsubba8765]

Or Priyanka chopra for that matter

[@prateeksingh8815]

U r dumb!

[@annajohn8963]

After sonam was named I guessed she is going to make some dump statement

[@shaleenjain1252]

This interview is like Karan and chorus, he covers 70% of screen time I guess.

[@anon-kl8tm]

shalen jain exactly.

[@ashutoshmendon2908]

shaleen jain yes!! There should be a time limit or an opportunity to be given to all and asked literally hand pointing!! The host needs to address this better.. could start by just name calling specific person and hence let someone begin for a change!! But then the host is boring as a puppet ! Toh kya Kare!

[@democraticdialogue7271]

he is dominating the conversation, he loves the sound of his own voice.

[@ashutoshmendon2908]

Stop calling him for once!! Others might have more information to give !

[@undefinedxandr]

You cant blame him he makes good points

[@chiragshetty2336]

With all due respect the Khans have become less potent now, cause five years back even a bad content film with a Khan in it would be a blockbuster but now they cant pull this anymore, they are only potent when they come with good content(eg. Dangal)..& they are only able to pull audiences on the opening day now(eg. TOH) but the sustainability of their film solely depend on the content of the film

[@abalchandani]

Agree completely but none of these people had the balls to own up to it on camera. Off camera surely they all agree. The khan era is on the decline and thank god for it.

[@karsanghavri786]

Because of social media.....its out there....if a film is a pathetic film

[@tony-pc4kd]

Thugs and Race3 both crossed 150crore in india.... Shit movie still able to make 150cr bucks.. Thats called star power... Khans arnt going anywhere..

[@pratapmishra5278]

No they used to make 150cr with shit films back then & they did it same this year. Khan will get you opening no other can bring , rest depends upon content content .

[@rp1443]

@@abalchandani thank god for it ??? if it was not for aamir there wouldnt have been a dangal, secret superstar, pk, 3 idiots, lagaan,rang de basanti,taare zameen par, dil chahta hai etc..... as if the new guys are acting in godfatheresque films..... thugs took the biggest opening ever n thats star power n they aint going nowhere....... atleast aamir is not...... just dont make silly sensationalistic statements for the heck of it!!

[@rahulray9983]

Last year Rajkumar Rao was the unexpected winner This year Ayushmaan is

[@cricbent4978]

Rahul Ray unexpected?

[@vaibhavshukla9288]

Ayushmann has been winner for last 3 years

[@kabirsingh1442]

@@vaibhavshukla9288 bro only 2018 and 2019 were the years where ayushmann won 2017 people like rajkumar , varun dhawan were the winners bcoz they really have critical and commercial success

[@shubhamsingh-sd6qx]

Sabse acha director...Sabse jyada chup......Love u anand sir...U r the best

[@shankarchettiar1063]

he doesnt need to speak, his films do the talking!! looking forward to zero

[@shankarchettiar1063]

@Truth Seeker zero kya hai chutiye? Matlab kuch bhi bakwass karneka mu utha k

[@manojnag1000]

It's about producing not directing & Karan johar is definitely one of the best producer. He knows his business well.

[@aryan07tj]

Wiser man listen and talked through work

[@ashutoshmendon2908]

shubham singh Seriously.. Karan has realised item songs won’t be a part of dharma then when will he realise rehashing old songs is a major mistake!! Few years later in film companion you will see him saying dharma won’t support remixing old songs any more because they were sounding bad when you realise your film songs being remixed by other production houses!! Get to this day quicker you slow tortoises!!

[@robbieabraham9850]

People , Rhea kapoor is talking about script

[@b2kt734]

I wonder if she has come only to make fun of herself. Veerry di wedding was one of the horrible movies of the year and she is talking about content. I think she should move out from her la la land

[@pavniagrawal20]

And how amazing sonam is.

[@user-ow9ct6nt8k]

@@b2kt734 abusive language/insulting elder women /alcohol in the name of women empowerment thats wat it was about

[@mitravaruna]

Alex Paul She isn’t one film old - check her filmography.

[@ajinkyapatil2650]

Robbie Abraham lol

[@aacessubedi1828]

I am here for aanand sir 😍😍

[@mohsenbangla1327]

Yes,me also.

[@iamnikhilbasnet]

Yes i am too

[@tony-pc4kd]

Only for karan johar.. Only he makes sense.. Rest r just mum or hmmm mmm

[@dopegames5956]

I'm here for SRK , though he isn't there 😂

[@iamnikhilbasnet]

Me too for srk

[@kratos692]

Rhea is a proper south Delhi girl.

[@samtron0091]

But she is born and brought up in Mumbai

[@kratos692]

@@samtron0091 yeah but she is like one of them. I get that vibe.

[@samtron0091]

@@kratos692 yeah I guess south Bombay and south Delhi rich people are similar in that way.

[@Siddharthsatyasurya]

Rhea Kapoor is so out of place 😂 dumbness runs in their blood

[@Thedudeyea]

Anand Rai ko bhi bolne dete, bechare ko bulaya kyun jab bolna Sirf Karan ko hai.

[@AB-gn8ik]

Unko bolne ko kaha gya tha. Ab jab insaan ko khud hee bolne ka mann na ho toh uske sir pe thodhi baith jayenge

[@shekhar7singh]

Only 3 bollywood movie I have watched this year in theatres Stree, Andadun and bhadhi ho. So some individual youtuber has given me more entertainment than superstars of Bollywood.

[@niftyneurotic8259]

Shekhar Singh all were superb

[@stifler4eva1]

You are missing a lot in Life. Please Watch Tummbad too.

[@TheSuavemanner]

Same here, back to back I saw these three movies in theatre. But the only regret is to miss Tumbadd in theatre. Just watched it on Amazon prime. God, what a masterpiece it is.

[@gohan12991]

What about Sanju and Tumbaad?

[@shekhar7singh]

@@gohan12991 I watched Sanju on Netflix and Tummbad on Amazon prime. I wish I had watched Tummbad in threater, Sanju is ok for 42 inch screen.

[@Redwoodtree34567]

Siddharth understands filmmaking the most !!among all 2nd is anand k rai!! Siddharth has got a good intellect

[@mohammadayaansiddiqui7125]

Correct

[@prajwalsharma248]

Anand ji-- the man with the most positive outlook..

[@shashankethane]

The Khan crisis thing is not stupid. If they don't make good movies they are going to flop and they just can't pull off any movie now more so with the advent of Internet criticism and reviews.

[@shashankethane]

@worldtraveller 1 the sooner they do the better it will be for them

[@samarpanbose3171]

The khan crisis actually has little to do with their star power and more with the script. Salman is not a great actor and race 3 was a joke. The script was bad. Few years back he made bajrangi bhaijaan and it was a good film. His acting wasn't better or anything, it's just that the script was good. Same with shah rukh. Fan and raees are good films on paper but their execution was bad. Harry met sejal was a bad film. Same with aamir and thugs. It's not that their careers are in danger or anything. Just make better films. That's what audience wants. Your brand is still there, just use it in a better way.

[@samarpanbose3171]

@Alex Paul yes. But ajkal ke movies ka budget he 100 cr ke upar chala jata hai. So just because a movies earns 100 cr doesn't mean it's a hit or that they're recovered their money. Paise kamana badi baat nahi hai, kaise kamate ho wo maine rakhta hai. Dilwale earned shit-ton of money but it's a bad movie nonetheless. Abhi ke time me Agar ghatia movie banake paise expect karoge then aur nahi chalega.

[@hupadhyay316]

love how these guys forget Akshay and Ajay. those 2 guys been doing 2+ different genre films for the last 25+ years every single year. they always open well and most of them aren't festive releases

[@hupadhyay316]

@Amit ku barik janab karan ne bola ki khans k alawa har koi 1 crore aur 10 crore kabhi bhi de sakta hain maine uss baat ko dekhkar apni baat kahi. aur akshay ki saari filmein 9 crore se upar hi khuli hain pichle 4 saal main jahan tak mujhe dhyan de aur ajay ki bhi 8+ hi khuli hain shayad

[@dheerajdeokar4259]

Ajay is ok. But tell me how many sensible movie akshay made before 2014 in his entire career

[@sunnykumarr3039]

H U Ajay ki drishym only 6CR opening

[@sunnykumarr3039]

Ajay ko Chhodo, but Akshay deserves to be named right besides khan's...His gold opened to 25CR and his Evry movie opens to 10CR plus

[@ignashi7plays401]

She said veere di wedding a content based movie. OMG. Porn has much better concept, storyline and acting😂😂

[@daddyissues_india]

Thank god I didn't watch the movie. VDW failed represent zeal, dedication and confidence of the modern Indian women.

[@shanksingh7613]

Its worst than reality

[@AK-yq3cx]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MStalwarts]

And then she doesn’t need stars then why wait 1-2 years to make this movie

[@dhavalbelurkar8829]

Lol 😂

[@harshgosar6001]

Criticism ahead: 1) Either the interview was badly conducted or badly edited. We could only hear karan johar blabbering away. ALR was just a showpiece. Big difference between how masand and anupama conduct roundtables. Masand questions and waits for others to answer. Anupama questions and suddenly goes on 1 on 1 mode. 2) If Film companion wants to promote women more by including more women on the roundtables..Competency should not be ignored. I would anyday anytime prefer Anushka (NH10,Phillauri,Pari) over Rhea. 3) So much hypocrisy there w.r.t SKTKS and Veerey di Wedding.

[@madhuridilipkumar1017]

Both made money

[@prashantsingh9068]

Harsh Gosar Anushka has made only bad and flop films. Her only good and semi hit film was NH10 produced by Phantom.

[@harshgosar6001]

@@prashantsingh9068 If Box office is your criteria then what ALR is doing there.. Mukkabaaz, Manmarziyaan,Tumbbad they all are flop. And NH10 was co produced by Phantom and Anushka. Still much much better than VDW.

[@dhruvsharma5978]

@@prashantsingh9068 how come pari is a flop??Most of the sites that claim it was a flop have taken its budget as 30cr. However acc to producers the budget is around 18cr and acc to BOI budget is around 21cr....so even in the worst scenario it is above average (domestic: 29cr)

[@gohan12991]

@@harshgosar6001 Hollywood has Rocky and we have Mukkabaaz lol.

[@sunnysharma6584]

Karan need to learn how to speak when more then 3 people r having conversation. He is kind of rude when he interrupt people in mid way. And as an audience I get agitated with his behavior.

[@Madkad]

Great conversation but just a small production note: it needed a bigger table. They're all huddled together as it to stave off the cold.

[@tryingwithTanya]

I dont think Ive ever seen Siddharth Roy kapur in an interview, and i promise that from now on whenever I see him on a thumbnail i will press so hard because I was so impressed by his intellect and the way he puts his point across. Its extremely fascinating the way he talks. Thankyou for this interview, it was very different and gave atleast me, knowledge in a different sector of the industry which Ive never seen before.

[@kalpakbhave5877]

take a shot everytime Rhea Kapoor says 'you understand?'

[@anilatarannum]

Exact copy of Sonam always saying 'you know what I'm saying?'

[@NonaPrince]

Finally was waiting for so long. This year was amazing for content driven movies and big actors movie failing due to lack of content

[@napoleanthgrt]

Karan johar needs a separate interview n so does Anand Sir (Both for different reasons)

[@ajiteshmishra2611]

@@napoleanthgrt lol 😂

[@shanksingh7613]

Karan johar phekta hai badi badi movie wohi banata hai bombay velvet and simba

[@highpriest8571]

the same dumb fuck who said "what bothers me is when you second guess a woman;s story" lol. cant a women lie .? Why not listen to a woman first hear the facts and then beleive see the evidence etc etc. NO you must beleive at al time no question asked. Like Narendra modi Kim jong ILL type logic. "YOU HAVE TO BELEIVE HER" lol.

[@TheStorywithShikha]

@@highpriest8571 I can understand your frustration and yes, anyone can lie. Unfortunately we're living in times where women's voice, especially if she's tried to open up about exploitation, has always been suppressed since time immemorial and when someone tries to speak-up, we quickly retort her with character assassination, make her a slut, comment on her clothes etc etc. Hopefully very soon we would've progressed to a time when accusations would need to be substantiated with evidence..

[@mihirtrivedi2429]

That trade pundit was correct. Khans are not as salable. They are as good as their movies, which was not the case earlier. Anupama, it was such a naivety to ask them that question. these people would never publicly agree that Khans are not what they were few years ago. They don't want career suicide.

[@VishalKumar-bm4fh]

RACE 3 does almost 150Cr .. RACE 3 is the shittest movie of this year .. Khan power is about that they provide you greater audience reach.. they ensure a good weekend .. After that Content is the King..

[@mihirtrivedi2429]

@@VishalKumar-bm4fh Don't look at the number. Race 3 is a flop. Go and research. A movie is hit or flop based on the budget. 2.0 made 400 Cr and it is a big time flop.

[@VishalKumar-bm4fh]

@@mihirtrivedi2429 Yes RACE 3 is Flop no doubt about that but " Khans are not as saleable " is wrong a Just Average to Good still can do 250Cr if Khans they starring Khans... Akshay Kumar After having so many hits still find tough to touch 200Cr even having good movies lineup

[@mihirtrivedi2429]

@@VishalKumar-bm4fh All three khans had one or more flop this year. SRK has given duds for couple of years now. This is probably the first year in decades when all of them had given flop in one year. Do you think they haven't starred in bad movies in decades? Salman gave hits in Ready/Bodyguard, SRK in Chennai Express/Happy New Year, Amir in Dhoom 3. All terrible films and all big hits. And suddenly 3 flops by 3 of them in same year? They are now being held in the same standard as others, that is the difference.

[@samrehman1033]

@@mihirtrivedi2429 only 2 khan's movie floped

[@tdancemovement]

I might fall in love with Anand L Rai and his taste of cinema 😉👏

[@u4ttube]

Rhea kapoor had nothing to say about the horrendous song "teri pappi le loon"? In no way it is reverse sexism...when the line before is buri nazar wale.....pretty little ignorance #youtooreahkapoor

[@snehaaggarwal7256]

The #metoo conversation on this table was so good. Thank you. Really. :)

[@rinkysen999]

sana a Good to see things changing slowly.

[@snehaaggarwal7256]

@@rinkysen999 yes, but we've got a long way to go 😃

[@rinkysen999]

sana a Nothing has ever come easy to women anyway - we will wait for this too #timesarechanging

[@gatsbygreat2641]

yes, when the ideals humanity fought so hard for and achieved during enlightenment are thrown out and nobody bats an eye, yeah that's good. and also that women are children, apparently we have to believe them at all times(not just listen believe) and also other people who support this appalling idea, yeah that's good.

[@rinkysen999]

gatsby great 🖕

[@snehaaggarwal7256]

39:38 that incident gave me actual goosebumps. YES! THIS IS SO SO SO TRUE. I am a student in STEM and notice this all the time!!!

[@abdulbasitshaikh637]

I could listen to Priti Shahani & Karan Johar all day long.. Such wise and phenomenally articulate people.

[@sreekarreddy9623]

Abdul Basit Shaikh True

[@sreekarreddy9623]

light york True The way Karan speaks, most people cannot. He is an extremely articulate and eloquent speaker with an amazing sense of humour.

[@pardonmyexistence7113]

they got skills and running the biz with that

[@girishsharma3217]

Me too 4 karan only here for him

[@navk9]

Man if you can listen all day to karan that means you need help brother. He doesnt have IQ of a child. Please listen to some scholars. These people are time pass.

[@mayalondhe5068]

The Rhea Kapoors statement of reverse happening in her veerey di wedding song is ridiculous. Four men circling a women and dancing is wrong just like four women lusting on a man is wrong!!

[@silhouettes55]

Rhea Kapoor doesn’t deserve to be on the panel. Is it based on Insta followers? I hope they understand that followers don’t always equal talent

[@tony-pc4kd]

My Top Films of 2018✔️ 1. Andhadun 2. Raazi 3. Badhaai ho 4. Stree 5. Padman/Sanju 6. Parmanu story of pokhran 7. Hichki 8. Raid 9. Tummbad 10. Padmavat Special mention *102 not out *Sonu k titu k sweety *Sui Dhaga 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@shivakumarvanugu3860]

tony October needs entry in your list as it is critically acclaimed film

[@yugsa8297]

Pari, Sanju

[@tapasbhattacharjee3254]

Padman was boring..

[@rudrakshsaklani1108]

tony✔️ Where the hell is Sanju in this list? It had some of the best performances of the year like Ranbir & Vicky!

[@daddyissues_india]

Hichki is my fav movie of 2018.

[@ksowrya1]

Sagarika Ghose who authored Indira Gandhi's biography - Indira Gandhi: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister had announced she sold the rights of her book to Sidharth Roy Kapur who was going to make it into a film with Vidya Balan playing the titular character and then, later on, there were rumours that it would be made into a web series. I would have loved it if Anupama Chopra had asked for his confirmation regarding that

[@mimimk123]

You know, hearing a producer's POV, especially when some of them are also directors, is the most interesting thing an audience can listen to. There's a lot more understanding given to us, when we let the people behind the scenes actually talk about what's going on behind the scenes.

[@gallery1334]

44:07 Priti Sahni, producer of SKTKS, after Anupama says it. I like that she pointed it out when she was sitting right next to her. EDIT: Boy, she didn't produce it apparently. Thanks to Tanya for pointing it out.

[@tanyachugh4795]

Inaccurate Flicks But she isn't the producer of SKTKS. In Rajeev Masand's interview she had said that she wished she had because of the numbers it did but they(the production company) actually didn't. That's why the expression.

[@gallery1334]

@@tanyachugh4795 Oh my bad. I thought she did when she mentioned it earlier. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@gallery1334]

@Schzamm Z sonu ke titu ki sweety

[@shaleenjain1252]

I disagree to Rhea Tareefa is also a itm song where man is objectified

[@snehaaggarwal7256]

Yes, that was the point, actually... To reverse roles and show the stupidity of it all. Also, I hope you comment this on every "regular" it song as well (which I'm sure are thousands against just the one).

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Have you heard the song Ex's and Oh's by Elle King?

[@shaleenjain1252]

@@snehaaggarwal7256 My point is if you say veeray di wedding is right you can't say SKTKS wrong

[@amritatalukdar4112]

True. But the number of female-oriented item songs are far more. I hope actresses too realize this, and stop taking up such songs.

[@harshgosar6001]

@@snehaaggarwal7256 The ratio doesn't make the song right. If SKTKS was misogynistic , so was Verry di wedding. If chikni was abt objectification so was Taarifan..

[@shreyaskonaje2915]

Karan Johar just talks over everyone. It's so annoying. He is softer version of Arnab Goswami

[@puneetlamba6761]

With all due respect, none of the guests have anything to do with traces of innovation (if any) in the Indian film industry. Anand L Rai is probably the most credible one, and that too seems quite likely to change with Zero. It's about time we see people like Rahi Anil Barve / Soham Shah, Sriram Raghavan, Leena Yadav, Patrick Graham, Amit Sharma etc. discussing this revolution since they themselves are its catalysts rather than this joke of a panel. This is also precisely the reason we need to progress from having film critics with affluence and strong PR machinery as their sole claim to the centerstage to people who have a more genuine / uncoloured / fair set of opinions with due perspective. With each passing interview / segment, it seems that KZbin channels by young critics are doing all of that exceedingly better.

[@ampadicr5366]

Puneet Lamba well said. I think with zero anand l rai is going back to his strangers and thoda pyar days

[@kabirsingh1442]

patrick graham konsi film banayi hai usne

[@AdityaArya93]

Talk about the years best movies - Mukkabaaz, Tumbbad, Raazi, stree, mulk, Badhai ho, Andhadhun, 102 NotOut, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, Soorma, Manto, Sui Dhaagha, Pataakha, love sonia. There may be many more good small budget movies. Go beyond Khans and big blockbusters.

[@omniharika4369]

Sui dhaga was so bad ya...: kuchh bhi... agree with stree razi andhadhun n bhadai ho ... they were the best

[@ayush9791]

Also Padmavat it deserves recognition

[@yugsa8297]

Pari, Sanju.

[@AdityaArya93]

True Sui Dhaaga was not among the ones I named but I liked the idea. The execution was not up to mark. But if you haven't watch Mukkabaaz and Tumbbad. They are the best movies of their genre this year or decade.

[@yugsa8297]

@@AdityaArya93 exactly. Sui Dhaga had a great concept & wonderful performances. They went wrong with the script from the second half.

[@abbie7497]

I hope one day comes when we see Aditya Chopra in one if these interviews.

[@mphsblue]

wooooo.... i was surprised to see Karan's understanding on matters.. he understand the nerves of today audience.. he knows the direction

[@imadahmad4638]

Exactly what I was abt to say. He has commendable knowledge in this field.

[@vaishnavideepak9767]

These roundtables are a year-end delight! Freshly spewed content and very technically oriented.

[@ANKITPANDEY-vm8kx]

Karan's talking too much... Toodles.

[@rupertpupkin4349]

still waiting for takht

[@cinetubehindi3280]

Anand L Rai the sweetest director producer.. I'm here only for Anand sir

[@hiral85]

LOVED this content!!! please more of this !!!

[@paramb]

Broo. You know what I mean? You understand what I'm saying. Dude come-on.. True respect to Rhea Kapoor. What a legend.🙏👏🙏 P.S for the dumbos It's sarcastic

[@gursahibsingh2045]

😂😂

[@schoolboy8184]

Sodumb Kapoor

[@MudassirFarooqui]

When we talk about Bollywood in 2018, these 3 films automatically comes everyones mind i.e. Stree, Andhadhun, Badhai Ho. Other films which I like was Raid, Raazi, Padmavat.

[@doaa8232]

Padmavaat..greet movie..ranveer singh🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-gn8zt2zx2i]

Parmanu and tumbadd also

[@shivakumarvanugu3860]

Padmavat is over rated in story except the climax. But the direction, music,cinematography, performance of lead actors,art director work were lit🔥🔥

[@datsrohan]

@@shivakumarvanugu3860true. . sanjay leela bhansali known for this .

[@mehrbaan611]

@@shivakumarvanugu3860 Performance of the lead actors? Only ranveer singh and jim sarbh, Shahid and Deepika were awful

[@akshaysharma5069]

Why doesn't Karan Johar let others speak? He's such an irritating orator. I wanted to listen to Sidharth Kapoor

[@avijitjha1614]

Coz he has verbal diarhhoea

[@fellowshipinhumanity8073]

Enjoyed Such a informative and logical conversation... 👍 👍

[@burstingburiotos4225]

I want to see these people around a table with anupama again. This was extremely informative!!!!!!!!!!! Loved this combination👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@athulsha4295]

Zero: a high concept film? The promo looks like that of a typical bollywood ROM com

[@dheerajdeokar4259]

dwarf, handicapped person in lead is typical?

[@codingsingh4156]

@@dheerajdeokar4259 still rom com

[@mohammadayaansiddiqui7125]

@@codingsingh4156 it's a drama sci fi and ROM com are just a part..well if you not interested watch shitty actions in kgf

[@jaysh3008]

'I have big films lined up for 2019... Student of the year -2' :) :)

[@dibyajitbardhan12]

Loved the talk! Anupama Mam, a sincere thanks for bringing us all this..

[@Kiwistaaa_]

Karan Johar is a talented man. No doubt in that. He understands what film industry is like and is vocal about it.

[@saikatbanerjee9612]

17:06 Rajkumar rao, Ayushman, Vicky kaushal ko jyada paisa do aur talentless starkids ko paisa kum do..

[@harshgandhi4648]

lol no

[@khushhhyaar]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video so much to just learn from it listening to all these people talk thanks again Anu ji so insightful

[@sa_0665]

Loved this Video!! Thank you Anupama for this. LG from Germany

[@anuragmishra3227]

WTF, Veere di Wedding was plain trash. If it generates numbers doesn't mean it's good. Tiger Zinda hai is another example, it was a bigger pile of trash than All other Salman movies combined.

[@meghnashukla542]

Interesting episode. Informative and entertaining. Happy to see the two women. Irrespective of the gender, it’s always nice to have people who we haven’t exhausted watching on screen.

[@Reviewnama]

Brilliant. Always look forward to these Adda shows

[@sidhartha3342]

Loved the conversation please do more like these about the box office amd the business end of it. Wait for this every year.