I’d like to work with Fawad Khan once again, says Karan Johar

MUMBAI: Bollywood director and producer Karan Johar has said that it was his utmost pleasure to work with Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan in ‘Ae Dil Hai Muskli’ and that he would be delighted to work with him again. 

He was speaking at a media discussion in London School of Economics. When asked if he’d want to work with Pakistani actors again he said everyone knows what had happened to him last time he tried to work with them.

He said: “For me the talent has no boundaries but unfortunately I stand in the minority.” “Sometimes I believe I wish that I wasn’t accountable, but I am a citizen of the country and follow the diktat that the environment suggests,” he continued.

Responding to a question related to working with Fawad Khan, Karan Johar said that: “I think some of the most exceptional talent comes from Pakistan. I had the honour and pleasure to actually direct Fawad Khan, have seen his exceptional work and it was immensely brave of him to do what he did in Kapoor & Sons.”

“I think after 6 actors had said no to that role, it was tremendously courageous of him to say ‘yes’,” he added.

Fawad Khan worked in Karan Johar’s film, “Ae dil hai mushkil” which released in India last year amid many controversies.  In the wake of the Uri attacks and the subsequent ban on Pakistani artistes from working in the country, the film’s release faced a lot of problems due to the presence of Fawad Khan in it.