Karan Johar confesses his Passion for Bollywood 

On his 43rd Birthday today, Karan Johar is wiser and consistently passionate about his love for Hindi Cinema.  He is happy to have shed a drastic 9 kilos from his detox spa trip in Austria. The same Alia Bhatt had visited a couple of months ago. 

He talks almost obsessively about his attachment to Hindi Films, Hindu Music and this dynamic Film medium. 

Movies are a 20-year-old habit. I watch all movies. It is part of the job. Cinema is truly my oxygen. I practically live in my office. I want to make movies right till I die. People ask me, 'So what do you want to do? Do you want to go public, like coming out with an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?' I say, 'No, I'm content making movies.' I didn't get into making television software because it is cinema that I am passionate about. I do not know any other medium as well as I know this one. My passion, unapologetically, is Hindi cinema. With all its mainstream issues, with all its sell-outs sometimes, I breathe and eat Hindi cinema. The only music on my laptop are Hindi film songs.''

The movies I revisit when I want to be in my comfort zone are 'Kabhie Kabhie', 'Masoom', 'Do Bigha Zamin', 'Pyaasa' and 'Mughal-e-Azam'. These are films I grew up on and they make me happy. My go-to song is 'Lag jaa gale' from 'Woh Kaun Thi'. I listen to this song at least four times a week. Sometimes I smile while listening to it or sometimes I cry. It depends on my state of mind. I do not know anything but Hindi films. Of course, I am aware of what is happening around the world politically, socially and economically. That apart, my driving force is Bollywood. Give me a great piece of cinema from my country... and that's what makes me the happiest.''

We'd like to wish him the best on his birthday and for many many more years to come.