Yash Johar Birth Anniversary: Karan Johar’s name is counted among the popular film makers in Hindi cinema. Karan Johar’s company Dharma Productions is one of the most expensive companies in the industry. But do you know who was the creator of Karan Johar and Dharma Productions? His name was Yash Johar who is no longer among us but he will always remain alive through his films, stories and talks.
Today, September 6, is the 94th birth anniversary of famous filmmaker Yash Johar and on this occasion, let us tell you some unheard stories related to his life, and also tell why he did not get the respect he deserved in the industry.
Why did Yash Johar not get the honor?
Karan Johar had come to Zakir Khan’s show. In which he said, ‘There was not even once when I felt that I have done something amazing. I felt that the money would be lost, I would be on the road, where would I be, because after all I am the son of a producer. Papa was a production controller. He worked with many big directors for 30 years and when he became a producer for the first time, the first film was made on loan.’
Karan further said, ‘When ‘Dostana’ became a hit, Papa was happy. But after that many of Papa’s films flopped. He was most sad when ‘Agneepath’ flopped. I have seen him cry, sad all the time. Even the industry people considered him a flop filmmaker and behaved badly with him. He was very sad about this. I can say that Papa did not get the respect he deserved. Whatever I have done till now is dedicated to my father.’
Who was Yash Johar?
Yash Johar was born on 6 September 1929 in Amritsar, Punjab in a Punjabi family. Yash Johar married BR Chopra and Yash Chopra’s sister Hiroo Chopra. In 1979, Yash Johar formed Dharma Productions and made many films under it. Yash Johar died on 26 June 2004, after which Dharma Productions is being managed by his son Karan Johar.
Yash Johar’s film career
In his early days, Yash Johar worked as a journalist. After this, he also worked as a photographer for some time. He started working in production in the 1951 film Badal. In the early days, he worked for the production of Sunil Dutt and Dev Anand. After many years of hard work, Yash Johar started his own company in 1976, which was named Dharma Productions.
The first film made under this was Dostana (1980) which was directed by Raj Khosla and this film was a superhit. After this Yash Johar made films like ‘Duniya’, ‘Agneepath’, ‘Gumrah’ and ‘Duplicate’ which were average. The first blockbuster film of Dharma Productions was ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ which was directed by his son Karan Johar and this was his debut film. After this Yash Johar handed over the reins of this company to Karan, which he is still handling.