TIFF 2023: Karan Johar Talks About Priyanka Chopra And Alia Bhatt’s Hollywood Crossovers
11.09.2023 - 20:11
/ etcanada.com
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who was in the 6ix to attend the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, got chatty with ET Canada’s Sangita Patel about the success of actress Priyanka Chopra.
Chopra, married to actor singer Nick Jonas, transitioned from Bollywood to the West with the leading role in the television series “Quantico” and followed it with successful roles in “Baywatch”, “Love Again” and “Matrix Resurrections”, among others.
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“It’s great to see her grow from strength to strength, to achieve the kind of success she has on her own terms. And she’s always wonderful on every platform she has ever been on and everything she ever stands for and represents. It’s fantastic,” Johar says.
He added, “I feel because of the digital revolution, we’re all kind of coming together, you know, and I feel like the worlds are blurred now and like the lines are blurred and everyone is like, you spoke about Priyanka and more power to her and more power to everyone that actually has globalized.”
Johar was all praises for his protégé Alia Bhatt, who recently crossed over to Hollywood in Gal Gadot-led “Heart of Stone”.
Speaking of her career arc, Johar, who launched Bhatt in film in 2012 movie “Student Of The Year”, told ET Canada that way before having his twins (Roohi and Yash were born via surrogacy in 2017), he had “paternal feeling for Alia Bhatt.”
“I felt like she was my baby. So, every time she wins an award, every time she’s on a global stage, every time she’s recognized or acknowledged globally — and her journey has been nothing short of fantastic — I’m like a proud parent, like