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Karan Johar honored with Variety International Vanguard Director Award at Red Sea Film Festival 2023: ‘Pride to represent my country globally’: Bollywood News

by Joe Bourn

Filmmaker Karan Johar was honored with the Variety International Vanguard Director Award at the ongoing Red Sea Film Festival 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. After Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif and Ananya Panday, the director was present at the ongoing festival where he received the prestigious accolade.

Karan Johar honored with Variety International Vanguard Director Award at Red Sea Film Festival 2023: ‘Pride to be able to represent my country globally’

Taking to Instagram, Karan Johar wrote a heartfelt note on receiving the honor and wrote, “As we approach the end of the year, I feel an extraordinary sense of gratitude. Today, I was honored with the Variety International Vanguard Director Award – and I felt an indelible sense of pride, joy and confidence. Pride because I can represent my country at the world level. Joy because I make stories, from the chair of the director and producer that the world sees and celebrates. And reassurance that the best is indeed, yet to come. The magic of cinema, the magic of the stories and the love of the audience is something that will always leave an impact on me and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Thank you for this, the sweetest end of the year! @variety @redseafilm.”

On the work front, Karan Johar has been directing lately Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film also starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Churni Ganguly, Aamir Bashir, Khistee Jog and Anjali Anand.

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