Karan Johar has been thinking a lot about Yash Chopra in these reflective lockdown times. The director has been revisiting the works of Chopra, someone he holds in great esteem, not just as a filmmaker but also a father figure, family and mentor. Johar discovered his movies first through their music, watched Kabhi Kabhie a hundred times, remembers being obsessed with Silsila and how he got the first offer to direct from Chopra.The proud student of the Yash Chopra school spoke to The Hindu Weekend in the ongoing #LockdownWithWeekend series on Instagram, #Directors on Directors. Excerpts from a wide-ranging conversation about his “Uncle Y’s” sprawling work, peppered with anecdotes about the widely contrasting reactions to Chandni and Lamhe, his empowered women, “khoobsoorat discomfort”, wanting to go back to work and more.
