Karan Johar, just back in Mumbai, is washing the sand of Miami out of his black hair. He was there from March, shooting with Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and John Abraham on the golden, sun-kissed beaches for his new film Dostana. Yes, and you will have to wait and see if Priyanka wears that bikini or not! This is Karan’s first film in, what, two-and-half-years, since Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, and the filmmaker is naturally excited. “The original Dostana,” he told BT yesterday, “was made in 1980, it was my father Yash Johar’s first production.” He adapted the title because it suited the content of his film, he admitted. But Karan’s Dostana is nothing like his father’s. “That was about two men and a woman and had Amitji, Shatrughanji and Zeenat, my film has Abhishek, John and Priyanka, but apart from the name... there’s nothing in common,” he said. The Miami-wallah Dostana is a romantic comedy with a twist, Karan revealed, and has some great music. But there’s not even a single scene similar to the film his father made when Amitabh, Shatru and Zeenat were at the heights of their careers in Bollywood. He plans to release it on November 14. What’s he doing now? Setting his production house, which has five films on the floor, in order. “I’m ... read more »