Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has formally announced its exclusive worldwide distribution deal with UTV Motion Pictures for two of its upcoming releases - Wake Up Sid and Rensil D’Silva’s yet untitled Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi starrer.
While news has begun to spread since last few days that the deal is of Rs.60 crore for these two films put together, our trade sources inform, it is actually much bigger. For both these films releasing in the second half of 2009, the deal that has been struck between KJo and …

Karan Johar likes to do things in style. Which is why he can turn even a drab press conference into an entertaining yet insightful interaction. Announcing the much anticipated tie-up between Johar’s Dharma Productions and Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV Motion Pictures, both Karan and Ronnie were amused at how everyone except them seemed to know the modalities of the deal.
Speaking on the deal, UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala said, “Apart from being a one-man PR vehicle, Karan Johar represents the changing face of Bollywood. His films have a universal emotional connect, packaged …

Mumbai, Dec 23: As the ghost of the recent terror attacks in Mumbai continue to haunt the moolah churning Hindi Film Industry, six Muslim members of acclaimed filmmaker Karan Johar’s ‘My Name is Khan’ were denied US visa.
In a shocking instance, several Muslim unit associates of the Shahrukh Khan and Kajol starrer film were refused a US visa even though some had travelled to US before.
What’s even more startling is that known actor Aamir Bashir was among those who were denied a visa. Besides Shahrukh Khan’s personal staff, some Muslim …

In a rare gesture, Shahrukh Khan, SRK, has given start-to-finish dates to dear friend Karan Johar for the shooting of his forthcoming film ‘My Name Is Khan’. The shooting is expected to begin early next year, and the film will be released in summer.
According to reports, King Khan has a jam-packed schedule next year, and the back-to-back dates have come as a big surprise!
The news has been confirmed by a source that King Khan has given a bulk dates from December 15. He will be shooting in various places in …

Finally, the first promo of Dostana produced under Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions and directed by Tarun Mansukhani was unveiled along with the prints of Bachna Ae Haseeno. Dostana starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra and Bobby Deol in the lead is all set for a November 14th release. The film also has a song featuring Shilpa Shetty dancing along John and Abhishek on the Miami beaches.
What makes the promo interesting is the only dialogue said in it by John standing next to Abhishek - ‘Hum Gay Hain!…Yeh Mera …