On the ultimate day of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2023, Karan Johar was in dialog with South African actor Charlize Theron. They mentioned a wide range of issues, together with however not restricted to filmmakers’ obsession with making their actors look all put along with excellent hair and make-up even in conditions that do not want it. (Also learn: HTLS 2023: Charlize Theron talks about cancel tradition, pay parity, bonds with Karan Johar over being a single dad or mum)
Charlize Theron mentioned that she did not fairly get why folks would put lipstick on her when she had simply fallen off a truck. Karan then talked about how Shabana Azmi (whom he referred to as the Indian equal of Meryl Streep) had an analogous debate with him on the units of their movie Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.
“I never want you to see any of my movies. Because even when they are dying, they have everything ready,” he mentioned, making Charlize cackle. “Their hair is blow dried, they have lipstick on, there is no compromise.”
Talking about Shabana Azmi, Karan Johar mentioned, “I worked with a very prolific actor, Shabana Azmi, she is a veteran actor, won a National Award. I could equate her to Meryl Streep. That good. And she was in my recent film and we were filming a scene in the kitchen. She had blow-dried hair, a beautifully draped saree, hair and makeup done. She says, who cooks looking like this? I said in my film, that’s how it’s gonna be.”
“And then there was a funeral sequence. She says ‘Please can you allow me to remove my makeup here? Someone just died.’ I was like, ‘Well not too much of it. Because the lenses are sharp and I don’t want you to look a certain way. She said there is no reality. I said I am not going for it.” Charlize laughed however appreciated how Karan ‘knew what he wanted’. Karan cracked up once more as he mentioned he will get scared when critics like his movie, which was the case with Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.
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