★ Karan Johar would love to reunite brother Shah Rukh with Salman Khan !

‘Student of the Year’ director says he would have loved to make this film 15 years ago with the 2 Khans….

Bindu Suresh Rai | October 05, 2012

Karan Johar loves to dangle that proverbial carrot in front of the media, without really scandalising the crème de la crème of Bollywood by spilling all their dirty little secrets.

But in a particularly chatty mood for his trip to Dubai to promote his latest, “Student of the Year”, Johar didn’t hold back in name dropping or sharing nuggets on his famous friends, including Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan.

Johar, who has never directed a film without Shah Rukh playing the leading man, said it was a “brave but risky venture for Dharma Productions to make a film with newcomers; but nothing ventured, nothing gained right.

“However, Shah Rukh is of course, coproducing the film but I could never call myself an equal to him.”

Johar explained: “He is emotionally superior and an elder brother to me. Plus he is such a brand power, how could I even think about competing with him as an equal.”

Launching in his current film are newcomers, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan who Johar was all praises for.

However, when quizzed who would he have cast in the lead 15 years ago, Johar didn’t hesitate to say: “Shah Rukh, Kajol and Rani”, his lead actors in his debut film, “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.”

He added: “But wait, the “Student..” has two male leads, so definitely Salman would be it. He and Shah Rukh were the reigning superstars back then.”

The director/producer shared that the duo in question also made it a point to drop into the film’s shooting.

Newcomer Malhotra was quick to share that the duo had even dropped in for the shoot, of course, separately though. “It was my first day facing the cameras and I looked up to see Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif standing there, watching me act. I was a nervous wreck,” he said.

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