India, Oct. 6 -- In 2024, it came as a surprise to many when Karan Johar signed a Rs.1000 crore deal to sell 50% stake of Dharma Productions to Adar Poonawalla, through his company Serene Productions. The remaining 50% stake belongs to Karan as Executive Chairman and CEO, Apoorva Mehta. In the podcast Game Changers, Karan Johar opened up about the decision to do so and shared how he is also looking at profitability with every project he takes on.

During the conversation, when Karan was asked how he arrived at the decision to sell half of the stakes, he said, "It so happened eventually that Adar and his wife Natasha have been my close friends, very dear to me. He picked up the phone one day and said that he was interested, but I told him ...