Karan Johar dabbles into film distribution expands Dharma Productions
Karan Johar dabbles into film distribution expands Dharma Productions
With the dawn of the New Year 2025, Karan Johar has expanded activities of Dharma Productions by dabbling into film distribution.
Infact, Karan took a significant step in late 2024 by collaborating with Adar Poonawalla.
The CEO of the Serum Institute of India picked up a 50% stake in Dharma Productions and Dharmatic Entertainment, for
a whopping Rs 1000 crores. It was last years one of the major talking points. And after this development, KJo gears up to take his business one level up – to enter the film distribution business.
However a source reveals that until now, Dharma Productions had only produced films while a studio or major distributor would come on board to release these movies in theatres. But now, Karan wants Dharma to be a complete studio, which would also release films in theatres
The source continued, “Bhumika Tewari, who used to head distribution at Zee Studios, has associated with Dharma Productions. She’ll be in charge of distributing in-house Dharma films.
Notedly, Karan has worked with her in the past for films made by Dharma and Zee like Good Newwz, Kesari etc. She also has years of experience and is considered a big name in the distribution circuit. She has grand plans to ensure that films of Dharma Productions get the best possible release in cinemas across the country.
An industry insider commented, “Karan Johar is following in the footsteps of Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films (YRF). They also have a distribution wing; in fact, YRF has made a huge name for themselves not just for producing but also distributing films. KJo wants to follow suit. It was on his mind for many years and now with Adar Poonawalla’s support, he’s finally realizing his dream.
Meanwhile, the source also revealed, “Just like YRF also distributes films made by other banners, Dharma’s distribution wing is also expected to do the same.” However, it’s not clear when that would happen. Also, the sources are not aware if Dharma would distribute films only in India and whether they’d also have presence Overseas.
On the film front, Karan Johar is expected to begin 2025 with
Dhadak 2, featuring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri followed by an untitled period legal drama, starring Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday.
News Edit KV Raman
