Karan Johar says Adar Poonawalla is ‘a dear family friend' for many years: 'Someone who'd allow me my creative vision'

Karan on partnership with Adar “In many ways, when Adar, who's a dear, dear friend for many years, spoke to me and we decided to come together on this, I felt it was the best decision for us. Because it was the coming together of two like-minded people, and yet someone who'd allow me my creative vision yet contribute so strongly to the growth by giving me his terrific business insight. Both Apurva and I, who've built it, knew that he's the best partnership for Dharma Productions and where we want to take it,” Karan said. On selling stake The filmmaker added that the idea of selling his company's stakes stemmed from his dream of expanding into more verticals, like a distribution network and a music label.