Vishal has singled out Karan’s segment from the 2018 anthology Lust Stories as the filmmaker’s career-best work, while also praising the performances of Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal . From Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham to Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar has explored love, family, relationships and human emotions across genres. filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj believes one of Karan’s shorter works stands out as his strongest directorial effort While several of his films became iconic.
Vishal Bhardwaj says Karan Johar’s segment in Lust Stories was his career-best film
In a recent interview with Screen, Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj, who have directed the four segments of Lust Stories 3, spoke about their favourite stories from the first two editions. Kiran and Vikramaditya chose Konkona Sen Sharma’s The Mirror from Lust Stories 2 While Shakun and Vishal picked Karan’s segment from the first edition. Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, Shakun Batra, Kiran Rao and Vishal Bhardwaj, Lust Stories 3 premieres on September 18 on Netflix.
I really loved Kiara Advani’s performance. And Vicky (Kushal) is so good! But directorially, it’s a very strong film. Kiran Rao also praised Konkona’s segment, saying, “I actually loved Koko’s film. It was so beautifully done. It was funny and uncomfortable. Not just lust, but there were so many other things like class woven in. It was so complex for a short film, and so touching. The end was so perfect. I really loved it.
Vishal said, “Karan Johar made his career’s best film in Lust Stories. Vikramaditya further described Konkona’s segment, The Mirror, as phenomenal and said she raised the bar of the anthology.
