Karan Johar To Lift Curtain From Secrets Of Bollywood, Announces New Series ‘Showtime’

Karan Johar will reveal the entertainment industry's biggest secrets with his new web series Showtime

Karan Johar has made several headlines and controversies on nepotism. He is well known to launch star kids and has been criticized for the same. Now the filmmaker has decided to reply all the questions and reactions against him with a web show. Yes, Karan Johar has announced a web series on his favorite topic – the secrets of Bollywood.

This new web series of Karan johar will be in collaboration with Disney+ Hotstar, the same OTT platform on which his chat show Koffee with Karan streams. At the global Disney fan event D23 Expo, Karan Johar announced his brand new web series titled ‘Showtime’.  The show is one of the three new announcements made by the streaming platform.

Disney+ Hotstar made big announcements of upcoming web shows on its platform at the global Disney fan event D23 Expo in Anaheim. Showtime is one of the newly announced web shows by the streaming platform. In the new Dharmatic Production show ‘Showtime’, Emraan Hashmi will play the lead. Other information about the series is undercover.

Talking about Showtime, Karan said, “I am excited to associate with Disney+ Hotstar for our new collaboration, announced at the prestigious D23 Expo. In addition to yet another exciting season of my beloved show, Koffee With Karan, happy to announce an all-new Dharma Production series, Showtime, which will lift the curtain on India’s entertainment industry’s biggest trade secrets.”

Disney+ Hotstar Head of Content, Gaurav Banerjee informed Bollywood Hungama, “We are doing a show with Karan Johar called Showtime, the one who has taken so much heat on the topic of nepotism is coming around and is going to tell the story of how all this fits in Bollywood. It’s a story about a studio and which direction it will take. Will it go in favour of bloodline or will it go with merit!”

Karan Johar took to his official Instagram handle to announce the big news. He shared a video that consisted of clips of Bollywood movies. In the caption, KJo wrote, “Bollywood is the land of dreams – dreams that are dreamt with eyes wide open. #HotstarSpecials #Showtime, a drama series, brings forward all the off-screen fights for the power that runs the show. A deep, raw, unconcealed & uninhibited look into the battle lines that are drawn and crossed to keep the camera rolling and the audiences clapping. There is only one emperor that sits on the chair – but what’s a throne without a fight to get there? So, lights…camera…and action! #HotstarSpecials #Showtime coming soon on Disney+ Hotstar. #ShowtimeOnHotstar”

Disney’s D23 is the world’s biggest fan fest that’s taking place in Anaheim, the first one since post-covid.

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