Ace filmmaker Karan Johar has finally announced his much awaited directorial comeback with a video message. Revealing his decision to return to direction the filmmaker wrote, “This is the beginning of a new journey & my way back home - all at once. It's time to go back to my favourite place, it's time to create some eternal love stories from behind the lens.” Giving a hint about his next movie, KJo shared, “A very special story, truly immersed in the roots of love and family.” Karan also shared that he will be announcing the new film tomorrow at 11am.His last directorial was ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, which hit the screens in 2016.
The movie featured a ensemble cast of Anushka Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan essaying the leads. In February 2020, Karan Johar had announced that he would call the shots for ‘Takht’, a period drama featuring Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor. However there has been no clarity from Kjo on the project since long. Last week, Karan announced that his next production venture is based on the life of C Sankaran Nair, the former President of the Indian National Congress and member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Titled "The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair", the film is inspired from real life events and adapted from the book “The Case That Shook the Empire”, written by Raghu Palat, (great-grandson of Sankaran Nair) and his wife Pushpa Palat. Johar is also producing movies "Sooryavanshi", "Brahmastra", "Dostana 2", "Meenakshi Sundareshwar" as well as Madhuri Dixit-starrer web series "Finding Anamika" and season two of "Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives".