SRK praises the teaser of Karan Johar's latest directorial venture

The teaser of Karan Johar's first directorial in the last seven years, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani was recently released. Shah Rukh Khan launched the teaser and appreciated the movie and Karan's directorial skills. The romantic comedy star cast includes Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan. The film is produced by Dharma Productions and Viacom Studios and is slated to release in theatres on July 28.

This year marks Karan Johar's 25th year as a filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998 where SRK played the lead role along with Kajol and Rani Mukherjee. In Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) released in 1995, Karan Johar was the assistant director (AD. DDLJ also had Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role.

SRK posted on social media and expressed happiness for Karan's directorial venture. The Twitter post read, Wow @karanjohar 25 years as a filmmaker. You’ve come a long way baby!! Your father and my friend Tom's uncle (Yash Johar) must be seeing this from heaven and feeling extremely happy and proud. Have always told you to make more and more films because we need the ethereal magic of love being brought to life… like only you can do. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani teaser is looking beautiful. Love you and best wishes to the cast and crew.”

SRK has always been a constant in Karan Johar's films. He starred in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and DDLJ where Karan was the director and assistant director respectively. Thereafter SRK played the lead role in Karan's subsequent directorial films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and My Name Is Khan (2010). Shah Rukh Khan co-produced campus drama Student of the Year (2012) under his banner Red Chillies Entertainment and Karan's Dharma Productions.

Several Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia, Nikkhil Advani, Malaika Arora, Bhavana Pandey, Shanaya Kapoor, Seema Sajdeh conveyed their best wishes to Karan and shared the teaser on their social media handles.