By George Pereira


Dharma Productions is house to several blockbuster movies in Bollywood. Their heart warming story lines, attractive star cast and flawless narration has been pulling in the crowd to cinema halls for many years. Their continuous success of Hindi films prove that people across the world have liked their movies.

It was in 1976 that Yash Johar founded Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd. The firm has been producing continuous blockbusters from the time of its establishment. In 1980, they started their success journey with Dostana which had super star Amitabh Bachchan, intense Shatrughan Sinha and sexy Zeenat Aman. Bringing together another group of big names from Bollywood, they made Duniya(1984), which became a huge commercial success. All the elements like drama, romance, emotional scenes and suspense was present in their films. They also produced films like Gumrah, Muqaddar Ka Faisla and Agneepath.

Dharma Productions' reputation soaring new heights was obvious and soon they started a proprietary company concern. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), the first film directed by Karan Johar (son of Yash Johar), was produced under this concern. The film became the first one from India to be featured in the UK Top 10 list. People once again saw Bollywood's much adored pair of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in this romantic film. In Addition To being the biggest blockbuster of the year, the film received numerous awards for its star cast and production values, nationally and internationally. The film got the National Award for Wholesome Entertainment in the year from Government of India.

Dharma Productions went on from success to success as Karan Johar came up with new stories which was for young and family audience. He made sure that the masses were attracted to his films and so included all the various elements of the fun and drama in them.

Even though his movies were referred to as bigger than life, his movies in Bollywood never failed to entertain the audience. He made sure that his film Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham is a hit, which had actors and actresses of three generations coming together. He got the returns for his efforts when the film became a success in India and abroad. The film became the highest grossing film in UK and US in the year 2001.

Karan Johar's movies Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna were also widely accepted. The screenplay written for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho has been kept in the library of Motion Pictures for reference. Dharma Productions have made films like Wake Up Sid and Dostana with young artists of Bollywood and Kurbaan and My Name Is Khan, with some of the much adored stars like Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. Many of the successful films of Bollywood have been produced by Dharma Productions.




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