Jun 15, 2025 12:41 PM IST

In his new podcast, Karan Johar talks about parenthood, elevating his twins as a single dad, and the way he offers with their queries about their start.

Filmmaker Karan Johar set an instance for a lot of when he welcomed two youngsters through surrogacy and have become a single mum or dad in 2017. The filmmaker has been open and candid about how he raises them as a single dad. In the newest episode of his new podcast, launched forward of Father’s Day, the filmmaker opened up about parenthood and the way he tackles his twins’ questions on the place they got here from.

Karan Johar is father to Hiroo and Yash, who had been born in 2017.

Karan Johar on parenting

Karan Johar just lately debuted his podcast Live Your Best Life with Karan Johar on Audible. In episode 4, he interacted with dressmaker and actor Masaba Gupta on parenting and different issues. Karan stated that the twins, Yash and Roohi, at the moment are 8 and have began to ask questions on their start, which he wants to handle quickly. “Those questions have started. And while I’ve been poetic so far about it with them, I’ve said, ‘You’ve come from Dada’s heart,’ I will have to have a chat with my twins about how they came into this world.”

Karan added that whereas elevating the youngsters as a single dad was ‘not the simplest’, it was price it. “Raising Roohi and Yash with mum (his mother, Hiroo Johar) is the single best decision I’ve made in my life. Best. But it was certainly not the easiest. For my kids, they couldn’t be further from lacking ‘a mother’s love’ – they have my mum and they have an endless shower of love and support of my found family – Putlu (Kajal Anand), Shweta (Bachchan), Gauri (Khan), Farah (Khan), and Neha (Dhupia).”

Karan Johar’s current work

Karan Johar’s final directorial enterprise was Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, which was launched in 2023. The romantic drama starred Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh within the titular roles, alongside Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Churni Ganguly, Aamir Bashir, and Kshitee Jog. The movie was a business success, grossing 355 crore worldwide.