Some celebrities have an entourage to keep them looking good. Others have a little help… from Karan Johar!

We hear that a lot went on at Cannes International Film Festival 2013 that not many know about. There must have been some political machinating and a lot of tu-tu-main-main, we know, but that is not what anyone will talk about, for obvious reasons. After all, this is supposed to be the year India grabs the limelight and is in focus, never mind all the hoo-ha and behind the scenes shenanigans, no? But one story stood out and made us forget all our bitching and sniping. It’s the tale of a very helpful and supportive Karan Johar!

Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar have known each other for years and Anurag Kashyap has been deriding Johar’s brand of candyfloss cinema for years too, while Dibakar Banerjee makes vastly different kind of cinema, but when they were put into the same budgetary category and pushed into doing a project together, they did a job that most have liked, even though the box office has not been all approving. Cooperation, camaraderie and creative conferencing produced a commendable product.