Dharma Productions on Thursday completed 35 years and chairman of the Yash Johar-founded company, Karan Johar is ecstatic to have achieved this feat. Founded in 1976, Dharma produced several commercially and critically successful films, with Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha starrer "Dostana" being the first.
Karan Johar, in a series of tweets, thanked every Dharma family member for the success of the company.
The turning point for the production house was Karan's first directorial venture, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, followed by Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Naa Ho that marked the successful debut of filmmaker Nikhil Advani, who praised Karan for taking the legacy forward and congratulated him.
"Yash Uncle would've been a very proud father today. Congrats. #35YearsOfDharma," he wrote.
Bollywood's young brigade, including Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, who had a glamourous launch with Dharma's Student of the Year, also took to the micro-blogging site to mark the occasion.
Dharma Productions is currently geared up for the release of Shaandaar, starring Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. They are also working on Shakun Batra's family film Kapoor & Sons and Karan Johar's directorial venture, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
The company has confirmed producing Ayan Mukerji's currently untitled superhero film, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt and Gauri Shinde's project with Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt in lead roles.
