Karan Johar channels his inner Rajinikanth in new advertisement: ‘The actor within me is so impressed’

Karan Johar reunited with his Lust Stories star Kiara Advani in a new series of advertisements for an eyewear brand. After one commercial in which Kiara play-acted as Karan, going around asking people if they’re dating, a new spot shows Karan channeling his inner Rajinikanth. In the ad, Karan and Kiara are both dressed like a quintessential Rajinikanth character, wearing shirts, vests, and aviator sunglasses.

Karan seems to be having the time of his life delivering the broad performance. One of the most recognisable filmmakers of the country, Karan made a full-fledged acting debut with Anurag Kashyap’s ill-fated 2015 gangster drama Bombay Velvet. He has since joked multiple times about how the movie’s critical and commercial failure killed his acting ambitions. In the new ad, Karan adopts ‘the south Indian superstar look’, and immediately transforms into a dialogue-delivering, scenery chewing showboat.

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“Ngl, the actor within me is so impressed,” he wrote in the caption of his Instagram post, sharing the new commercial. “Wooohooo superb,” wrote actor Nandish Sandhu in the comments section. “Woww awesome,” another person commented. Last year, Karan collaborated with Lenskart for a series of ads featuring founder Peyush Bansal. The ads were conceptualised by Tanmay Bhat, Devaiah Bopanna, Deep Joshi, and Vishal Dayama.

Karan and Kiara have worked together on Lust Stories, Good Newwz, and Shershaah. She also appeared on the recently concluded eighth season of his talk show, Koffee with Karan.