/> Karan Johar's Koffee conversations refuse to leave him behind. Recently he was in Dubai to do "a mock Koffee With Karan " with Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif.

On Tuesday morning Karan flew off to Dubai again, this time to interview the tennis champ Maria Sharapova.

"It was for a huge Dubai-based project called Dubai Lifestyle. And they had invited Maria Sharapova at the launch of their project. I was asked to do a one-on-one with Maria. In spite of my impossible schedules I readily agreed.

Maria Sharapova is a sports legend. It was an informal warm and friendly chat. She had apparently been told I was the David Letterman of India. So she was expecting someone much older."

Karan admits he isn't much of a sports enthusiast. "In fact every time I mentioned I was interviewing Maria Sharapova I wondered what the gasp on the other end."

Moving on Karan says, "I'm getting ready to direct my next film. It requires more spadework and research than any of my films so far. My assistant Tarun Mansukhani is also about to start his film. I need to get back full-on into my films."

So Karan Johar, The Interviewer will take the backseat.

"But if someone as challenging as Maria Sharapova comes along I don't mind doing the occasional interview," Karan promises.