Is working with newbies a big advantage? Ask Karan Johar, he knows

Karan Johar has about 15 days of shoot still left for his upcoming film with newbies Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra.

But the producer-director, who has to also juggle time for a television show, is not too worried. He feels that his film's shoot schedule and post-production won't be affected because of television.

He says, "This is the advantage of working with newcomers. You can get them to shoot whenever you want as their dates can be shuffled according to my convenience. There is never any date issue at all with the new lot.

Whenver I need them, they are there. The biggest date problem is me! I have to fix the shoot schedule according to my other commitments. The cast has to adjust everything for me."

Home turf

After a recent spell in Thailand, KJo will be filming the remaining portions in Mumbai. He adds, "My television commitments will be on certain days of the week so I can manage both."

And he has promised his mother Hiroo Johar that he will not embarass her with his dancing antics. "Otherwise she won't allow me in the house. I don't want to disobey her rules."

Looks like his days of the Sheila Ki Jawani act in Simi Garewal's chat show are a thing of the past. Simply because now he will have to wonder what his newbie actors will have to say.

My birthday party my biggest hit

His star-studded 40th birthday bash became the talk of the B-town last month, and it was truly meant to be so, says filmmaker Karan Johar, who believes it has been his biggest hit so far.

"The party was meant to be with people I love. I can't help it if I love famous people so much. They all turned up, looking great. I always wanted this," Johar, who turned 40 May 25, told.

From Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu to Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan and Jaya Bachchan --Bollywood's who's who had tip-toed into the bash at the Taj Lands End hotel here.

"At the lack of having a wedding opportunity, where everybody comes dressed and you want all those photographs in an album somewhere, I just thought I would make the 40th birthday an excuse to call all the people I have interacted with in my 15-year career in the industry," Johar said.

"I always wanted them to be well-dressed and well-turned-out, so I wanted a red carpet, black tie bash, and that's what I did. It's been my biggest hit so far - my party," he added.

As a director, Johar is credited with films like "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham", "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" and "My Name Is Khan". Now he is busy working on his next "Student Of The Year", and has also signed up to judge dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", going on air Saturday on Colors.