Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish
I don't think he's that self-aware. The credit I will give him is that while it was his father's company, Dharma was not really a household name or a serious production company under his father's management. It wasn't until KJo took over with KKHH, K3G, and KHNH (all in his father's lifetime), that Dharma became the brand it was. It was KJo who built up Dharma but it was also him who destroyed it.
He did say previously that the studio's biggest hits were those first three films of his. But I think he should also see the common denominator in those films (SRK and to a lesser extent Kajol). Dharma was synonymous with SRK and for some films, Kajol as well. When Dharma stopped casting these two (or any of SRK's classic heroines like Preity and Rani), we saw the company's fall from grace. Everything since MNIK has been a decline with only Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani being a success.
KJo should look back at his early promise never to make a movie without SRK. His films and company were fine until he broke that promise starting with SOTY. SOTY is where everything went wrong from the lack of SRK to especially the debut of an uninspiring new actress.
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