Seven Years Later, Karan Johar Spills The Beans On Viral 2018 Pic With SRK, Aamir, Ranbir, Alia And Deepika, Calls It An 'Oscar Selfie'

It was in 2018, filmmaker Karan Johar sent Bollywood as well as social media gushing after he uploaded a photo on social media. The photograph featured Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan along and Karam Johar in one frame. The adorable picture was from Ranbir Kapoor's birthday. The caption read, "The biggest BLOCKBUSTER ever!!!!!" However, after seven years, Karan Johar shared the story behind the viral photo.

In a conversation with the former Tennis player Sania Mirza on an episode of her podcast Serving It Up With Sania, Karan Johar revealed, "This was Ranbir’s birthday, right before the pandemic. I think it was an emotional day due to reasons to do with his dad’s health (late Rishi Kapoor). But it was also his birthday and we just landed up to wish him and everybody whom we called, they just came."

The filmmaker revealed how emotional the day was for everyone and then they took a picture, which went viral. KJo called it a "mega cast" and noted that it was an "Oscar selfie". KJo explained, "Because it was also an emotional day. And then we took this picture, and it went fully viral. Just look at the cast it has. It is a mega cast. I don’t think so actors like this can ever come together. I think so after Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar selfie, this is not a selfie, but it is one for the books."

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