29 May,2025 02:06 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Picture Courtesy/Karan Johar`s Instagram account
Karan Johar took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about a childhood memory where his mother Hiroo Johar and aunts organised a fashion exhibition in 1981 with ace designer Abu Jani. The filmmaker recalled being starstruck by veteran star Zeenat Aman at the event.
Karan took to Instagram, where he shared a monochrome picture. In the images, Hiroo and Zeenat Aman are seen. In the background, a young Karan peeks through between the two ladies, wide-eyed and observant.
For the caption, he wrote: "Memories can be therapeutic ⦠Wanted to share this one indelible memory I have â¦My mother and my aunts wanted to have an exhibition of clothes (not that they had any background in fashion or any business acumen at all⦠but Props to them on ambition⦠) they got a young designer to help them curate and design this collection."
The filmmaker revealed that the designer in 1981 was Abu Jani.
"(the now celebrated and brilliant fashion force ) the collection was called ALKAPRI (the aunts named this illustrious collection of couture after their children Alka Karan and Priyanka ) I remember the innumerable lunches and chai sessions and the laughs at my residence ⦠Abu regaled the ladies with his incorrigible humour and I used to sit in a corner and secretly enjoy the fashion and Ofcourse the gossipâ¦."
He revealed that his mother requested the always stunning Zeenat Aaman to inaugurate the exhibition.
"This image is of the day of the exhibition and my mother requested @thezeenataman to inaugurate it and she very graciously did soâ¦. If you stare carefully, a star struck and very much in awe of ZEENAT AMAN fan has photo bombed the picture! ( me!)"
"I look back and feel that was the beginning of my love story with fashion and the fashion industryâ¦.. #thosewerethedays.
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