Karan Johar wishes he could have directed Sridevi

Karan Johar, who was looking forward to working with Sridevi in Kalank, confessed on a podcast show recently that he is a huge fan of Sridevi and he wished he could have directed her.

After Sridevi's death in February this year, Madhuri Dixit was signed in for the role in Karan Johar-produced Kalank for which Sridevi was originally cast in.

Speaking to the IANS, Karan Johar said he had plans of working with Sridevi and even wanted to write a script with a role for Sridevi as the highlight. "When she passed away this year, I was like this is not fair. I used to say she is the one actor I really want to direct and I would have done something with her in my writing and directorial existence. I just love her. She is one actor who updated her craft."

"And I really feel like we lost a special actor. I really wish I could have directed her," Karan Johar added.

After her 1997 film Judaai, Sridevi made a striking comeback to Bollywood with 2012's English Vinglish and then starred in MOM, both of which she played the central character in.

"She was from the 80s and 90s but when she acted in English Vinglish and even in many parts of Mom, I feel like she has watched other actors, she has imbibed a certain tonality. And a lot of actors from that generation don't do that. You know they get stuck in that 90s acting... Even though she was detached from cinema since Judaai which was in 1997, she came back many moons later in English Vinglish in 2012 and I was blown away by her," added Johar.

Karan Johar introduced Sridevi's eldest daughter Janhvi Kapoor in Bollywood with Dhadak which was released in July. The movie also starred Shahid Kapoor's brother Ishaan Khatter.

MOM remains Sridevi's last film. Before her death, Sridevi filmed a cameo for Shah Rukh Khan's Zero, which will hit screens on December 21.