My Name is Khan producer and director Karan Johar, whose film is being lauded by audiences and critics, says he was fed up with the typical Bollywood stuff.
"I was fed up with Bollywood, its item numbers, big sets – it was all too easy and getting repetitive for me. I wanted a challenge.
"I’m not tearing the envelope with this film, but just pushing it. The music is ethnic, commercial, all heart," he said at the red carpet premiere of the film at the Berlin International Film Festival Friday.
An emotional Johar thanked the people of Germany for making them feel at home. "We were anxious being in Berlin when we were releasing (the film) in Mumbai, but thank you so much for making us feel at home here.
"It is such an honour to be at Berlin, thanks to festival director Dieter Kosslick and India programmer Dorothee Wenner, and our distributor Fox. We love Germany. We get such unconditional love only from our mothers and our fans in Germany," he said.