Karan Johar to drop title Love You, Maa; feels two films in recent memory expressing love for parents is enough

KJo has just about had it with 'parent-loving' titles

Karan Johar to drop title Love You, Maa; feels two films in recent memory expressing love for parents is enough

Karan Johar's film is back to square one. The titleu00a0 Love You, Maa for producer Karan Johar'su00a0 remakeu00a0 ofu00a0 Stepmomu00a0which hadu00a0been arrived at afteru00a0much deliberation has beenu00a0dropped, no thanks to two recentu00a0 films with similar titles.

Says Karan, "After Irfan Kamal'su00a0Thanks, Maa and Shyam Benegal's Well Done, Abba we've hadu00a0 just about enough of titles expressing appreciation for the parent. Sou00a0yes, I've abandonedu00a0plansu00a0ofu00a0calling our filmu00a0Love You, Maa.

A frantic hunt is on for a new title. With exasperating regularity, Karan Johar's films haveu00a0 been challengedu00a0 foru00a0 titles. Sighs Karan, "Fortunately,u00a0there's stillu00a0 someu00a0way to go before the release. I'm so relieved that our next productionu00a0 I Hate Luv Storys which releases on 2 July has a title. Imagine what a stateu00a0 of panic we would beu00a0 inu00a0 ifu00a0 that project was nameless!"

Thisu00a0time finding au00a0titleu00a0 isu00a0au00a0more difficult task for Karan.u00a0"The Stepmom remake features my two most favourite actresses. I can'tu00a0imagineu00a0Kajol and Kareena Kapoor comingu00a0 together againu00a0 in a hurry. Everythingu00a0 about thisu00a0 project includingu00a0theu00a0title has to beu00a0 super-special."

Karan hasu00a0 nothing against theu00a0films that have prompted him to chucku00a0 the title Love You, Maa.u00a0"I'm sure Thanks, Maa and Well Done, Abbau00a0needed theu00a0titles that theyu00a0 got. Butu00a0 we can't have one more filmu00a0 inu00a0 praiseu00a0 of the parent, please! So a full stop to titlesu00a0 with a comma in them."