Bunty Sajdeh opens up on parting ways with Karan Johar after DCA exit

Updated On: 19 December, 2025 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR

Leading talent manager Bunty Sajdeh opens up on ending his joint venture, Dharma Cornerstone Agency, with Karan Johar. Sajdeh has launched CXA, which will represent Tiger Shroff, while Johar rebrands DCAA

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Earlier this week, Karan Johar announced that his banner Dharma Productions had acquired Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment’s stake in Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCA), which used to be a joint venture between the filmmaker and talent manager Bunty Sajdeh. This marked the professional separation between the duo after a five-year run. Soon, Sajdeh’s Cornerstone partnered with Armour Entertainment to form CXA, a talent management agency. Meanwhile, Johar — in whose banner pharma tycoon Adar Poonawalla acquired a 50 per cent stake, in October 2024 — rebranded his talent agency as Dharma Collab Artists Agency (DCAA).

Talking to mid-day, Sajdeh said that the split with Johar was amicable. “It was a circumstantial decision made in lieu of a large investment made in Dharma Productions last year that needed their ancillary businesses to be integrated with the parent company. So, Karan and I decided to part ways since Cornerstone is an independent entity. I prefer it to remain just that. We will now coexist in the industry as separate entities,” said Sajdeh, who has over two decades of expertise in celebrity management, and had Virat Kohli and KL Rahul among his clients.

Tiger Shroff will be repped by Sajdeh’s newly formed talent agency, CXA