Mumbai: Director Karan Johar may have
successfully branched out as a TV and awards show host but he
was teased at school for his feminine sounding voice and even
took classes to improve his baritone.
The director says, in retrospect, he would not change
how he sounded as a child.
"When I was a child, there were many 'Hichki' moments.
The one that I wouldn't have changed today, is that I had a
very girlish voice when I was a child. I had a very squeaky
voice and I used to get teased a lot," Johar told Rani
Mukerji.
The director said he found a teacher who helped instill
confidence in him about his voice.
"At those times, societal pressures were such that it (my
voice) was a big 'hichki'. I felt lesser and I was made to
feel abnormal. And I felt like I needed to overcome this to be
the person that I wanted to be. But today, times are different
and we are all more evolved. I hope that if this kind of a
hiccup comes in people's lives that they shouldn't change
their core persona. But I did," he added.
Mukerji plays the role of an aspiring teacher with
Tourette syndrome in her new film "Hichki".
Directed by Siddharth P Malhotra and produced by Maneesh
Sharma, "Hichki" is set to be released on March 23. PTI
