Karan Johar taps into his fashion guru avatar, rates Met Gala 2025 looks of SRK, Diljit Dosanjh, Kiara, Isha Ambani
Arshdeep Kaur
Published 6 May 2025, 09:39 AM IST Bollywood film producer and director Karan Johar poses during the success party of film producer Dinesh Vijan's production house, Maddock Films, in Mumbai on April 7, 2025. (Photo by SUJIT JAISWAL / AFP)(AFP)
Filmmaker Karan Johar, an ardent fashion buff, took it upon himself to rate the looks of key Indian attendees at the Met Gala 2025, the annual fashion showcase and fundraiser – Shah Rukh Khan, Dijit Dosanjh, Kiara Advani, Isha Ambani and Manish Malhotra, to name a few.
First Published: 6 May 2025, 09:39 AM IST
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