In May last year, Karan Johar announced on social media that his popular and often controversial chat show, Koffee with Karan, after airing 135 episodes on TV and OTT, would not be returning for a seventh season. "I'd like to think we have made an impact and even found our place in pop culture history. And so, it is with a heavy heart that I announce that KwK will not be returning," he said back then. Those who knew him well knew that he did not mean it. How could the scion of Bollywood's Dharma Productions—known for his sensationalist, over-the-top drama, both on and off-screen—give up what essentially forms his core, they asked. The past seasons had successfully taken the audience on a roller-coaster ride of emotions, from shock and surprise to awe and anger. It was in season 3 that Kareena Kapoor broke the news that she and then-boyfriend Saif Ali Khan would tie the knot in 2012. Not only Johar, but even Saif was taken aback by that announcement. Then in 2010, Deepika Padukone shocked the audience by suggesting that Ranbir Kapoor should endorse a condom brand. Salman Khan evoked gasps when he declared himself to be a virgin. Vidya Balan once talked about her fantasy of a married man cheating on his wife with her and how she wanted Shah Rukh Khan to be that man, as "the second one always sticks". In an episode with Emraan Hashmi, Johar asked him what came to his mind when he thought of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to which he replied, “plastic”.
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