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Directors praise Karan Johar’s Lust Stories segment
Lust Stories is a collection of four short films about relationships and desire.
The third edition is scheduled to arrive on Netflix India on Friday, September 18.
Four directors were asked which earlier story they liked best.
Vishal Bhardwaj and Shakun Batra chose Karan Johar’s story from the first edition.
That story stars Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal as a newly married couple.
Kiran Rao and Vikramaditya Motwane preferred The Mirror, directed by Konkona Sen Sharma.
The Mirror explores class, privacy, and attraction through two women in Mumbai.
The new edition includes films by Bhardwaj, Rao, Batra, and Motwane.
Vishal Bhardwaj called Karan Johar’s Lust Stories segment his career-best film.
Bhardwaj praised Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal’s performances in the 2018 segment.
Shakun Batra also selected Johar’s segment as his favorite from the first two editions.
Kiran Rao and Vikramaditya Motwane chose Konkona Sen Sharma’s The Mirror from Lust Stories 2.
Lust Stories 3 features segments by Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra, and Vishal Bhardwaj.
- Who
- Directors Vishal Bhardwaj, Shakun Batra, Kiran Rao, and Vikramaditya Motwane discussed their favorite segments from the first two Lust Stories editions.
- What
- The filmmakers gave different opinions about the earlier anthology segments while discussing Lust Stories 3.
- Where
- The third edition is scheduled for release on Netflix India.
- When
- Lust Stories 3 is scheduled to return on Friday, September 18; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- The directors were interviewed ahead of the third edition and asked to identify their favorite earlier segments.
Karan Johar’s segment
The Mirror
Favorite earlier segment
Karan Johar’s segment
Vishal Bhardwaj and Shakun Batra selected Karan Johar’s 2018 segment, with Bhardwaj calling it Johar’s career-best film and praising Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal.
The Mirror
Kiran Rao and Vikramaditya Motwane selected Konkona Sen Sharma’s The Mirror from Lust Stories 2, praising its complexity, humor, discomfort, and treatment of class.
Key facts
- Anthology
- Lust Stories
- Third edition directors
- Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra, and Vishal Bhardwaj
- Release platform
- Netflix India
- Scheduled release
- Friday, September 18
- Bhardwaj and Batra’s favorite
- Karan Johar’s segment from Lust Stories, released in 2018
- Rao and Motwane’s favorite
- The Mirror, directed by Konkona Sen Sharma in Lust Stories 2
- Karan Johar segment cast
- Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal
Quotes
Vikramaditya Motwane
Director of a Lust Stories 3 segment
“Not just lust, but there were so many other things like class woven in. It was so complex for a short film, and so touching. The end was so perfect. I really loved it.”
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“In fact, watching Koko’s Lust Stories episode from the previous one was actually the reason why I was so keen to do this. What she did on that episode was phenomenal!”
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Sources
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