Karan Johar is preparing to take Dharma Productions into a very different cinematic space.
The filmmaker and producer is reportedly developing a large scale film based on Radha and Krishna, with Sachin Ravi attached as director. The project is currently untitled, but reports suggest it is being planned as one of Dharma Productions’ biggest upcoming films and is already in an advanced stage of development.
What makes the news interesting is not just the scale. It is the combination of a filmmaker known for emotionally driven mainstream cinema with a story that carries both spiritual and cultural weight.
A Different Kind of Love Story for Dharma
Karan Johar has spent much of his career telling stories about love, relationships and family, but this project takes that interest into a completely different world.
The film is expected to trace Krishna’s journey from his birth to the slaying of Kansa, while keeping the love story of Radha and Krishna at its emotional centre. Reports describe the project as a blend of romance, history and grand visual storytelling rather than a simple retelling of familiar events.
That balance could be the key to making the film work. The story of Radha and Krishna is already deeply familiar to audiences, so the challenge will not be introducing the characters. It will be finding a cinematic language that makes the story feel emotionally fresh without losing its spiritual depth.
Why Sachin Ravi Is an Interesting Choice
The project will be directed by Sachin Ravi, best known for the Kannada film Avane Srimannarayana, starring Rakshit Shetty.
That choice immediately gives the film an interesting flavour.
Ravi has experience with folklore, visual world building and stylised storytelling, which could be especially useful for a project that needs to balance intimate emotion with large scale spectacle. He also has a background in editing, having worked on Kannada films including Kirik Party and Ulidavaru Kandanthe. For a Radha Krishna film, that combination of rhythm, atmosphere and visual imagination could matter just as much as scale.
The Film Is Being Planned as a Tentpole Project
Reports suggest this is not being developed as a modest devotional drama.
Dharma is reportedly looking at it as a tentpole divine epic, which means audiences can probably expect large sets, extensive visual effects, elaborate costumes and a much bigger canvas than a conventional romantic film.
The project also fits into a larger shift in mainstream Indian cinema, where stories rooted in Indian epics, legends and spiritual traditions are increasingly being mounted as major theatrical spectacles.
But scale alone will not be enough. With a story as culturally significant as Radha and Krishna, the emotional tone, casting and visual interpretation will be watched very closely.
Casting Could Become the Biggest Talking Point
For now, Dharma Productions is keeping the casting under wraps.
No actors have been officially announced for Radha or Krishna, and that could quickly become the most discussed part of the project once names begin circulating.
Who plays these two roles will matter enormously because audiences already carry such strong visual and emotional ideas of both figures.
The performances will need to feel convincing without becoming overly theatrical, while the chemistry between Radha and Krishna will probably carry much of the film’s emotional weight.
Reports suggest the casting announcement could come later, but there is currently no confirmed timeline.
A Big Creative Shift for Karan Johar
The film also represents an interesting expansion for Karan Johar as a producer.
Dharma Productions has worked across romance, family drama, action, fantasy and comedy, but a full scale Radha Krishna epic takes the banner into more devotional territory.
That does not necessarily mean abandoning the emotional style associated with Dharma. If anything, the Radha Krishna story gives Johar an opportunity to work with the kind of themes he has always been drawn to, love, longing, devotion and relationships, but on a much larger cultural canvas.
That contrast is what makes the project worth watching.
What We Know So Far
The film currently has no official title, no announced cast and no confirmed release date. What has been reported is that Sachin Ravi is directing, Dharma Productions is backing the project, and development is already at an advanced stage.
That means there is still a lot we do not know. But the basic idea is already ambitious enough to create curiosity.
A large scale Radha Krishna film backed by Karan Johar and directed by Sachin Ravi could either become a very traditional epic or something visually and emotionally quite different. The most interesting question now is how they choose to tell a story that audiences already know so well.
Glamcheck Take
This is one of those projects where the casting, music and visual world could completely define the film. The Radha Krishna story already carries timeless romance and devotion. Dharma now has to make that familiarity feel cinematic again.
And if Sachin Ravi brings the same sense of world building and imagination that made his earlier work stand out, this could become one of Dharma Productions’ most intriguing upcoming films.
