Made my day, my year and many years ahead: Karan Johar thanks his 'closest friend' Manish Malhotra for the 'best present' on his 48th birthday

By Rashita Sahni

on May 26, 2020

Karan Johar, who turned 48 on Monday, might have had a lockdown birthday at home but for the filmmaker it was the best one. KJo shared a post on Instagram thanking his BFF Manish Malhotra for the 'best gift' ever. Manish, who shares a great bond with Karan and has been friends with him for 28 years, planned a surprise for KJo by making an hour-long birthday video with messages from his loved ones.

Karan was overjoyed to receive the gift and posted a photo of Manish with son Yash Johar and another photo of himself with filmmaker Punit Malhotra who helped to edit the birthday video. KJo captioned the post as, "I turned 48 yesterday and was overwhelmed with all the love and wishes that were showered on me..I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friendships around me that are beyond family to me and mine today ....yesterday my dearest and closest friend @manishmalhotra05 made a video for me with messages from my close friends and family...it was the best present I could have ever received ...he has been relentlessly following up with everyone for the past week and i was overwhelmed with emotion watching it....it made my day and my year and many years ahead as well....thank you Manish for this will cherish it all my life....I love you so much!!! Have known and been close to you for 28 years now!!!! Big thank you to my bacha @punitdmalhotra who helped execute and edit this video ( that was 1 hour 5 minutes long) i love you Punit and I can totally believe how Manish must have sat on your head ! Both of you are in my heart forever! "

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I turned 48 yesterday and was overwhelmed with all the love and wishes that were showered on me..I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friendships around me that are beyond family to me and mine today ....yesterday my dearest and closest friend @manishmalhotra05 made a video for me with messages from my close friends and family...it was the best present I could have ever received ...he has been relentlessly following up with everyone for the past week and i was overwhelmed with emotion watching it....it made my day and my year and many years ahead as well....thank you Manish for this will cherish it all my life....I love you so much!!! Have known and been close to you for 28 years now!!!! Big thank you to my bacha @punitdmalhotra who helped execute and edit this video ( that was 1 hour 5 minutes long) i love you Punit and I can totally believe how Manish must have sat on your head ! Both of you are in my heart forever!

A post shared by Karan Johar (@karanjohar) on May 26, 2020 at 12:06am PDT