Disney+ Hotstar announces KWK 8 along with new Karan Johar show, Showtime

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Karan Johar has had a successful stint of Koffee with Karan season 7 on Disney+ Hotstar and fans cannot get enough of the show. Now, the filmmaker is coming back on the OTT platform with a spicier show that is based on a topic that he is an expert on – the secrets of Bollywood. The announcement was made at the global fan event of Disney, the D23 Expo where three more shows on the Indian platform were announced. That included the eighth season of Koffee With Karan, which excited fans all around.

Talking about Showtime, Karan said, “I am excited to associate with Disney+ Hotstar for our new collaboration, announced at the prestigious D23 Expo. In addition to yet another exciting season of my beloved show, Koffee With Karan, happy to announce an all-new Dharma Production series, Showtime, which will lift the curtain on India’s entertainment industry’s biggest trade secrets.”

Disney+ Hotstar also released the synopsis of the show, which read, “Bollywood is the land of dreams – dreams that are dreamt with eyes wide open. Showtime, a drama series, brings forward all the off-screen fights for the power that runs the show. A deep, raw, unconcealed and uninhibited look into the battle lines that are drawn and crossed to keep the camera rolling and the audiences clapping. There is only one emperor that sits on the chair - but what’s a throne without a fight to get there? So, lights… camera… and action!”

Koffee With Karan currently has released ten episodes which saw the presence of some of the biggest and hottest celebrities in town including Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, Janhvi Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday. Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon and Tiger Shroff, Sonam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Aamir Khan and the Phone Bhoot trio, Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi too attended the show this season.