Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has helmed films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, says showcasing old world romance on-screen today is no longer viable. In conversation for Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Perfect Strokes with Anupama Chopra, Karan was asked how showcasing romance in movies has changed over the years, read a statement.

He said: "How does one create love in this day and age when everything is like fast food? Conversation is such a large part of a relationship today. Looks and silence is no longer the order of the day. In films like 'Chaudhvin Ka Chand' and 'Kagaz Ke Phool', there is indestructible love, there is unrequited beauty in that romance but that is all gone. It has been replaced by pragmatism and practicality."