

I decided, might as well get paid for all the talking".

About hosting a television chat show, Johar says, "I chat all the time, on the phone, at parties. Īccording to the producers, the concept of the show revolves around "spilling the beans while having a hot cuppa." They have stated that Johar is "the brain behind the show" and that he "sits on everything". He declined the offer, stating "I don't mind anchoring a show, but I'd rather it was a chat show." The idea was pitched to the heads of Star India who, impressed with Johar's hosting skills at the first Zee Cine Awards, ordered the show without a pilot. The producers were involved with the Star Parivaar Awards in 2004 and approached Karan Johar about hosting the event. Koffee with Karan was produced by Fazila Allana and Kamna Nirula Menezes. Host Karan Johar was credited with naming the show. The show won an Indian Television Academy Award in 2007 for Best Talk Show and Best Talk Show Anchor for Johar. It is the second longest-running talk show after Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan on Indian Hindi-language television, as well as one of the most watched Indian English-language television shows.


In 2022, Koffee with Karan moved over to Disney+ Hotstar as a streaming exclusive under the service's label and content hub, Hotstar Specials, with the seventh season airing on the streaming platform and Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment replacing Banijay Group's SOL India as the show's production company. The show is distributed by Disney Star its first six seasons aired on Star World India (2004–2019) with the second season being simulcasted on Star One (2007). The show debuted on 19 November 2004, and has aired six seasons since then, over a span of seventeen years. Koffee with Karan is an Indian talk show hosted by filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar, and produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital content division of his production company, Dharma Productions.
