Karan Johar’s Rs. 480 crore jump: How he went from 5th to 4th on Hurun’s Bollywood Rich List
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
That’s a jump of Rs. 480 crore rupees in just one year, an increase of roughly 34%. And while the number itself is striking, the change in his position makes the comparison even more interesting.
Adding to this, On the 2024 list, Johar was behind Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan’s wealth stood at Rs. 1,600 crore rupees, putting him Rs. 200 crore rupees ahead of Johar.
Meanwhile, Fast-forward to the 2025 edition and that gap has completely disappeared. Johar is now at Rs. 1,880 crore rupees, while Bachchan and his family are estimated at Rs. 1,630 crore rupees. That puts Johar Rs. 250 crore rupees ahead and moves him from fifth to fourth.
Notably, Dharma Productions remains the primary company associated with Johar’s wealth on the Hurun list. Over the period between the two editions, the biggest development around the banner was Johar’s reported sale of a 50% stake to Adar Poonawalla for $119 million. The transaction transformed years of discussions around monetising Dharma into an actual deal and became a significant development in the filmmaker’s business journey.
As per the latest buzz, The numbers, however, are the clearest way to understand what happened. In 2024, Johar’s Rs. 1,400 crore rupees fortune placed him firmly inside Bollywood’s top five. In 2025, that figure had risen by Rs. 480 crore rupees, enough to leapfrog Bachchan and change his position on the list.
In further updates, It’s also worth noting that Johar’s wealth story extends beyond filmmaking. His business interests have included Dharma’s OTT arm Dharmatic, hospitality and the luxury jewellery brand Tyaani, although Dharma Productions remains the principal company attached to his Hurun listing.
On top of that, For Karan Johar, therefore, the most interesting takeaway from the latest Hurun numbers isn't simply that he is worth Rs. 1,880 crore rupees. It’s that in the space of one year, his estimated wealth increased by more than a third and that growth was enough to take him from fifth place to fourth.
2024: Rs. 1,400 crore rupees. 2025: Rs. 1,880 crore rupees. Fifth place became fourth.
Source: Bollywood Hungama