India, May 20 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar is back at the Cannes Film Festival after 12 years. This time, he is set to represent his latest production, Homebound, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan. It will premiere in the Un Certain Regard category on May 21. Speaking at an event, the filmmaker recalled an interesting anecdote about when he first came to the French city with Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

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It was a nostalgic moment at the Bharat Pavilion as K3G filmmaker took to the stage alongside director Neeraj, reflecting on his early Cannes memories and his late father Yash Johar's vision.

"I have a lot of emotional memories of ...