Popular director and producer of Bollywood, Karan Johar is going to face a big test this year. This ace producer has lined up as many as six films for release this year. Three of these films are the high budget ones and have to do extremely well at the box office to get profits.

First of them will be Akshay Kumar’s Kesari which will release in this month. This independence drama looks stars Akshay Kumar in the lead role. Then comes Kalank, which is a multistarrer which is also a period drama. Another biggie of the lot is Brahmastra starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia and is a fantasy thriller.

Apart from these biggies, Drive, Student of the year and Good News are the other films which Karan is producing this year. Anyways, the result of these films might not affect him but the result of the mentioned biggies can decide the future of his banner, says the trade pundits.

Noted Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar said that only 6 actors could rake in the moolah at the Bollywood box office.

Addressing at a program held in Mumbai, answering whether there is a limited choice of actors in Bollywood, Karan agreed and said, “Yes, it is a big problem. We have hundreds of films to make, but there are only six actors who can sell your movie. If you take someone new, then you won’t get the budget as the film won’t get proper satellite or music rights, or proper release overseas. If you make a small film, then you can take a chance. The moment I think small, I get worried and scared. I am best when I think large or big”.

The ace filmmaker added, “I need to have the saleable face at the end of the day, as I am a producer and not a studio. When I made ‘Student of the Year’ I took a chance. Fortunately it worked. But it doesn’t work out always.I would request all to launch new faces and then leverage them as I did with Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, and Alia Bhatt as I went on to do several films with them. I think that is what we need to do.”