Koffe With Karan In A New Season Opens With Deepika-Ranveer

Koffee with Karan Season 8 was announced with a very well-made promo where Karan’s conscience, with a k of course, trolled him about the shortcomings of Season 7.

From the inappropriate questions on the sex lives of his proteges to lengthy monologues that he struggled to deliver, the conscience with a k had done his consumer research and an in-depth study of the comments section on social media.

But Season 8, now streaming on Disney+Hotstar, doesn’t manage to brew a fresh pot of conversations with every episode, mostly serving reheated coffee on a new couch.

Season 8 started with Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh whom Karan introduced as Bollywood royalty. The two looked lovely and demonstrated just how much equality is there in their relationship by equally dividing the talking points during the episode.

Ranveer spoke in the first half while Deepika nodded coyly and she took over in the second half of the episode to talk about issues close to her heart.

The highlight of the episode for me though was not the wedding video which seemed too much of an orchestrated PR exercise, but Karan and Deepika’s candid admissions about having anxiety attacks and not always being as put together as they seem.

It was refreshingly honest, brave and a glimpse into how hard it is for sensitive, creative minds to be in such an unrelentingly competitive business. _Indian Express.