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A first look at the Koffee With Karan Season 9 set, from its understated coffee cup to the new shredder machine, as Karan Johar prepares to bid farewell to the iconic celebrity chat show.
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News18•15-10-2026, 09:17
Koffee With Karan Season 9 Returns With A New Set, Muted Coffee Cup And A Shredder
  • •Koffee With Karan returns for its ninth and final season with a brand new set at Yash Raj Films.
  • •The iconic coffee cup features a noticeably more subdued and restrained color palette this season.
  • •A surprise addition to the set is a shredder machine where guests can feed in written rumours or secrets.
  • •The final season faces the challenge of extracting unfiltered confessions in an era of strict publicist management and instant social media scrutiny.
  • •Fans anticipate the return of Karan Johar's sharp questions and spontaneous moments for one last farewell.

Key Questions Answered

Koffee With Karan Season 9 premiered on October 14, 2026, at 7 PM IST on JioHotstar, marking the start of the chat show's final chapter.

Salman Khan is set to kick off the farewell season as the guest for the opening episode, appearing solo on the iconic couch.

The shredder machine allows guests to write down a rumour, a secret, or something they want to leave behind and feed the note into the machine to make it disappear.