Remember when Kangana Ranaut called Karan Johar “the flag bearer of nepotism” in the Indian film industry? Of course, you do! How can someone possibly forget the beginning of the biggest Bollywood debates to date? Kangana opened Pandora’s box for KJo that day and the after-effects can still be felt. Since then, she along with a bunch of other actors has made many claims against the filmmaker. It has come to a point that KJo is literally called the “movie mafia” now.
Well, Karan just opened up about how these allegations impacted him in a recent conversation with journalist Suchitra Tyagi. During the interview, the filmmaker talked about how these “movie mafia” claims broke his mom. He shared, “In the last three years, I felt there was a lot of hate that was coming my way and it had really taken a toll on my mom. I saw her literally crumble under that because she used to watch TV channels. She was reading stuff online. She was quite like that in the zones. She was watching TV anchors screaming and shouting and saying the most godawful things like me, demonising me for some reason.”
KJo then talked about how he handled the situation keeping his mom’s well-being in mind. He said, “All I had to be was resilient at that time because I had to be strong for my own mom and for myself. You feel kind of naked after that has happened. Abhi toh kapde utar di hai sabne. Abhi kya chupana? Kisske ladna? (I have nothing to hide anymore) Everyone anyway has kind of stormed into your life, made assumptions.”
Karan also refuted the “movie mafia” claims during the interaction by saying, “They don’t know the person I am. They just made this perception of mafia or something they keep talking about. They don’t know how a producer on a daily basis is trying to get his or her cast.”
To call people out is one thing and to troll is another. There’s no doubt that those who attacked KJo often forgot that and it is heartbreaking to hear that KJo’s mom had to face the brunt of everything that happened to him.
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