Karan Johar: Can we say once and for all, RIP nepotism and move on?
| Updated: Jul 12, 2017, 11:13 IST
When Kangana Ranaut accused Karan Johar of being the ‘flag-bearer of nepotism’ on ‘Koffee With Karan’, the debate on nepotism, who knew it would originate a wave that would take so long to calm down. Post the controversial episode, revelations and confessions were made, opinions of contemporaries were shared and in the whole debate got so intense that Karan even suggested Kangana to leave Bollywood if it has been so harsh to her.
(Also read: Kangana Ranaut: Karan Johar’s nepotism blog was more of a brainwash)
Recently, the filmmaker was again asked whether launching star kids like Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter nad Ananya Panday would add fuel to the fire. To this, he said, “I think much has been said and debated about that word. One person talks about it, everybody discusses it and it becomes a national issue. I don’t think nepotism is one thing we should discuss because it has existed in so many industries since time immemorial. Can we say once and for all, RIP nepotism and move on from that?”
“What is the harm if a friend’s daughter or sibling or child is talented and cast for a part? I had nothing to do with Mr Mahesh Bhatt before I chose to launch Alia. David Dhawan and his wife Laali are family friends but Varun went through the grind of being an assistant director for five years before I thought that he was good enough. Sidharth Malhotra was not from the industry and I never get credit for that, or the 15 directors, who are not from the film industry that I worked with,” concluded Karan.
(Also read: Priyanka Chopra: Nepotism exists, I have been kicked out of films)
CREDITS: DNA
(Also read: Kangana Ranaut: Karan Johar’s nepotism blog was more of a brainwash)
Recently, the filmmaker was again asked whether launching star kids like Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter nad Ananya Panday would add fuel to the fire. To this, he said, “I think much has been said and debated about that word. One person talks about it, everybody discusses it and it becomes a national issue. I don’t think nepotism is one thing we should discuss because it has existed in so many industries since time immemorial. Can we say once and for all, RIP nepotism and move on from that?”
“What is the harm if a friend’s daughter or sibling or child is talented and cast for a part? I had nothing to do with Mr Mahesh Bhatt before I chose to launch Alia. David Dhawan and his wife Laali are family friends but Varun went through the grind of being an assistant director for five years before I thought that he was good enough. Sidharth Malhotra was not from the industry and I never get credit for that, or the 15 directors, who are not from the film industry that I worked with,” concluded Karan.
(Also read: Priyanka Chopra: Nepotism exists, I have been kicked out of films)
CREDITS: DNA