Karan Johar reacts to being addressed as ‘movie mafia’; says, “I felt there was a lot of hate that was coming my way and it had really taken a toll on my mom”

Karan Johar opened up about how it was traumatic for his mother to read about so many negative reports about him and how he dealt with it.

By Bollywood Hungama News Network -

August 9, 2023 - 1:40 PM IST

Karan Johar, who is currently riding high on the grand success of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, has not been reacting to many accusations that came his way in the past few years. We can say that the filmmaker has reacted to only a few statements and recently, he decided to react to being called ‘movie mafia’ as well as opened up about the time, he was heavily trolled on social media, for allegedly promoting nepotism.

Karan Johar reacts to being addressed as ‘movie mafia’; says, “I felt there was a lot of hate that was coming my way and it had really taken a toll on my mom”

In a recent interview with Sucharita Tyagi, he revealed that his mother Hiroo Johar was very upset and had felt traumatic when her son was being accused and trolled on social media. Recalling her reaction, Karan Johar said, “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 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. Then there were people who were kind of writing the same on Twitter and other social media platforms.”

He further went on to speak about how he dealt with the situation as he continued to assure himself to be strong. “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? (Now that everything is out in the open. I have nothing to hide. And nothing to fight.) Everyone anyway has kind of stormed into your life, made assumptions. 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,” he added.

On the work front, Karan Johar recently returned to direction after seven years with Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The film, also starring Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi in pivotal roles, released on July 28.

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