Devgn's film Shivayy was to release along with Karan's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. When trailers were released, the latter got more eyeballs. Thanks to Kamal Khan's baseless tweet, rivalry spread to both camps.
Luck seems to have favoured Ajay Devgn. Karan Johar is on the backfoot, being very careful as his film is the target of people's ire at the moment.
Ajay Devgn has taken this oppurtunity to go the whole hog publicise Shivayy. And he's also annouced that "he won't work with Pakistani artistes for the time being".
Just what the Hindutava brigade would love to hear.
(Inputs from Dyuti Basu and Subhash K. Jha)
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