Did Karan Johar lie about his relatives in his autobiography? - Page 9

Originally posted by: .Mishh007.

Hain?😕

Originally posted by: Anachronist

Guy in suit is now showing , earlier it was bkack and white guy 😆

Originally posted by: .Mishh007.

Do ya avatar? Dp mein toh 2 saal se black and white Lee pace hi hai..😆 avatar mein hai suit wala RA..

Originally posted by: TheekThaak

Looking at IFs definitions of Middle class, I feel poor. 😆

Originally posted by: -DZ-

This GIF always cracks me up 😆

Originally posted by: dahee

Learnt from his bhai SRK.

Originally posted by: charminggenie

+1000000000000000000

I am kinda shocked at the definition as well. Especially about SRK who during those times went to a very expensive private school, his mother was a magistrate which was/is one of the most prestigious and well-paid jobs. His dad ran canteens and also would have got property and money because of freedom fighter status . This guy had many properties in Delhi. SRk himself has mentioned that in his family one child was send to london to his relatives ..his nana had farmhouses in Bangalore . Like Dahee mentioned it was a big deal if anyone had a car in Delhi during 70s .This guy wasn't Ambani rich or even compared to his present times but he was rich.

As far as Anushka is concerned, she comes from upper middle class, like someone mentioned Army Col entitles many freebies right to a man-friday. Allowances etc. But a magistrate from 60s-70s deffo earned more and had higher pension scales.

Poor middle class, no wonder they are taken for a ride when people fail to identify this invisible majority.

^^Absolutely, Srk is a success story of sheer hardwork and dedication in a field where there is so much uncertainty. But I read a book by one of his relatives,that chap is a bureaucrat , the stories about their family were interesting and definitely privileged. Just from my understanding, private school education was coveted during those times. Most of the middle class people then send their children to Govt. schools or Central Govt. ones which were respectable those days just not like today's time. This background doesn't take away from his success or his outsider story.

A Strange and silly thing to lie about.

Even if Shahrukh wanted to hide his backstory , he can't considering how much has been written about it , hell there have been documentaries that have covered aspects of his life. He has never denied the fact that his mother was a magistrate or the fact that he went to the school he went to or the college that he went to. But this notion that his father was well off is quite amusing considering how much there is out there about his struggles as well. He had a law degree yet ran a canteen at one point which should tell one that he wasn't successful at what he had chosen as a career. Shahrukh's mother belonged to a very well off family. He has even mentioned that she went to London at one point. And the Maruti car that folks here are referring to was one that was taken on loan and was taken away by the authorities after his mother passed away. Infact this is something he has even talked about. I think he brought that car to Bombay thinking it was paid for but the authorities came to his film set and took the car and it was then that he realized that his mother had bought it on installment or something like that. His struggle is one that has been covered by many out there. Just because his mother was a magistrate or that he went to a really good school doesn't mean he was some filthy rich person. Which is why what he has achieved is a pretty darn big deal. Unlike some folks who claim they are outsiders( when they hardly are) and are darn well off financially too , he's someone who genuinely was an outsider in every sense of the word.

At the same time , despite being an outsider , he will be the first one to say how generous and welcoming the film industry was towards him. But to paint his background as if he belonged to some rich family is darn amusing man.