Karan Johar in 2014 interview: I am definitely guilty of nepotism

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Karan Johar - I am definitely guilty of nepotism

Post his controversy with Kangana Ranaut over nepotism, we came across a video of Karan Johar where he himself admits being guilty of it and talks about its existence in Bollywood.

Written By Urvi Parikh Mumbai Published: March 27, 2017 10:19 am 8463 reads 12 comments
Karan Johar and Kangana Ranaut recent controversy on whether nepotism exists in Bollywood, refuses to die down. The entire debate started when Kangana appeared on Karan's show Koffee with Karan and called him a 'snooty flag bearer of nepotism'. What followed next is a public war of words.
The filmmaker, who stayed mum over Kangana's comments on the show, lashed out at her when he visited the London School of Economics. When he was asked about the statement, he said that may be Kangana doesn't know the meaning of nepotism. He also said that he is done with Kangana playing the victim card always.
Amidst this mud slinging, we came across an old video of Karan Johar, where he is admitting that nepotism exists in Bollywood. Karan had appeared on Anupama Chopra's show The Front Row with Deepika Padukone and Tisca Chopra back in 2014 and that is where the filmmaker spoke candidly about nepotism in Bollywood.
In the video, KJo says, "I picked up a chubby girl and I felt something. May be the fact that she was Mahesh Bhatt's daughter also excited me. I don't know. Right now I may say no, but may be that has been a very strong sub-layer. And that is nepotism and we are guilty and I am guilty. I am definitely guilty. Would I have cast Varun Dhawan if he wasn't David Dhawan's son? Because he was David Dhawan's son he was on my set as an AD and that's where I could spend enough time with him to know that he can be a movie star. So as I said, it has lot to do with the fact that there are too many factors in this country that determine movie stardom and I think true talent is the least of them. It is very sad and truly tragic. Would I have been a filmmaker? I am a producer's son. I had no experience, I was an assistant on one film, my father had the platform to give me and therefore I am a filmmaker. If I go through any struggle in my career then I deserve it."
Guess, Kangana Ranaut is surely going to have a last laugh on this!

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Posted: 8 years ago
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Maine bola tha! I remembered kjo accepting nepotism in the past...

Ye sirf isliye chidh gaya kyunki kangana (an outsider ) ne isko bola..upar se he had to encash on some controversy till the release of BKD...isliye itna naatak...
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Seen this clip before...

Sometime people can acknowledge their flaws but when another points it out, they get defensive. That's what happened to Kjo. He didn't expect what happened and being called out by an outsider like Kangana hit him hard.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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KJo had admitted many times that he's nepotistic, even on Mira Rajput's episode.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Geez... If he himself has acknowledged it. Then what was all that drama? Just because kangana being an outsider pointed it out, his panties got all twisted? All that defensiveness just because people praised kangana for it. Karan, grow a thicker skin and bring your elitism down a notch!
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Karan gives so many interviews that after a while he forgets what he said publicly.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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I think it was because how kangana was being praised after that kwk episode for being mufat..his ego was hurt and thought "I gave her the platform, I was generous not to edit the part"..and also I think he had to de-popularize the surrogacy thing
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Originally posted by: namkeen_halwa

I think it was because how kangana was being praised after that kwk episode for being mufat..his ego was hurt and thought "I gave her the platform, I was generous not to edit the part"..and also I think he had to de-popularize the surrogacy thing


It's pathetic nonetheless, especially when there was a whole brigade of bolly people supporting and saying.. nepotism where? And karan johar, flag bearer of nepotism? Huh. Definitely haven't EVER heard of that. This just made them ALL look like fools. Especially the ones that were directly supporting karan. 😆
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Now I can say I hate him .. a double faced, fake , guy who himself plays victim cards to get sympathy and can use anything for his benefit ... kjo , you loose a fan now
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Posted: 8 years ago
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It was not about neptism
It was about ENTITLEMENT.

What HR and Kjo were really saying is ..

How dare you biatch!Know your place!

And go back to where you crawled out from.

Why they have egg on their faces is,because of the respect Kangana has gained in public and non Bollywood media.

both just didn't see the backlash coming.


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