Karan Johar says he was at centre of 'negativity', claims trolling was 'unfair'

Filmmaker Karan Johar faced a lot of criticism following the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, with trolls and haters calling out Bollywood nepotism as one of the factors that drove the promising actor to his death. While the filmmaker has always maintained his indifference to them, a recent interaction saw him calling them unfair.
Karan Johar says he was at centre of 'negativity' claims trolling was 'unfair'

Karan Johar says he was at centre of 'negativity' claims trolling was 'unfair'

KEY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Karan Johar has faced a lot of flak from online trolls
  • The filmmaker has been accused of nepotism multiple times
  • He has now called the online trolling unfair
During the recently concluded seventh season of Koffee with Karan, host Karan Johar, on multiple occasions during the season opened up on the immense trolling and bashing he has faced for everything under the sun - from his movies, to his love life (or lack of it) and even his children. While the filmmaker has always maintained his indifference to them, a recent interaction saw him calling them unfair.
For the unversed, Karan faced a lot of criticism post the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, with trolls and haters calling out Bollywood nepotism as one of the factors that drove the promising actor to his death. In a new interview, Karan has opened up about it.
In an interaction with Bollywood Hungama, Karan addressed the first few months of the pandemic and the rise of the anti-Bollywood brigade and said, “Bollywood went through a really tough time with all the trolling and bashing that was happening. It was not a nice time. I, particularly, felt I was right at the centre of so much negativity. It was something I never envisaged, imagined. I felt there was so much being said and written that was unfair.”
Karan Johar
Karan Johar
KJo, as he is popularly called, further added that he felt the only way to come out of the negative zone was to focus on work. Karan stated that one had to chin up and move on because eventually he was accountable to his company, mum and family. Karan said he felt he had to be stronger and take it all in his stride.
"To be resilient was very important at that point of time. It was just so unnecessary and I am glad, we could go past that and focus on work. That’s what I did. I put all my thoughts on work zone. Maybe not everybody came out as a stronger human being, but I’d like to say there were many," he added.
Notably, Karan, who is now returning to direction for the first time in seven years with Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, has launched a number of star kids - Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter.
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