Karan Johar responds to Jigra controversy on Alia Bhatt casting

Karan Johar has addressed the controversy surrounding the casting of Alia Bhatt in Vasan Bala’s upcoming movie Jigra. The filmmaker confronted backlash as netizens alleged that Bala expressed his dissatisfaction within the interview, stating that Johar had despatched an incomplete draft of the script to Alia with out his consent. This incident sparked debates about nepotism and favouritism in Bollywood.

Reacting to the uproar, Johar took to Instagram, clarifying the state of affairs. He wrote, “I fold my fingers and inform everybody, please hear and skim whole interviews earlier than making clickbait assumptions.” Johar added that Vasan Bala’s feedback have been misinterpreted, emphasizing their robust collaboration. “The gore misinterpretation of his remark about me sending the script to Alia with out his grammar checks made me snigger initially… however now could be really annoying.”

Johar urged followers and critics to observe Bala’s full interview, the place the director talked about sending a tough, unrefined model of the script to Johar, who then forwarded it to Alia. Jigra, starring Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina, is slated for launch on October 11, 2024.