Producer-filmmaker Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt have worked together on several hit projects and have now teamed up for Vasan Bala’s directorial ‘Jigra’. In a recent interview, Vasan Bala shared that Karan had sent his rough idea for ‘Jigra’ to Alia and he was not happy about it. This light-hearted comment by the filmmaker was taken out of context by some netizens, who trolled Karan again for allegedly favouring Alia. Karan Johar has now penned on long note on Instagram to shut down the trolls and clarify the rumours. 

Clarifying the rumours, Karan wrote on Instagram, “Twitter became X and became my X a while ago… I broke up with the nauseous noise and muted the unwarranted angst … but social media is like the Lockness monster it’s gets to you even when you can’t see it.. so was flooded with Vasan Bala’s interview which he answered with pure innocence and so much love.” 

He further expressed his disappointment on how Vasan Bala’s statement was taken out of context and wrote, “The gore misinterpretation of his comment about me sending the script to Alia without his grammar checks made me laugh initially at the ludicrousness of it all but now is truly annoying me … Vasan continues to be one of my most talented and wonderful collaborators and if you see his interview and hear his tone you will totally get it!” 

“BUT NO … much ado about nothing is all over the place…I fold my hands and tell everyone please hear and read entire interviews before making clickbait assumptions! Loads of Love to all of you …,” Karan concluded. 

Vasan Bala’s Previous Comments:

For the unversed, Vasan Bala recalled how Karan Johar sent the rough script of ‘Jigra’ to Alia. He was not happy about it because he did not do any grammar or spell check or write any nice hero entry in it. He told Tried And Refused Productions, “I had written a very kachha pakka email, stream of consciousness thoughts… sent it to Karan and 6-7 hours later, he called saying that I have already sent it to Alia and I was really not happy with it. I was like I would have at least done some spell check, grammar check, hygiene, written some very nice hero entry… That email was sent and I asked Karan ‘Why did you do this?’ He said ‘No, no this is how it works. Then he said we’ll meet in a couple of days.” 

About Jigra: 

‘Jigra’ also stars Vedang Raina in the lead role. The movie will release in theatres on October 11, 2024.