'Box office hai, Instagram reel nahi...': Did Karan Johar take a dig at Bollywood movies?
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Director-producer Karan Johar seems to be sharing unveiled digs via his social media handles. After sharing a cryptic post for the actors, who used methods to look younger, filmmaker Karan Johar has now slammed Bollywood for blindly following trends through his Instagram story.
Sharing a long note, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani director wrote, “Bada scale chahiye toh wo banaao. Action chali. Action banaao! Love story chali toh love story banaao! Chick flick hit hui toh wahan jaao! Mausam har hafte badalta hai… conviction har hafte marta hai! Box office hai bhaiya, Instagram reel nahi… 30 second ki trending mein reh jaaoge wahin ke wahin!”
However, it seems like Karan Johar is doing same thing by producing Sara Ali Khan-starrer film 'Ae Watan Mere Watan', a fictional tale set against the backdrop of 1942's Quit India Movement. The moie is inspired by real events and chronicles a pivotal chapter from India's quest for Independence. Ths comes as movies inspired by renowned personalities have become a trend and these movies have seen the downfall at the box office.
In 2022, Karan Johar said something similar during a round-table with Galatta Plus. “I think the core issue is that we come from a mainstream industry in Hindi cinema, and that includes myself, which does not have one very strong quality that every other cinema on this panel has. That is conviction. We kind of always go with the flow. We had such an original voice in Salim-Javed in the 70s. We created a certain character and the concept of that angsty, angry hero was derived from other cinemas. Then, in the 80s, suddenly something happened and there came a host of remakes. That’s where the conviction loss started. We started remaking every film popular in Tamil and Telugu,” the filmmaker said.
Recently, KJo shared a cryptic post on Botox and said that fillers can change external appearance but not core nature. “Fillers laga lo fulfilment nahin milti… Make up laga lo umar hai ghat thi. Karlo jitna bhi Botox, lagoge jaise madhumakkhi ne kaat liya… Naak badalne se gandh itar nahi banti. Going under the knife se exterior badal bhi jaaye… Lekin meri jaan… Fitrat nahi badalti (Putting fillers doesn’t bring fulfilment. Applying makeup reduces age. No matter how much Botox you do, you’ll look like a bee has stung you. Changing the nose doesn’t change the bad smell. Going under the knife will only change your exterior and not your nature),” the filmmaker wrote.