After Karan Johar’s official video statement on the release controversies of his upcoming — Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Twitter has gone hysteric. While ‘Karan Johar’ is trending on the social media platform, the filmmaker is facing a lot of ire for keeping mum for so long. In his video statement, Karan has said that his duty towards his country takes precedence over his personal interests.
However, it seems like it’s not really easy to shut haters and trolls on Twitter. People have taken to Twitter to express how Karan’s statement reflects that he’s only concerned about the money he has invested in the film and not about the lives of Indian martyrs of Uri attack. Several tweets also target him for speaking so late on the issue. Check these out:
Did Karan Johar honestly just say ‘I won’t hire anymore Pakistani actors, but please watch my film because loads of Indians made it too’???
— Burnt Roti Mag (@BurntRotiMag) October 18, 2016
Wonder what took so long for Karan Johar to speak out on Pak actors. He could have said the same words earlier.
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) October 18, 2016
Dear Karan Johar, if you want to fight Pak’s terror by “spreading love”….better stay away from this. Leave it to our army and govt
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) October 18, 2016
A better line for Karan Johar to take would’ve been to speak up 2 weeks ago, donate a part of the film’s earnings to families of Uri martyrs
— India Unbound (@ArmchairPseph) October 18, 2016
Karan Johar has broken his silence on the controversy. Sir, you can earn money in your next film, but what about the lives lost #ripcinema
— Bindas Ladki (@bindasladki) October 18, 2016
Don’t blame Karan Johar for wilting. He is businessman first, artist second. But what of a state & society that beggars citizens into this?
— SonaliRanade (@sonaliranade) October 18, 2016
Karan Johar officially declares that he loves India. https://t.co/W1TZTZ7ypK
— Harneet Singh (@Harneetsin) October 18, 2016
Karan Johar realized Country Comes First after 30 days of Uri, 20 days of Surgical Strike and 10 days before release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) October 18, 2016
“For Me My Country Comes First, Nothing Else Matters”: Karan Johar.#ADHM
But He Didn’t Clarify Which Country, India Or Pak. 😉 #KaranJohar
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) October 18, 2016
Juz saw Karan Johar’s Video
Nice acting
May be Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Bt
Video wil flop like Bombay VelvetIthne Dhin moo me kya ta
— Mahesh Vikram Hegde (@mvmeet) October 18, 2016
Forcing a man to prove to the world of his intentions is just awful. These r sad times #KaranWithYou @karanjohar https://t.co/PJuERn7PCk
— Lost Boy (@lostboy54) October 18, 2016
Earlier in the day, the filmmaker also hinted at leaving Twitter citing a rather disgusting tweet made to mock him and his film — Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Sometimes it’s tweets like this that make you want to leave this platform….forever… https://t.co/jWUsYxyYHY
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) October 18, 2016
Featuring Fawad Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma in pivotal roles, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is slated to release on 28 October.
