Karan Johar Takes Dig at Bollywood Films for Following 'Trends': 'Box Office Hai, Instagram Reel Nahi...'

Karan Johar has once again shared a cryptic post on his Instagram stories. This time, the filmmaker has called out Bollywood movies for blindly following “trends”. Time and again, Karan has openly criticised Bollywood’s inability to create original content. In his new post, Karan has maintained that Bollywood “lacks” conviction when it comes to originality.

Sharing the lengthy note on his handle, Karan 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!”

During a round-table interview by Galatta Plus in 2022, Karan had said something similar. “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,” Karan had told Baradwaj Rangan.

Karan’s latest cryptic post comes days after he called out those who went “under the knife” to look younger. Last week, he took to his Instagram Stories and wrote a lengthy note, saying that fillers may change one’s external appearance but it cannot change one’s nature and personality.

“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),” Karan wrote on his Instagram Stories.