Here’s what he told in January 2017 to India Today, “I have become like the poster boy of homosexuality in this country. But honestly, I have no problem with people saying what they want about me. Twitter has the most abuse. I wake up to at least 200 hate posts saying, ‘Get out, you’re polluting our nation, you’re dirtying society’ or ‘Shove [IPC Section] 377 up your arse.’ I get this on a daily basis and I’ve learned to laugh it off. One man came up to me once very cockily at Heathrow airport and said, ‘Is it true that you are a homo?’ He was with his wife and child, and he asked me this. I looked at him and said, ‘Why, are you interested?’ And he said, ‘Hey, what-what what!’ And I said, ‘Don’t what-what me.’ And I walked out.” Yes, that was a great response and we’re tired of ‘homophobic’ people making such ignorant comments.
What homosexuals are going through in the country has been well documented and the new generation has been more accepting of it. Then why play the victim card? If you don’t believe it, read his biography, ‘An Unsuitable Boy’. Now let’s talk about the ‘woman card’. We can’t believe as an Indian man, he’s ignorant to all the violence, discrimination and inequality that Indian women have been faced with for centuries. That’s why may be his movies never speak of women empowerment. And please quit saying that ‘Saba’ from ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ is an example of it.
Coming back to his interview with Anupama Chopra, he added, “You cannot be this victim at every given point of time who has this sad story to tell about how she has been terrorized by ‘bad Bollywood’ If it is that way then leave.” Who does Karan Johar really think he is? His statement clearly speaks of what the privileged 1 per cent of the film industry thinks. The industry is not owned by him of any of the Bollywood gangs which claims it.
He has the right to opinion but when someone is ‘giving it to him’ in his own words, then may be he should be as accepting as he is of the gossips he indulges in! The world is changing so should the mentality of men and women. If as a part of the modern society, we still accuse and blame women or men for speaking out, then it’ll take another millennium to bring back civilization. Make the world a better place, Karan!
