Vivek Agnihotri And Film Editor-Writer Apurva Asrani Shares Views On Karan Johar Admitting To Sabotage Anushka Sharma's Career

Two well-known Bollywood personalities, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and film editor-writer Apurva Asrani, have shared their views on a recently resurfaced video showing Karan Johar admitting that he tried to sabotage Anushka Sharma's career in her early days in the industry. During an event in 2016, Karan confessed that he had advised Aditya Chopra against casting Anushka in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. The video has caused outrage on social media, with many expressing their anger toward Karan's confession.

Sharing the video on Twitter, Apurva Asrani wrote,

'I totally wanted to murder Anushka Sharma's career' - Karan Johar confesses to Rajeev Masand & Anupama Chopra in 2016. Said in jest, I'm sure, but still a worthy point in the raging insider-outsider debate. pic.twitter.com/8JNLp8Kyud

— Apurva (@Apurvasrani) April 6, 2023

In response, Vivek Agnihotri tweeted, “Someone’s only hobby is to make or break careers. If Bollywood is in the gutter, it’s because of some people’s dirty ‘backroom’ politics against talented outsiders.” The video was filmed during the 18th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in 2016, where Karan was accompanied by Anushka and Aishwarya Rai. Karan made the confession in front of Anushka, who was in a jovial mood throughout. Karan had said, “I totally wanted to, completely murder Anushka Sharma's career. Because when Aditya Chopra showed me her image, I was like, ‘no, no, mad or what, you signing her, you crazy! There is no need for you to sign this Anushka Sharma'. There was another lead actress at that time who I wanted Adi to sign, and I was totally behind the scene sabotaging her completely. The movie also I was reluctantly watching Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.” The video resurfaced a few days after Priyanka Chopra revealed in an interview that she left Bollywood to try her luck in Hollywood after she was “being pushed into a corner in the industry” and people were not casting her. Kangana Ranaut claimed on Twitter that it was Karan Johar who had banned Priyanka in Bollywood. However, Karan and Priyanka greeted each other with a hug at the star-studded NMACC launch in Mumbai recently.