Karan Johar asked Nadaniyan critics to move forward: Let it go
Filmmaker Karan Johar addressed the social media backlash against ‘Nadaniyan’. The film received poor reviews and did widespread trolling. Johar reflected on the lessons learned and asked people to move forward.
In short
- Karan Johar addressed the social media trolling of ‘Nadaniyan’
- The filmmaker said that ‘Nadaniyan’ was seen for wrong reasons
- Johar admitted that the film did not find the love she expected but asked people to move forward
Filmmaker Karan Johar broke his silence on the criticism of the film ‘Nadaniyan’, starring Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan. In March this year, it was directly released on Netflix, the film faced widespread social media trolling. Johar recently addressed the backlash in podcast, given that the film was seen for wrong reasons.
In a podcast with Susin Mehrotra, Johar said, “As a creative artist, as an associate, any film that gets criticism never makes me happy. Even though a Gajilian people saw it, and it was not liked, it was seen for wrong reasons.”
He admitted that it did not expect love and asked people to move forward. “You can’t do! I am sorry, I will be very stupid to seduced the fact that this love was not found, it was not liked, it was disintegrated, and maybe it should have been slightly more. I am liking, ‘man, let it go’ after a point. It’s a film that you don’t like. You can move forward.” The filmmaker said.
The manufacturer of ‘Nadaniyan’ further said how the content creators took advantage of the backlash.
The 53-year-old mentioned, “YouTube was a creator and material manufacturer who was making videos on it. You know that you are receiving a hit again and again, because cursing ‘Nadaniyan’ was like that moment’s fashion. It enjoyed watching and watching that YouTube video, and he enjoyed it. It was sometimes celebrated. It was sometimes celebrated negatively, and it happens.”
Referring to the performance of the project, Johar said, “Keep it aside, I have no way to tell you that it has got a large number of numbers, so I am happy about it. No, I can’t be happy about it. I can’t get love. I will not get love, we have to accept it, have to accept it, have to move forward, and do better.”
“We are all very self-conscious. It’s a part of my personality type. Will I go and apologize for it? No, I will probably talk with the team, take stock of it, and do so. We have settled it internally.
Directed by Shuna Gautam, ‘Nadaniyan’ was released on Netflix on 7 March this year. The film marked the debut of Ibrahim Ali Khan’s performance.
