INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On Monday, the 46-year-old filmmaker Instagrammed a photo of Shweta Bachchan Nanda and her daughter Navya Naveli Nanda to announce Shweta's
new label (in collaboration with designer Monisha Jaising) but Karan's Instafam was not amused
Instead, they tagged the post as "an extreme case of nepotism" as Karan appeared to promote another star kid - Amitabh Bachchan's
granddaughter Navya Naveli
"I'm sure you will launch this girl in your next project but you can't see talent in other struggling actors your best launching machine -
nepotism," read a comment
Comments like "N for Nepotism" followed."Nepotism at its extreme case! Please post some talented people's pictures
You need to stop this instantly," demanded another user while another comment read: "Nepotism zindabad he is the Santa Claus of rich
people." A section of Karan's Instafam also wanted him to introduce the "struggling" faces of Bollywood instead of star kids: "Make the
Soon you'll be launching her too cause you're friends with her mom and shit
There are so many other talented and beautiful people in India who aren't rich and struggling
You can launch them But no
very outspoken Kangana Ranaut branded him as the "the flag bearer of nepotism" on an episode of Koffee With Karan
Over the weekend, Karan was trolled for his continued inclusion of celebrity kids on Twitter after the cast of his next production venture
Takht was announced - Takht stars Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Janhvi Kapoor among others
daughter Janhvi Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor's brother Ishaan Khatter with July release Dhadak, ahead of which, this is what he told news
agency IANS: "I know that word (nepotism) was doing around for last two years and I am again perhaps encouraging the same concept but I will
But I want to say, they are not here because of that word, but because of their hard work."After Kangana set the nepotism debate rolling,
Karan Johar directed several of his sarcasm-laden jibes towards the subject
Last year, Karan referenced to 'nepotism', calling himself and actors Akshaye Khanna and Sonakshi Sinha "brand ambassadors" of nepotism
At the IIFA awards last year, Karan, Varun Dhawan and Saif Ali Khan chanted 'nepotism rocks' on stage - something which the trio was widely
criticised for.Karan Johar, who is known to have introduced several star kids in Bollywood, is the son of later filmmaker Yash Johar
Next up, Karan Johar the producer has Student Of The Year 2 line-up for release, which will launch Chunky Panday's daughter Ananya in
