Won't talk about intolerance, look what happened to others: Karan Johar
The filmmaker addressed several controversies he faced at Jaipur Literature Festival.
Jaipur
: Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar stole the show on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival which began here on Thursday. In conversation with Poonam Saxena and Shobhaa De, he touched down on several aspects of his life and his upcoming biography 'An Unsuitable Boy'.
The filmmaker said that India is a tough country where speaking about personal life can land people behind the bars. He said, -"We are in a tough country and to speak about one’s personal life in today’s time can land you in jail . I feel bound on every level, be it what I put out on celluloid or what I say in print. I feel like there is always some kind of a legal notice awaiting me everywhere I go. I’ve become some kind of an FIR king.-"
Karan was recently involved in a controversy over the AIB roast, staged in Mumbai last year which involved the western concept of insult comedy.The Bombay High Court recently asked Mumbai police not to file charge sheet against the filmmaker and others facing a criminal case for allegedly using obscene language on the show. The Bombay High Court recently asked Mumbai police not to file charge sheet against the filmmaker and others facing a criminal case for allegedly using obscene language on the show.
Karan was skeptical about addressing the issue of tolerance as he did not want to fight the governance by speaking like his colleagues. He said, -"Look what happened as a result of anyone who said anything on it. I make movies, I'm fighting megalomaniac movie stars everyday. Do I need to fight the governance We're fighting the censor with every film. You write anything, you can't say anything. How are we democratic then -"