Karan Johar appeared to get upset over rumours that he helped Alia Bhatt land the film Jigra. Earlier this month, a clip from an interview went viral where director Vasan Bala mentioned that Karan had sent Alia an unfinished version of his script. Vasan expressed his frustration, saying that if he had known the script was going to her, he would have made sure it was properly formatted and edited first.

Karan Johar denies involvement in Alia Bhatt's 'Jigra' casting

However, many people on social media misunderstood the comment, leading to Karan Johar being criticized for "promoting nepotism." In response, Karan tried to put an end to the discussion. He posted on Instagram, sharing a quote by I’m Salmiah that said, "Twitter became X and became my X a while ago… I broke up with the nauseous noise and muted the unwarranted angst … but social media is like the Lockness monster it’s gets to you even when you can’t see it.. so was flooded with Vasan Bala’s interview which he answered with pure innocence and so much love … the gore misinterpretation of his comment about me sending the script to Alia without his grammar checks made me laugh initially at the ludicrousness of it all but now is truly annoying me…(sic.)"