Ayushmann Khurrana's excerpt from his 2015 book, Cracking the Code: My Journey in Bollywood, about Karan Johar's production house refusing to work with him in his early days, has gone viral. Sushant Singh Rajput's death has made anything that reeks of nepotism followed on social media.

In the book, Khurrana recalls that he once interviewed the filmmaker while working as a radio jockey. When he told him about his acting ambitions, Johar had given him his office number. But when he called for a meeting, he was bluntly told, "We only work with stars, and can't work with you.