Kiara Advani Defends Karan Johar From Nepotism Hate, Says He Took Her In When She Was A Nobody

Karan Johar often faces a lot of heat for nepotism and has been trolled on the same on more than one occasions. It all began when Kangana Ranaut tagged him as the 'Flagbearer of Nepotism' when she appeared as a guest in his show, Koffee With Karan.

Kiara Advani has now come to the filmmaker's rescue and says that it was him who took her in 'when she was a nobody'.

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Kiara was speaking to Film Companion ahead of the release of her film Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The actress was asked about designer Manisha Malhotra and said that he doesn't differentiate between people on the basis of how successful they are. She also praised Karan Johar and said that even though he gets a lot of heat for nepotism, he did take her in when she was a nobody.

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Kiara said, "I do feel that certain people who¡¯ve reached great heights in their fields, they don¡¯t have to live up to this social norm¡­ So, there¡¯s this thing like, ¡®Let¡¯s be exclusive as a brand, let¡¯s not give everyone¡¯, because even as actors, you don¡¯t want to wear what everybody is wearing. Now it¡¯s become international stuff, all that nonsense goes on.

¡°At that point, there was this thing, and Manish is one of those people who never looked at it like that. He never looked at it like, ¡®I¡¯ll give somebody something because they¡¯re successful¡¯. Even Karan. I know he gets so much hate for nepotism and all of that, but he took me when I was a nobody, and nobody told him to.¡±

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Kiara Advani made her Bollywood debut with Fugly in 2014. The actress then starred in films like Ms Dhoni: The Untold Story and Kabeer Singh. She worked with Karan Johar in films like Kalank, Shershaah, Good Newwz, and Guilty. Her next with Karan, Jug Jugg Jeeyo, is slated to release next month.

Coming to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, it stars Kartik Aaryan in a leading role and is directed by Anees Bazmee. At the trailer launch, the director was asked about his choice of casting. He was questioned on why Kartik Aryan was casted in the film instead of Akshay Kumar. Responding to this, the director had said, "Akshay is a great actor and a great friend. Vidya is a great actor and did very well (in Bhool Bhulaiyaa). But the script didn¡¯t give us the liberty to bring them on board."

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 will hit the silver screens on May 20.

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