It’s the big N word that’s currently shaking the very core of Bollywood. EVER SINCE KANGANA RANAUT CALLED OUT KARAN JOHAR AS THE ‘FLAG-BEARER OF NEPOTISM’ ON HIS POPULAR CHAT SHOW, _KOFFEE

WITH KARAN_, THINGS IN TINSEL TOWN HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME.  Does nepotism exist in Bollywood? Of course it does. Just like every other profession where sons and daughters take it for granted

their ‘right’ to follow in the footsteps of their successful parents, Bollywood has time and again seen celebrity kids making their way into the industry, talent or no talent. However, what

Kangana’s comment was not bring out some sort of hidden secret; we’ve all known how star kids in Bollywood have always got better roles and platforms than those from the outside. What it did

AMIDST ALL THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN KARAN JOHAR. THE FACT THAT HE GOT THE BIGGEST BURN OF HIS LIFE ON HIS OWN SHOW MIGHT BE THE REASON THAT HE’S STILL NOT DONE TRYING TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL. 

At the recently concluded IIFA awards in New York, the only thing that made news (apart from Katrina ‘sitting’ in the audience and applauding while presenting an award on stage at the same

time!) was some kind of a ‘joke’ made by Karan, along with two other by-products of nepotism, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan. AFTER WINNING AN AWARD WHEN VARUN DECIDED TO INDULGE IN AN

‘IMPROMPTU’ BANTER WITH HOSTS KARAN AND SAIF, THE TRIO DECIDED TO TAKE ON KANGANA RANAUT AND HER REMARK ON NEPOTISM, ALL IN THE DISGUISE OF A ‘JOKE’. It all concluded with the three of them

chanting, “Nepotism rocks!” as the crowd sitting went ballistic with laughter.  However, no one outside of Bollywood found this act even remotely funny and soon, the three were being trolled

online for their condescending act, especially because Kangana wasn’t even present there to give it back to them.  AND AS IT ALWAYS HAPPENS, THE THREE OF THEM HAVE NOW INDIVIDUALLY

APOLOGIZED FOR THE ACT, SAYING IT WAS MEANT AS A JOKE AND IT WASN’T ANYTHING SERIOUS.  NOW, THIS ISN’T ABOUT GETTING THEM TO APOLOGIZE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF THREE SUCCESSFUL, GROWN-UP MEN

CAN’T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOCKERY AND COMEDY, THEN WE CLEARLY HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM AT HAND.  How can a current-generation heartthrob with millions of fans not realise the

impact of what he said on an international platform? Could Varun Dhawan be so, so ignorant?  How could the ‘_Nawab_ of Bollywood’, he who’s supposed to devour literature and have an evolved

mind, he whose wife is forever going talking about equal rights for men and women, not realise just how unfunny it is to proudly proclaim how nepotism ‘rocks’? And most importantly, how

could Bollywood’s most famous director not really know that taking on a woman in her absence and making jokes at her expense is both condescending and uncalled for? Did Karan Johar really

did not understand that going ‘yay’ for nepotism was yet another way for him to get back at Kangana? Did he not consciously do it?  ADVERTISEMENT THREE MATURE ADULTS CRACK A NOT-FUNNY REMARK

ON STAGE AND LATER PRETEND THEY NEVER REALIZED IT WASN’T FUNNY. WHO’S THE JOKE ON, REALLY?  CAN KARAN JOHAR REALLY DECIDE WHAT HE WANTS? After the _Koffee With Karan_ episode, KJo went to

town proclaiming how he gave Kangana a platform to voice her opinions and was gracious enough to not edit of it. Then, he accused her of playing the ‘woman card’, asking her to leave the

industry if she had so many issues with it. Soon after, when confronted with the nepotism debate everywhere he went, he proclaimed how he was done with this issue and wanted to move on.

However, all this while there were plenty of reports about him launching Sridevi’s daughter and Shahid Kapoor’s brother in his next film. And now, yet again, he made a lame attempt at

mocking Kangana, this time at the IIFA awards. HONESTLY, I’M EXHAUSTED MERELY TYPING ALL OF THIS. ISN’T KARAN DONE GOING TO-AND-FRO ON THIS DEBATE? CAN’T HE FOR ONCE MAKE UP HIS MIND AND

JUST STICK TO IT?  Does he believe that nepotism exists? If yes, can he not defend it and try and put down Kangana, over and over again? And if he believes that Bollywood doesn’t harbor

nepotism, can he prove it to the world by not signing celeb kids and introducing complete outsiders as the leads in his next film?  AND LASTLY, IF HE DOESN’T WISH TO CONTINUE PARTAKING IN

THE NEPOTISM DEBATE, CAN KARAN JOHAR STOP TRYING TO MOCK KANGANA AT ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY HE GETS?  For his own sake and for the sake of the world, figure out what you want, KJo. Wake up

and smell the _Koffee_, will  you?