When Karan Johar Said, 'I Don't Want To Work With Newcomers, I Have No Interest In It'
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Filmibeat Desk
In
no
other
year
was
'nepotism'
discussed
like
that
in
the
last
year,
and
owing
to
the
same
reason,
many
star
kids
like
Alia
Bhatt,
Ananya
Panday,
Janhvi
Kapoor,
Sara
Ali
Khan,
Varun
Dhawan,
etc.,
received
flak
on
the
internet.
While
some
were
abused
and
trolled
on
social
media,
others
faced
backlash
in
the
worst
way-
their
films
were
boycotted
by
netizens.
However,
throughout
the
nepotism
debate,
there
was
one
name
which
received
hatred
the
most.
He
was
none
other
than
filmmaker
Karan
Johar,
who
is
well-known
for
launching
star
kids.
On
this
note,
we
bring
to
you
an
old
interview
of
Karan
Johar,
wherein
he
had
confessed
that
he
does
not
want
to
work
with
newcomers,
and
also
justified
the
reason
behind
it.
While
speaking
to
Rediff,
the
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
director
had
said,
"I've
been
accused
of
never
launching
a
newcomer.
I
say
I
do
even
better,
I
launch
new
directors.
Which
is
far
more
important
for
me.
I
don't
even
want
to
sound
cliched
and
say
when
the
script
comes,
I'll
work
with
a
newcomer.
I
don't
want
to
work
with
newcomers,
I
have
no
interest
in
it.
I
like
to
work
with
stars.
With
people
who
made
their
mistakes
and
have
now
evolved."
In
the
same
interview,
Karan
had
also
asserted
that
he
does
not
want
to
play
Professor
Higgins
to
newcomers,
but
wants
to
have
an
interaction
with
them.
"I
don't
have
an
inherent
desire
to
teach,
I
feel
I
have
things
to
learn.
So
I
have
absolutely
no
interest
in
going
down
that
path.
But
I
love
interacting
with
new
directors,
because
I
really
believe
that
they'll
teach
me
a
helluva
lot.
Like
I
know
so
much
about
films
from
these
new
kids
making
movies,
and
whether
they
make
a
good
one
or
a
bad
one,
they
teach
me
a
lot," concluded
Johar.