Posted a photo on Instagram. (Image courtesy: Karan Johar
New Delhi:
After Paritosh Tripathi, another comedian is Snehil Dixit Mehra, who is paired with Ketan Singh in the comedy show. It will make you crazy, Karan Johar has reacted by criticizing his show. A day after comedian Ketan Singh apologized after his mimicry offended the director, Snehil Dixit Mehra, popularly known as BC Aunty. News18“It’s very risky to do comedy in this day and age because some videos are taken out of context and then they don’t make sense. It’s very difficult to be a comedian.”
She added, “Such a show involves many teams like writers, producers and the channel team. Additionally, there are compliance, standards and procedures to follow. As actors we get a certain script and we have to stick to it. And sometimes, in the process, you can lose that filter because you realize there’s a whole legal system and people are taking care of it. So as an artist you feel that you just need to come on stage and perform. But when it comes to reactions, these actors and actresses are at the receiving end. Ketan is getting all the reactions. He has also apologised.”
Coming back to the incident, Karan Johar shared a statement on his Instagram stories on Sunday night and talked about a comedian imitating his “bad taste”. Without naming anyone, Karan Johar wrote, “I was watching television with my mother… and saw a promo of a reality comedy show on a respected channel… A comic was impersonating me in very bad taste… I was surrounded by trolls and faceless and Expect this from anonymous people but when your own industry can disrespect someone who has been in business for over 25 years it says a lot about the times we live in…it doesn’t even make me angry!”
Although Karan Johar did not name the comedian in his post, several users on Reddit tried to decode his cryptic post and concluded that he was talking about Ketan Singh. In the promo, comedian Ketan Singh is seen mimicking the director and calling his chat show. Coffee with Karan Named Toffee with Churan.
On Monday, Ketan Singh apologized to Karan Johar and told Times Now, “I want to apologize to Karan (Johar) sir. First of all, I do any impersonation because I see Karan Johar a lot on the coffee show, I am a fan of his work, I love Rocky Aur Rani Prem Kahani.” See, if my actions hurt him, I apologize for saying sorry to him.”
Karan Johar is all set to produce Tulsi Kumari of Sunny culture Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan are included.
