Mumbai: Karan Johar once again tried to
revive the debate around nepotism by calling himself its brand
ambassador during a promotional event of "Ittefaq".
Johar said people like Shah Rukh Khan and Sidharth
Malhotra, who do not come from a film family, can co-exist
with a 'brand ambassador of nepotism' like him, Sonakshi Sinha
and Akshaye Khanna.
"On the platform, today, there are two non-nepotistic
people- Shah Rukh Khan and Siddharth Malhotra and rest of us -
Sonakshi Sinha, daughter of veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha,
Akshay Khanna, son of late actor Vinod Khanna, Abhay Chopra
and Kapil Chopra, sons of late filmmaker Ravi Chopra, are the
brand ambassador of nepotism.
"As we stand together, it speaks a volume about how worth
they are equally, efficiently and correctly," Johar said.
Kangana Ranaut started the debate around the word by
calling Johar, 45, the "flag bearer of nepotism" on his talk
show.
Johar did not like the comments and made fun of Ranaut at
an award ceremony along with Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan
where they shouted "Nepotism rocks!", drawing flak from all
corners.
The trio later apologised for the joke but Johar once
again dropped the word, indicating that he is still not ready
to let go of the topic.
