Alia Bhatt starred in Jigra to be released on 11 October. It follows the story of a strong female lead who protects her brother. If you get a glimpse of the movie, you can picture someone other than Alia Bhatt doing this movie, right? It could’ve been Kriti Sanon, Deepika Padukone, or Anushka Sharma. But no, if Karan Johar is involved in any part of the movie, it has to go to Alia Bhatt. There are no second questions asked cause it’s Karan Johar, you don’t want your career to go downhill by objecting to him.
In an interview for the promotions of Jigra, the director of Jigra-Vasan Bala revealed that he was really upset with Karan sending the script to Alia Bhatt without consulting to him first. Alia Bhatt said that after the release of Monica, O My Darling, Karan, and Vasan were in talks and were looking for a next project to work, and that’s when he started working on Jigra. As Alia Bhatt said that Vasan already had an idea of whom he’s gonna cast in the movie, the director stopped her saying “No.” He then added, “I had written a very kachha pakka email, stream of consciousness thoughts… sent it to Karan and 6-7 hours later, he called saying that I have already sent it to Alia and I was really not happy with it.I was like I would have at least done some spell check, grammar check, hygiene, written some very nice hero entry… That email was sent and I asked Karan ‘why did you do this?’ He said ‘no, no this is how it works. Then he said we’ll meet in a couple of days,” he recalled.
To which Alia Bhatt replied that she responded right after reading half of the script and was keen to know what happens in the latter half. She chased Vasan for one month to get the rest of the script. This really makes me wonder why Karan Johar has to be so eager to send the script to Alia Bhatt. Why can’t he for once give chance to someone who deserves it as much as Alia Bhatt? And she already has many other movies on her plate that she could’ve done. But no, she had to force herself in with the help of Karan Johar. The audience as much as they love Alia Bhatt, they’re dying to see some fresh faces and new talents on the screen. Enough with the favoritism Karan, you’re goddaughter is successful enough to find other projects for herself that don’t involve you.
Comment down if you agree that Karan Johar is too obvious with preferential treatment to Alia Bhatt.
