Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti said that it is the media's fault that star-kids are highlighted in the film industry, because outsiders in the same position are often ignored.
Karan Johar is not a comeback from a hiatus, but a dramatic shift in the public response to the Johar brand, with 2023 marked by the release of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (RARKPK) this July and a Deepika-Ranveer-fuelled start last week to Season 8 of Koffee with Karan. When RARKPK was released in July, the sentiment that he had been unfairly attacked in the anti-nepotism melee was emerging.