Karan Johar in Koffee With Karan Photo Credit: Instagram Karan Johar in Koffee With Karan

It was on Wednesday that Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar announced his next directorial titled Takht. The actor also announced its cast on Twitter. Takht, which is slated to release in 2020, stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Janhvi Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Vicky Kaushal, Anil Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor in key roles.

But while the film industry showered the filmmaker with love as he makes his directorial comeback, the Twitterati were divided. Some of them were impressed with the anticipated grandeur of the film, some were blown away by the fact that Karan is back with perhaps the grandest multi-starrer of this decade while some shouted nepotism the moment he announced the film on social media and flooded his post with comments.

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For the uninitiated, Karan was first accused of nepotism by Kangana Ranaut on his own chat show Koffee With Karan. Kangana had labelled him as the "flagbearer of nepotism" and ever since the debate has refused to die down. From full-blown controversies, subtle remarks to dodging the "N word" - Karan have heard all of it in the past one year.

And with his latest film announcement, many of them questioned his decision of casting Janhvi, who is just one film old in the industry, while others quipped that the list missed out on Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan's son Taimur Ali Khan.

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But many of them continued to support and Karan and his decision of casting such "powerful" actors for his next film.



