After Janhvi Kapoor’s exit from DCA, Karan Johar calls out actors for being insecure

Karan Johar

Karan Johar never shies away from speaking about his personal and professional struggles on social media. The filmmaker recently took a dig at actors for lacking loyalty and being insecure. He also called them out for switching agencies despite the immense hard work invested in them and referred to artistes as ‘nobodies.' The comment comes months after Janhvi Kapoor left DCAA.

Karan Johar on insecurity among others

In a recent interview with podcaster Sarthak Ahuja, Johar described talent management as a thankless job. Without taking any names, he said, "Every two years, people are shifting from one agency to another because they are so insecure that they feel we are time-bound. Nobody is loyal in this business; actors just keep hopping and skipping. So you put two years of your life into a talent and they suddenly move somewhere else - and then they don't like it there and want to come back. This is a vicious circle."

Johar went on to call artistes ‘nobodies.' "Just commission on artists is going to give you nothing because artists are nobodies. They are absolutely nobodies, voh kisi ke nahi hain," he said.

He stated that artist management is all about "handling people, egos, insecurities, and it's not easy." "If you look at talent management as a business opportunity, nothing is going to happen. After being in the business for 31 years, I have become zen about success and failure because I feel like my joy and sorrow cannot be the result of my success and failure; otherwise, I will be in an ICU," he added.

It should be noted that Karan Johar's comments come months after Janhvi Kapoor left his DCAA and moved to Collective Artist Network. For now, Karan's agency handles actors like Rohit Saraf, Sara Ali Khan, Shanaya Kapoor, and Rasha Thadani, among others.

KJo on his bank balance

A few days back, he also opened up about his earnings and said, "You look at my bank balance. I am nothing compared to a gazillion business heads, but there is a love that people have for the work we do, and that kind of glory cannot be monetised," he said, and added, "I may live a certain life and project a certain lifestyle, but please look at my accounts and it will be ‘yeh toh naam bada hai darshan chote hain.'"