Last Updated:May 16, 2025, 00:07 IST Karan Johar addresses trolling for launching star kids and defends his support for outsiders and talent beyond Bollywood lineage. Karan Johar opens up about the ‘nepotism’ tag. Karan Johar has once again addressed the long-standing nepotism debate and the criticism he frequently faces for launching star kids. In a recent conversation with Galatta Plus, the filmmaker opened up about being labelled “the face of Bollywood hate” and clarified his stance on working with industry insiders and outsiders alike. Speaking about the backlash to Nadaaniyan, which marked the acting debut of Saif Ali Khan’s son, Ibrahim Ali Khan, Karan said he’s often trolled for producing the film, but his work with outsiders rarely gets acknowledged. “Cinema intellectuals will gush about anybody else but if it’s Dharma Productions, they will say nothing,” he said, before adding that his collaborations with director Neeraj Ghaywan, who is not from the film industry, often go unnoticed. Karan had previously backed Ghaywan’s Ajeeb Daastaans and is producing his upcoming project Homebound. Commenting on the amount …