Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has opened up about the industry’s growing obsession with hyper-masculine storytelling, calling out what he describes as a phase dominated by “big alpha” energy and testosterone-heavy narratives. In a recent interview with The Week, the director reflected on how mainstream Hindi cinema is increasingly leaning towards exaggerated displays of masculinity, often at the cost of nuance and diversity in storytelling. Karan Johar slams the hyper-masculinity trend in Bollywood. Karan Johar slams Bollywood’s herd mentality Karan observed that theatrical releases today are largely driven by high-octane, male-centric narratives, where aggression and machismo take centre stage. However, he pointed out that there is still room for variety on OTT platforms, where scripts are more layered. Highlighting Bollywood’s ‘herd mentality’, he said, “If one film works in a certain zone, there will be 10 more. So you will see 10 more high-octane testosterone movies where men are just walking in slow motion for no reason and going nowhere in particular, but they will be walking in that way. They’ll all have beards and they …