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Karan Johar calls actors insecure and nobodies: `Handling people is not easy`

Karan Johar calls actors insecure and nobodies: `Handling people is not easy`

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 …

Karan Johar calls actors ‘insecure’, says loyalty is missing in Bollywood: ‘They are absolutely nobodies…’

Karan Johar calls actors ‘insecure’, says loyalty is missing in Bollywood: ‘They are absolutely nobodies…’

Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar has never shied away from speaking his mind about the realities of the entertainment business, and this time, he’s taken aim at the industry’s shifting loyalties. In a recent conversation with Sarthak Ahuja of SCREEN, Karan opened up about the challenges of running a talent management agency. Karan Johar Talent management, not a fairytale Karan, who co-owns Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCAA), said that most actors today lack professional loyalty. Without naming anyone, he remarked, “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.” Karan also said that getting into talent management came naturally to him, explaining that most of the work revolves around understanding and managing people. “Ninety percent of …