Filmmaker Karan Johar, along with actors Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan, every one of whom have a place with film families, didn’t timid far from raking up the nepotism discuss by and by at the IIFA Awards occasion here on Sunday night.
Karan and Saif, who were facilitating the celebration, returned to the abundantly discussed issue which begun in Bollywood when “Queen” star Kangana Ranaut marked Karan as a “flagbearer of nepotism” on his chat show.
At the point when Varun joined the two actors on the phase at the Metlife Stadium to get the Best Performance in a Comic Role for “Dishoom”, Saif clowned that the on-screen character had become wildly successful in the business in light of his dad, executive David Dhawan.
“You are here because of your pappa,” Saif quipped.
Varun said: “And you’re here because of your mummy (veteran actress Sharmila Tagore).”
Karan then promptly added: “I am here because of my pappa (late filmmaker Yash Johar).”
They then said in unison: “Nepotism rocks”.
Varun then didn’t leave a chance to take a potshot at Karan saying: “There was a song in your film… ‘Bole choodiyan, bole kangana.”
Karan, with his quick wit, then commented: “Kangana naa hi bole toh achha hai… Kangana bahut bolti hai. (It’s better Kangana doesn’t say anything, she talks a lot.”
At the IIFA Awards night, actors Taapsee Pannu and “The Black Prince” actor Satinder Sartaaj didn’t miss a chance to ask Karan if they could get a role in his films or feature on “Koffee With Karan” respectively.
“It is my dream to be on ‘Koffee With Karan”, sir. Ek baar zarur bulaana (Call me at least),” Sartaaj said.
