Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Thursday graced the Koffee couch at the Koffee with Karan Season 8. Ajay Devgn appeared on the show with ace filmmaker Rohit Shetty. During the latest episode of Koffee With Karan Season 8, Ajay Devgn opened up about his early, personal & professional life as well as an untold story about his late father Veeru Devgn, and his struggle in the film industry. However, what raised everyone's eyebrows when Ajay Devgn jumped into the nepotism debate and supported Karan Johar who was under fire on social media after actress Kangana Ranaut had called him the flagbearer of nepotism.
During the show, Ajay Devgn said, "See, actually you got to see. I mean today you go to social media and read so many things. I am sorry to say nepotism and things like that. But people don't realize that generations have worked and worked very hard. To reach till here it's not an easy story that he's the son of..."
Karan replies, "I laugh Ajay. My father, who's no more, he would have had the biggest laugh if he read that they call me the flag-bearer of nepotism. My father has had such a tough time to be where he was."
Ajay replies, "Exactly, all of them have.
Karan continues, "He was a production controller and he became a producer. So many of his films failed, one after the other. He mounted films, but they failed. I remember my mum selling jewelry, selling my granny's apartment. And now we don't talk about this because right now everyone is looking at the person today. But I I remember the struggle behind."
For those who are unaware, Karan Johar often remains under scanner for favoring star kids in his movies. It was Karan who launched Varun Dhawan, and Alia Bhatt into the Bollywood film fraternity. Apart from them, Karan also launched Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria.
The nepotism debate first sparked when Kangana lashed out at Karan Johar during Koffee with Karan Season 5 and called him the flag-bearer of nepotism. Following that the nepotism debate intensified after the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Karan Johar was accused of favoring star kids in place of deserved actors.