Karan Johar addresses ‘questionable’ gender politics in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: ‘I am a born feminist’

Over the years, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) hasn’t conscionable attracted instrumentality pursuing but besides immoderate critics. Among the galore scenes, the 1 country that was criticised by radical was wherever Shah Rukh Khan’s Raj pretends helium and Kajol’s Simran slept unneurotic aft she got wholly drunk, making her judge she mislaid her virginity. This country and others sparked discussions astir the movie’s sex politics, which Karan Johar tried correcting with his movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.

In a caller speech with Lilly Singh connected her YouTube channel, Karan said, “It goes backmost to what I began with. When I made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I was called retired by Shabana Azmi and it made maine think. Because successful my heart, successful my head, successful my being, I americium a calved feminist and I was like, ‘I americium that person.’ I judge successful equality. I judge successful close sex authorities truthful wherefore americium I not positioning that full content connected celluloid. And that’s wherefore Rocky Aur Rani mattered to maine due to the fact that I needed to accidental what I needed to say. It was a movie that was not conscionable of household drama, it wasn’t conscionable a emotion story, it was calling retired our patriarchy. It was besides addressing cancel civilization due to the fact that it is thing I judge that needs to beryllium addressed.”