A throwback of KJo with Ajay and Kajol. (courtesy: karanjohar)
New Delhi:
What a distinction 5 years makes. In 2016, Karan Johar and Ajay Devgn’s sophisticated equation went nuclear on Twitter; on Thursday night, KJo known as the actor “superb” within the very first episode of the seventh season of his chat present Koffee With Karan. In case you missed it, Ranveer Singh – who was the celeb visitor on the episode with Alia Bhatt – confirmed off a spot-on imitation of Ajay Devgn, to which Karan Johar mentioned, “He is superb” – that means Ajay and never Ranveer, although full marks to Ranveer for his mimicry expertise.
That is not all Karan Johar mentioned about Ajay Devgn. “He has swag,” he added, “he is the best man ever.” Clearly, there’s been a thaw of worldwide warming proportions ever because the controversy that erupted in 2016.
For many who do not know, 2016 was the yr when movies directed by KJo and Ajay clashed on the field workplace. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay launched collectively and all of it blew up when Ajay tweeted audio of a recorded cellphone dialog between certainly one of his associates and self-appointed critic Kamaal R Khan. In it, KRK claimed to have been paid Rs 25 lakh to tweet about KJo’s movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. KRK later claimed he had made this up and that he had not truly been paid something by Karan Johar.
The fallout from this unexpected twist in the tale extended to Karan Johar’s friendship of many years with Ajay Devgn’s wife Kajol. In his memoir, launched some months later, KJo wrote, “I haven’t got a relationship with Kajol anymore.”
“The issue was truly by no means between her and me. It was between her husband and me, one thing which solely she is aware of about, he is aware of about and I learn about. However did really feel that she wanted to apologise for one thing she did not do. I felt that she’s not going to acknowledge 25 years of friendship, if she needs to assist her husband, then that is her prerogative,” Karan Johar wrote, including, It is over. And she will be able to by no means come again to my life. I do not assume she needs to both. I by no means need to have something to do with them as a unit. She was the one who mattered to me and now it is over.”
Sturdy phrases. However, only months later, the Karan Johar-Kajol dynamic seemed to have been repaired; at a celebration held for Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta this yr, the 2 hugged and posed collectively on the purple carpet.


Kajol with Karan Johar on the social gathering.
A truce additionally appeared to have been known as with Ajay Devgn who appeared on the sixth season of Koffee With Karan with Kajol and ribbed KJo within the fast hearth spherical. Requested if he believed in superstition, Ajay mentioned, “I had this superstition that each one your movies with ‘Ok’ work, until we did Kaal.” Kaal, which launched in 2005, starred Ajay Devgn and was produced by Karan Johar; it is field workplace efficiency was common.
Now, with Karan Johar’s reward on Season 7 of Koffee With Karan, a contented ending has been achieved in true Bollywood model.
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