Karan Johar opens up about his rift with Ajay Devgn, says, ‘It was a misunderstanding’

While Karan Johar and Kajol are some of the adored BFFs of tinsel town, there was a time when things were bitter between them. It happened when Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay clashed with Ae Dil Hai Mushkil at the box office. During the latest episode of Koffee with Karan 8, host Karan Johar recalled the time they had a rift but how Ajay Devgn was still gracious and things turned normal between them.

Karan Johar on rift with Ajay Devgn

During the KWK 8 episode, KJo recalled, “Whatever the altercation was and it was a misunderstanding and misconception, we didn’t speak. Kajol and I didn’t speak. I am sure that he must have had a troubled time with his own wife because we are such close friends. But he really was very gracious.”

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Karan further mentioned about how things went back to normal and said, “We were in the same studio and I said ‘I want to meet him’ because he was there and he agreed to meet me immediately and from the very first meet he said, ‘Let’s not talk about anything. You’re close to Kajol, we are one industry’ and it took a minute for us to go back to normalcy.”

Sharing his side of story, Ajay Devgn added, “I think it’s a very short life. Whoever is wrong or right, doesn’t matter. Just move on” and then Ajay ended the conversation by saying that “We should just never talk about this anymore”.

On a concluding note, Karan jokingly shared that Kajol later called him and warned him never to release a film with Ajay. Karan also revealed that he doesn’t like clashes, and even if he ever had to do it, he would never release his film when Ajay Devgn is releasing his. During the rapid-fire, Ajay Devgn cheekily called KJo his ‘sworn enemy’.

About Ajay Devgn-Karan Johar fallout in 2016

For those unversed, when the movies clashed at the box office, self-proclaimed critic Kamal R Khan claimed that Karan Johar paid him Rs 25 lakh to trash Shivaay and praise Karan’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The tweet was shared by Ajay and re-tweeted by Kajol. This did not go down well with Karan Johar which led to fallout. Later, KJo in his biography, mentioned the incident and wrote that Kajol ‘killed every bit of emotion he had for 25 years’.

The two are now on good terms. Even when Kajol and Ajay appeared in Kwk 6, the trio confirmed that they had reconciled.

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