Kjo slams podcasters for choice of guests

Outrage over podcasters, while sidestepping the industry's blind spots, feels less like integrity and more like damage control

- By Manjusha Radhakrishnan Entertainment Editor

Karan Johar has fired shots at podcasters for giving space to voices that, according to him, disrespect “hardworking” members of the Hindi-language film fraternity.

In a long note on Instagram, Johar declared that clickbait culture needs to end, singling out chat shows that thrive on inviting “guests who have nothing to lose” and who “spew venom” about Bollywood insiders.

But here's the uncomfortable question — who gets to decide who is a “nonentity” in Bollywood, and who gets to sit at the high table?