Battle of the biographies
Karan Johar's reveals are being perceived as slightly more interesting that Rishi Kapoor's.
Even with the the box-office battle between Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil and Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees around the corner, the battle of the memoirs of two well-known Bollywood personalities, Rishi Kapoor and Karan Johar has intensified. The respective books, Khullam Khulla and An Unsuitable Boy, are being marketed as the ultimate tell-alls by two interesting storytellers.
So, if Karan Johar makes a splash with his confessional chapter on how and why he fell out with Kajol, Rishi Kapoor is not one to be left behind: A chapter on how and why he met Dawood Ibrahim has leaked. And that, I am afraid, is not as interesting as KJo’s confessions on his catfights.
If you think Rishi’s confession of his father’s affairs is hot, what would you say of Karan confessing that he had paid sex?
As things stand, Karan Johar’s ‘I-me-myself’ account, has an upper hand in the market — It is far more spicy and star-spangled.
As a well-known leading lady puts it, “Karan Johar is a bigger star with more to share abut his fraternity, than Rishi Kapoor, who can never match Karan’s levels of bitchiness.”
The clash could and should have been avoided. A source from Rishi Kapoor’s publishers Harper Collins, says that the clash is completely uncalled for: “We had announced our biography’s publication date well in advance. They were supposed to publish last year. We’ve no idea if this has been planned by them.”