Will be mum or else will invariably land in trouble: Karan Johar

Mumbai: After his recent comments on intolerance kicked up a storm, filmmaker Karan Johar today said he would prefer to keep mum to avoid any further controversy.

Hinting at it at the trailer launch of his upcoming home production 'Kapoor And Sons', the 43-year-old director said, "I will keep shut or else I will invariably land in trouble."

Wading into the intolerance debate, Johar during the Jaipur Literature Festival last month had said, "We are in a tough country and to speak about one’s personal life in today’s time can land you in jail…. I feel bound on every level, be it what I put out on celluloid or what I say in print. I feel like there is always some kind of a legal notice awaiting me everywhere I go. I’ve become some kind of an FIR king."

He had further said, "Look what happened as a result of anyone who said anything on intolerance. I make movies, I'm fighting megalomaniac movie stars everyday. Do I need to fight the governance? We're fighting the censor with every film. You write anything, you can't say anything. How are we democratic then?"

On work front, the director said that he wants to act more but no offer has come his way after his "disastrous debut" in 'Bombay Velvet'. In Anurag Kashyap's directorial venture, Karan played the role of a villain. He said, "No one has offered me any film after 'Bombay Velvet'. It was such a disastrous debut that I did not get any single offer."

The 43-year-old producer-director has expressed his desire to do supporting roles. "I am dying... Waiting for someone to offer me something. No one is going to offer me a lead role, I am waiting for good supporting roles to come my way. Even Shakun Batra (director) did not cast me for 'Kapoor And Sons'," he added.

On a serious note, the filmmaker wished a speedy recover for Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppa, who was rescued alive six days after being buried under tonnes of ice in Siachen Glacier and is currently in a critical state at an
Army hospital in New Delhi.

"I was not here... I heard ...read about it (Hanamanthappa case). It is exceptionally unfortunate. It is heart breaking. My mother told me about it (the case)...like everyone I too wish for his speedy recovery. It is truly heart breaking and saddening," he added.