Onir Gives a Firm Reply to Karan Johar on Merry Christmas

Filmmaker Onir poked fun at Karan Johar on Twitter by calling out Merry Christmas in a recent tweet about their ignorant altercation.

The official poster for Sriram Raghavan’s forthcoming movie Merry Christmas, which stars Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi in the key roles, was just released. The release date of December 15 was also disclosed by the creators along with the poster. Soon after the release date for Merry Christmas was announced online, KJo took to Threads to denounce an ignorant argument that was subtly alluding to the Katrina and Vijay film. Now the same has prompted a response from Bollywood director Onir.

According to reports, KJo’s long-delayed film Yodha, starring Sidharth Malhotra, Disha Patani, and Raashi Khanna, will finally premiere on December 15. Since 2021, work on the movie has been ongoing. But the most recent conflict notification didn’t appear to sit well with the filmmaker.

Recently, Bollywood director Onir used Twitter to obliquely respond to a controversial post by Karan Johar. He called out ‘major Bollywood releases’ who don’t hesitate to snub a low-budget Indi picture, but he avoided specifying the name. “Big Bollywood releases get so upset when there is another big budget release the same day,” wrote filmmaker Onir on Twitter, “and they talk about how we should all care for each other in the industry but don’t think for a second when they deprive a small budget indie film of a tiny number of good shows to survive.”

Karan Johar stated on Threads that “Clashing on a date without the courtesy of a phone call is hopefully not the way forward for the studios and producers.” Calling us a brotherhood is pointless if we can’t stand together in these difficult and demanding theatrical times.

One commenter responded to Onir’s post by asking, “Isn’t it precious how the same people go ad nauseam “We are like one huge family!”????” Another person said that “Truer words were never spoken.”

This is as cutthroat as it gets, tweeted a third user. I recall when BEP, your company, first opened. A really realistic, sophisticated piece of film that could have succeeded was wrecked by this nepo kid who came out his s**x comedy with a now-faded siren. The soundtrack was scorching, and the buzz was real.