Filmmaker Karan Johar has unfollowed most of Bollywood’s biggest stars on Instagram, including Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan.
However, calling it a “digital detox”, Johar slammed speculation over his social media purge and told critics to stop turning his “unfollow” spree into “national news”.
Among others that Johar unfollowed are Ananya Panday, Malaika Arora, Sidharth Malhotra, and designer Manish Malhotra.
While the move sparked a flurry of speculation online, fans were quick to note that Johar still appeared to be following actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Instagram.
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On Thursday night, Johar addressed the speculation in a brief note on his Instagram Story.
"It's a DIGITAL DETOX!!!! Am unfollowing everyone to reduce my time and energy spent on the gram!!! This can't be national news for god's sake... please clickbait something else! This is irrelevant," he wrote.
The filmmaker, who turned 54 earlier this week, currently follows only 78 people on Instagram and has 17.5 million followers on the social media platform.
As for his professional endeavours, Johar's banner Dharma Productions recently released "Chaand Mera Dil", starring Lakshya and Ananya Panday, in theatres. He will also return as the host for the ninth season of his celebrity chat show "Koffee With Karan", which will premiere later this year.
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