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Karan Johar<\/a> has weighed in on Bollywood\u2019s growing obsession with hyper-masculine storytelling, calling out what he describes as an industry currently dominated by \u201cbig alpha\u201d energy and testosterone-driven narratives.\u2018If one film works, there will be 10 more\u2019In a recent interview with The Week, the filmmaker spoke candidly about the industry\u2019s tendency to follow trends, highlighting what he called a \u201cherd mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch<\/span><\/p>\n Karan Johar\u2019s Double Move Shocks Fans, KWK Comeback Hides Bigger Plan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIf one film works in a certain zone, there will be 10 more. So you will see 10 more high-octane testosterone movies where men are just walking in slow motion for no reason and going nowhere in particular, but they will be walking in that way. They\u2019ll all have beards and they will all smoke. Apparently, that\u2019s what women like to watch, or at least, that\u2019s what the men think,\u201d he said.Karan added that while theatrical releases are currently dominated by such high-energy, male-centric narratives, OTT platforms continue to offer more layered and nuanced storytelling.\u2018How could you depict a man like that?\u2019The filmmaker also recalled the backlash he faced for presenting a different kind of masculinity in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Speaking about the criticism around a scene featuring a male character performing classical dance, he said, \u201cI had a whole barrage of mainstream audiences who asked, \u2018How could you depict a man like that?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, if I am going to focus my attention on a certain audience and not have conviction, then why am I here? I am a born feminist and will always tell a feminist story.\u201dThe current wave of hyper-masculinity in Hindi cinema is often linked to the success of Sandeep Reddy Vanga<\/a>‘s films like Kabir Singh<\/a>, starring Shahid Kapoor and Animal, starring Ranbir Kapoor, followed by the massive success of Aditya Dhar‘s Dhurandhar franchise, starring Ranveer Singh, leaning into similar aesthetics\u2014brooding male leads, rugged looks, smoking habits, and heightened violence. Interestingly, Karan has praised these films in his reviews for their performances.What\u2019s next for Karan JoharOn the work front, Karan is gearing up for the release of his upcoming production Chaand Mera Dil. Directed by Vivek Soni and backed by Dharma Productions, the romantic drama stars Ananya Panday and Lakshay in lead roles. The film is set to hit theatres on May 22 after being postponed from its earlier December 2025 release.He also has another project in the pipeline, Nagzilla, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and starring Kartik Aaryan. While the film is expected to release later this year, the final date is yet to be announced.Additionally, fans can look forward to the return of his popular talk show Koffee With Karan, with its ninth season set to premiere this Diwali.<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Karan Johar has weighed in on Bollywood\u2019s growing obsession with hyper-masculine storytelling, calling out what he describes as an industry currently dominated by \u201cbig alpha\u201d energy and testosterone-driven narratives.\u2018If one film works, there will be 10 more\u2019In a recent interview with The Week, the filmmaker spoke candidly about the industry\u2019s tendency to follow trends, highlighting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2390065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[408200,438851,466088,415465,423543,350265,317391,381047,466089,318087],"class_list":["post-2390064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-aditya-dhar","tag-animal","tag-bollywood-hyper-masculinity","tag-dhurandhar","tag-kabir-singh","tag-karan-johar","tag-ranbir-kapoor","tag-ranveer-singh","tag-rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani","tag-sandeep-reddy-vanga"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karan-Johar-takes-a-dig-at-Bollywoods-\u2018alpha-male-hyper-masculinity.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390066,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390064\/revisions\/2390066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}