Filmmaker Karan Johar recently grabbed attention after netizens noticed that he had unfollowed several celebrities on Instagram, including superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The move quickly sparked widespread speculation across social media, with many wondering whether the filmmaker had experienced a fallout with some of Bollywood\u2019s biggest names. However, Karan has now addressed the buzz and clarified the real reason behind his decision.<\/p>\n
![\"Karan](\"https:\/\/stat5.bollywoodhungama.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Karan-Johar-reacts-after-unfollowing-Shah-Rukh-Khan-and-several-news.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n
Karan Johar reacts after unfollowing Shah Rukh Khan and several celebs on Instagram; says, \u201cThis can\u2019t be national news!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Taking to his Instagram Stories, Karan Johar dismissed all rumours and explained that the move was simply part of a \u201cdigital detox\u201d. In his characteristic witty and sarcastic style, the filmmaker wrote, \u201cIt\u2019s a DIGITAL DETOX!!!! Am unfollowing everyone to reduce my time and energy spent on the gram!!!\u201d He further reacted to the excessive attention surrounding the matter and added, \u201cThis can\u2019t be national news for god\u2019s sake…please clickbait something else! This is irrelevant!\u201d<\/p>\n The clarification comes after social media users were quick to speculate about Karan\u2019s equations with various Bollywood celebrities. While many noticed that he had unfollowed Shah Rukh Khan and several other stars, fans also pointed out that Priyanka Chopra Jonas continued to remain on his following list, leading to even more online discussions and theories.<\/p>\n Karan Johar has often been at the centre of Bollywood conversations owing to his close friendships and professional collaborations with some of the industry\u2019s biggest stars. Over the years, the filmmaker has worked extensively with Shah Rukh Khan in films such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, and My Name Is Khan. Naturally, the unfollowing spree left fans surprised and curious.<\/p>\n On the work front, Karan Johar last directed Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, which received appreciation from audiences and critics alike. The filmmaker has also expressed interest in exploring the action genre in the future.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Dharma Productions continues to remain busy with an interesting slate of upcoming projects. The banner recently released the romantic drama Chand Mera Dil starring Ananya Panday and Lakshya. Apart from that, Dharma also has Udta Teer featuring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, along with the ambitious fantasy entertainer Naagzilla starring Kartik Aaryan currently in production.<\/p>\n With Karan finally breaking his silence, it appears the filmmaker simply wants a break from social media noise rather than fuelling any industry fallout rumours.<\/p>\n Also Read<\/strong>: Apoorva Mehta calls Karan Johar his \u2018brother\u2019 in heartfelt birthday note: \u201cIt\u2019s been the journey of a lifetime\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Catch us for latest Bollywood News<\/a>, New Bollywood Movies<\/a> update, Box office collection<\/a>, New Movies Release <\/a>, Bollywood News Hindi<\/a>, Entertainment News<\/a>, Bollywood Live News Today<\/a> & Upcoming Movies 2026<\/a> and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on Bollywood Hungama.<\/p>\n<\/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 www.bollywoodhungama.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Filmmaker Karan Johar recently grabbed attention after netizens noticed that he had unfollowed several celebrities on Instagram, including superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The move quickly sparked widespread speculation across social media, with many wondering whether the filmmaker had experienced a fallout with some of Bollywood\u2019s biggest names. However, Karan has now addressed the buzz and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2438039,"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":[25173],"tags":[26668,478457,436127,354535,350265,307626,21928,478458],"class_list":["post-2438038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-bollywood","tag-detox","tag-digital-detox","tag-features","tag-karan-johar","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-social-media","tag-unfollow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Karan-Johar-reacts-after-unfollowing-Shah-Rukh-Khan-and-several.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438038","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=2438038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438040,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438038\/revisions\/2438040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Karan](\"https:\/\/stat5.bollywoodhungama.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Karan-Johar-reacts-after-unfollowing-Shah-Rukh-Khan-and-several-auto.jpeg\")
<\/p>\nBOLLYWOOD NEWS – LIVE UPDATES<\/h2>\n