John Abraham defends Karan Johar, says he is a strong supporter: ‘There’s a lot of criticism around him that he doesn’t deserve’

John Abraham recently shared how Aditya Chopra, once his senior in his school, is his best advisor and most ruthless critic.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | March 18, 2025 08:01 AM IST

3 min read

John Abraham praises Karan Johar. (Photo: John-Karan/Instagram)

John Abraham and Aditya Chopra first collaborated in 2004 for the film Dhoom. Their collaborations continued with films like Kabul Express (2006), New York (2009), Pathaan (2023), and Vedaa (2024) with most of the films opening to positive reviews at the box office. With about two decades of friendship, John Abraham believes Aditya Chopra is his best critic. “He says as it is”, said John Abraham.

In a recent interview with Filmfare, John Abraham, who often claims that his career is built on criticism, said director-producer Aditya Chopra is his most ruthless critic. He shared, “My most ruthless and best advisor is Aditya Chopra. My biggest critic is Aditya Chopra in the film space. If I do something, he will be like, ‘Why the hell did you screw this up?’ Or when I am doing something good, he will be like, ‘Yeah, its good.'”

John revealed Aditya was his senior in school, while Uday Chopra and Hrithik Roshan were his classmates. They all studied in Bombay Scottish. Speaking further about Aditya, John said, “I really look up to him and love his advise. There is no filter. He says it as it is. I get my advise from there.”

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The actor was all praises for yet another man from the industry: Karan Johar. He said, “The other person who I really love, and care about is Karan (Johar). I think he is one of the most wonderful people I have met. I don’t have any work with him in a long time, but he has always been there for me.”

John recalled the time when he was all set to make his comeback with Parmanu after a gap of four years. He shared, “I didn’t have a release for four years and obviously, as usual, my obituary was written. I wanted to show Parmanu to someone to get some kind of reaction and I called in Karan. I said, ‘Just see this film and just make sense of it and tell me’. He saw it and he advised ‘this is good, this is so not good’.”

John added, “There is a lot of criticism around Karan, but I am his strong supporter. I believe that he doesn’t deserve that.”

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Karan Johar and John Abraham have collaborated for the films Dostana (2008) and Kaal (2005), where Karan served as its producer.

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