Karan Johar accuses Kartik Aaryan of ‘stealing’ franchises from Bollywood OGs; actor claps back, calls him ‘jealous’ of his success. Watch

At IIFA 2025, while Karan Johar called out Kartik Aaryan for taking over the Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise, Kartik clapped back by highlighting the success of his films.

By: Entertainment Desk

Chennai | March 17, 2025 12:34 PM IST

3 min read

Karan Johar and Kartik Aaryan took digs at each other at IIFA 2025. (Photo: Kartik Aaryan/Facebook)

After their much-talked-about spat in 2021, Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar have reconciled their differences and were recently seen hosting the IIFA Awards 2025 in Jaipur together. During the awards show, the duo engaged in a rap battle, taking playful digs at each other. While Karan called out Kartik for taking over the Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise from Akshay Kumar and declared that the “Kapoors and Khans are the OGs,” Kartik clapped back by highlighting the success of his films.

Kartik shared the video of the rap battle on Instagram. In the clip, Karan Johar said, “Tum ho naye student, main evergreen faculty (You are a new student, but I am an evergreen faculty), let me introduce you to the real royalty. Khans and Kapoors are still the OG guys, aaj kal ke hero dekho stealing their franchise!”

Responding to Karan’s remark, Kartik rapped, “Franchise chalana koi bacho ka khel nahi. Mehnat se karta hu, hota isliye fail nahi. Student of The Year 2 bhi nahi thi bhai, apni mehnat se maine Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 hai chalaye!” (Running a franchise is not a child’s play. I succeed because of my hard work. Student of the Year 2 didn’t work, but I made Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 a success).

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Karan then took the opportunity to remind Kartik about his film Shehzada’s failure, calling himself a “Kingmaker.” Kartik hit back by recalling Karan’s disastrous Kalank, saying, “Ticket sale dekhke tumko hoti hai jalan, hit hu main toh kya hua agar main nepo kid nahi?” (You are jealous of my ticket sales. So what if I am a hit actor without being a nepo kid?).

Toward the end of the rap, the duo put their rivalry to rest and even announced a collaboration. “Mera Karma, aapka Dharma, ye jodi super hit hai,” Kartik said, hinting at their upcoming film together.

Back in 2021, Kartik Aaryan had walked out of Karan Johar’s Dostana 2 due to creative differences, leading to tensions between the filmmaker and the actor. However, despite their past differences, the two have now patched things up, with Dharma Productions announcing a new film starring Kartik, directed by The Night Manager creator Sandeep Modi.

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