Karan Johar responds to 'Kesari' controversy after being trolled

Karan Johar announced Parineeti Chopra as the leading lady for his upcoming film, Kesari recently. He was trolled by netizens for posting Akshay Kumar's picture from the film instead of Chopra's. A user shared a photo of her from Ishaqzaade (2012) and wrote, "Here is Akshay Kumar's stunning action pic from Ishaqzaade." Seeing the outrage, KJo salvaged the situation by writing, "Ok guys that was meant to be an image of Kesari whilst announcing the lead actress of the film. Clearly Twitter is quick to jump and attack! Apologies!!!!! This is to re announce the wonderfully talented Parineeti Chopra as lead cast of Kesari (sic)."

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