How a sting call to KRK exposed the rift between Karan Johar and Ajay Devgn!

Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' and Ajay Devgn's 'Shivaay' to clash at Box Office this Diwali

The impeding Diwali box office clash between Ajay Devgn's Shivaay and Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil just got murkier. On Thursday, Ajay tweeted the audio clip of a conversation - reportedly between Shivaay's co-producer Kumar Mangat and Twitter troll Kamaal R Khan - where the latter is heard saying that KJo paid him R25 lakh. This is in response to Mangat's query as to why he was tweeting positively about Johar's film and writing negative comments about Shivaay. The clip, however, is yet to be verified.

Ajay issued a statement demanding investigation to find if Johar had actually paid KRK. "I have been part of the Indian film industry for the past 25 years and have been associated with over 100 films. It pains me to see that people like Kamaal R Khan are holding the film industry to ransom by spreading negativity about films to extort money from producers. It is very sad that people from our own industry are supporting such elements and spoiling the ethos of industry," he said.

KRK, on his part, denied taking money from KJo. At a press conference yesterday, he claimed that Ajay was pulling off a publicity stunt by using his name. Earlier, he had tweeted, "Karan Johar has never paid me or asked me to bash #Shivaay n you can hear it in the tape. I said R25 lakh to avoid Kumar. Ajay, Kumar offered me money to bash AeDilHaiMushkil as he is offering in the tape also but I refused. I told them that I will do it free (sic)."

Ajay, however, scoffed at KRK's comments and said, "KRK is contradicting himself in explanations about what he has said in the recording and what we heard in his postured press conference. He has not denied that it was his voice in the recording and he is now making excuses and contradicting himself. It is now for the people to decide. I have never in my life spoken to or met this man."