Vivek crops Karan from National Award pic

It is no secret that

Vivek

Agnihotri and Karan Johar have completely different styles of cinema. In fact, Vivek has gone on record to say that he finds Karan Johar's cinema 'superficial' and he thinks it serves no purpose in the society.

Amidst this, yesterday, the 69th National Awards were held in the capital and Vivek's film 'The Kashmir Files' won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration.

On the other hand, Karan Johar was also at the ceremony, to accept the Special Jury Award for Shershaah, a film he had produced.
Soon after receiving the award, Vivek took to his X handle to share some group pics from the ceremony, however, it seemed like that he cropped Karan Johar out of them. He also posted pics with all the women winners including Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon. Take a look...

Vivek Agnihotri recently opened up about how he is a changed man now and how it has also changed his ideologies and his approach to cinema. He was a self-confessed leftist for several years but he has now been vocal about his pro-right political views over the past few years.

Speaking to an entertainment portal, Vivek said that he doesn't get bothered by trolls who dig out his old tweets and accuse him of being a hypocrite. He wants to send them a packet of chocolates and thank them since it assures him that he is changing.

"When you meet me for Delhi Files in 2024 or 2025, if I am still saying the same things, then shame on me. I cannot live a life where I am not changing every day. Every day is a new day with changed things. I don’t want to live a static life," he said.
The filmmaker then mentioned that his approach to cinema has also changed a lot with experience and age. He said that this is the first time that he has travelled across India and saw the country as a filmmaker. He realised that there are so many stories that nobody has ever told and he feels that it is the biggest crime filmmakers have committed in the country.
He then went on to say that Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan’s cinema has damaged the cultural fabric of India in a very disastrous way. He feels that it was important to tell real and honest stories, which according to him have stopped after Amitabh Bachchan's Shehanshah.