Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai stands as the absolute lowest point in Varun Dhawan's career. It is a film that actively undoes years of careful image building and artistic growth. The most glaring issue is the severe regression in the lead performance. Over the past decade, Dhawan proved his mettle with grounded and intense roles in projects like Badlapur, October, and Sardar Udham. This movie violently drags him back to the most grating elements of his early career. His attempt to mimic the physical comedy of the nineties feels entirely forced. Instead of capturing the effortless charm of his predecessors, he resorts to frantic jumping, exaggerated facial expressions, and loud rhyming dialogues that come across as deeply embarrassing rather than entertaining. The screenplay relies on humor that is not just outdated but actively regressive. In an era where audiences expect sharper and more evolved comedy, this film leans heavily on cheap gags, body shaming, and tired tropes. The joke...

Bollywood woke up to an unexpected piece of social-media drama this week when fans noticed that Karan Johar had quietly unfollowed several of the industry’s biggest stars on Instagram—including Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday, Varun Dhawan, and even longtime collaborator Manish Malhotra. Almost instantly, the internet did what it does best: speculate. For an industry built on visibility, relationships, and carefully curated public intimacy, the act of unfollowing carries disproportionate cultural weight. And when the person doing the unfollowing is Karan Johar—the man often described as Bollywood’s ultimate insider—the gesture feels even more loaded. Social media users quickly began decoding the move like a celebrity conspiracy board. Was there a fallout? A professional disagreement? A larger industry shift? The fact that Johar continued following Priyanka Chopra while removing several of his closest Bollywood associates only fueled online theories furthe...