Filmmaker Karan Johar, on Tuesday morning, promoted his first Punjabi production, Gippy Grewal’s Akaal, in Mumbai. Here, the director addressed the criticism faced by the actors of his last production venture, Nadaaniya, Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan. The film marked Khan’s film debut. 

When Johar was asked at the press conference, how he reacted to the negative feedback the film has been receiving since it dropped on Netflix, earlier this month. He first said, “It is an old saying, an old song rather, Kuch to log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna, chhodo bekaar ki baatein, beet na jaaaye raina…”