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‘Neither I consume narcotics nor promote’ :Karan Johar.
Amid the NCB probe, the whole film industry has been under the radar. The investigation agency has issued summons to various Bollywood celebs including Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor.
Amid all the controversy, filmmaker Karan Johar issued his first statement in months. There were reports that NCB was planning to probe an old video that Johar had posted of his house party which had several Bollywood celebrities in attendance. Many alleged that that stars had consumed drugs at this party as most of them appeared to be ‘stoned’.
In the statement, Karan denied reports and said that neither he consumes narcotics nor promotes or encourages consumption of any such substance.
colleagues, and Dharma Productions to hatred, contempt and ridicule. I would like to further state that several media news channels have been airing news reports that Kshitij Prasad and Anubhav Chopra are my “aides”/”close aides”. I would like to place on record that I do not know these individual personally and neither of these two individuals are “aides” or “close aides”. NEITHER I, NOR DHARMA PRODUCTIONS CAN BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. THESE ALLEGATIONS DO NOT PERTAIN TO DHARMA PRODUCTIONS,” he added.
In the statement, Johar also addresses rumours about Anubhav Chopra, a former worker at Dharma Productions and Kshitij Ravi Prasad who have been summoned in connection with the drugs case.
”I would like to further state that several media/news channels have been airing news reports that Kshitij Prasad and Anubhav Chopra are my ‘aides’/’close aides’. I would like to place on record that I don’t know these individuals personally and neither of these two individuals is ‘aides’ or ‘close aides’.”
”Neither I nor Dharma Productions can be made responsible for what people do in their personal lives. These allegations do not pertain to Dharma Productions. I wish to further state that Mr Anubhav Chopra is not an employee at Dharma Productions. He was briefly associated with us for only two months in the capacity of 2nd assistant director for a film, between November 2011 and January 2012 and as assistant director for the short film in January 2013. He has thereafter never been associated with Dharma Productions for any other project.”
He added, ”Mr Kshitij Ravi Prasad joined Dharmatic Entertainment sister concern of Dharma Productions in November 2019 as one of the executive producers on contract basis for a project which eventually did not materialize.”
The video that was, first posted by the Karan on Instagram in 2019, showed actors Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Vicky Kaushal partying together at the filmmaker’s residence.
Since Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, Karan has been in the middle of a raging nepotism debate that sparked off after the actor died. Netizens have targeted the director for not giving equal chance to the outsiders like Rajput in Bollywood.
Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on June 14.
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Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
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On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
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